I had to post a response for class for the book King Dork and here it is:

Okay, how great is it that King Dork both skewers Catcher in the Rye while also being it at the same time? Aside from the obvious difference in time/culture, there is little separating Holden Caulfield from Tom (“Chi-Mo” - simultaneously cruel and hysterical) Henderson. It ( Read more... )

Summer:

• IS 245 Information Access
  Provides fundamental knowledge and skills enabling information professionals to link users with information. Overview of structure of literature in different fields; information-seeking behavior of user groups; communication with users; development of search strategies using print and electronic sources.
• Independent ( Read more... )

As many of you know, I'm doing work with Nidorf Juvenile Hall through my program at UCLA. If you have any questions, please let me know :) Thanks!

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Here is what I have for my paper so far (a lot of it is very rough). To reiterate, the point is to take a stand on automatic indexing (ala Google) and manual cataloging (ala traditional library science). Please to critique, comment, say anything that might get the wheels turning again in my cold-addled brain.
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I have to prepare and present an article abstract dealing with information architecture for my (wait for it) Information Architecture class. Here's what I have. Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Make sense?

Technology is Never Enough
-JoAnn Hackos, PhD
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As I prepare my thoughts for my presentation on Tuesday, I thought I'd use LJ as a place to lay stuff out and see what any interested readers may have to say on the subject. Feel free to disagree or point me to places of possible interest if you so desire. So far, I've only read 2 of the 4 articles that my presentation is to cover. I have to take ( Read more... )