Shonda, may I plead for patience with those of us who went through library
school 15 or so years ago, when the www was not used and online searching
meant the few subscription services that existed at the time? I love the
technologies that have come along and increased our outreach, but they are
not intuitive! I try, and I hope we all do, to follow directions, but it is
easier to do so when we understand the reason behind the rule! (I follow the
same principle when I set rules for the students...)
Thank you for all your extremely insightful postings! People like you help
people like me love our work!
Pamela AlHusaini
Librarian, Bowie High School
800 N. Mill St.
Bowie, TX 76230
pamela.alhusaini@esc9.net
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 8:16 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Pet Peeve
One of the "basic requirements" that all MLIS students had to undergo before
they could finish their program at the University of Oklahoma was subscribe
to a listserv, monitor it, ask questions, report from it, and then
unsubscribe successfully. In addition, we had to format disks, create
spreadsheets, send emails to various individuals, create Powerpoint
programs--and this was almost six years ago when I (with eyes rolling in
disgust in having to do these "trivial activities") endured them. At that
time I figured IF anyone was this far in their education, surely they could
do these things, so why did we need to perform 6-10 menial activities to
prove that we could access and utilize technology.
It was only when I was in the computer lab with others from the MLIS program
that I realized that many individuals just don't know how to do some of
these things.
I know what Mary is talking about when she says that following directions is
a pet peeve because we both monitor our state (Texas) librarian's
listserv--- which is becoming a nightmare with messages being sent to the
list stating things like: "unsubscribe me until August 1" or "set nomail
until school starts back in the fall". (As if some magic fairy "knows" when
each librarian should receive the emails once again!) In the meantime, I
(like Mary) roll my eyes in amazement that there are librarians out there
who can't get off "these listserv rollercoasters" even with directions.
Despite reminders, I just don't think everyone is reading the directions for
this process...so in the meantime, we'll keep hitting the delete buttons for
our listserv(s) in Texas! (Stay patient, Mary! It's a learning process and
I think we have SO many young librarians out there that need our help!)
Just an opinion....
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
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>
> Mary Ludwick, Librarian K-5 Elementary
> Owen Elementary, The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
> ludwickm@lisd.net (school address)
> ludwick@swbell.net (home address)
> "Those who don't read have no advantage over
> those who can't." Mark Twain
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