Goodreads book challenge finished

I wanted to post a widget showing my GoodReads progress, and the list of completed books. It is just easier to only update it in one place. Anyway, I can't seem to do it, so I will just say that I finished my goal of 200 books for the year. And, it is only the first week of November. So, YAY!

My Jing Presentation on how to use Worldcat.

Here is a link to the JING presentation I made for Information Sources.  It is a demonstration of using WorldCat.

First Week of May

Books:
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Illusions by Aprilynne Pike

Book Lists

I can't actually remember where I left off on the book listings...I know I need to make more of an effort to keep this up.  I swear, it seems like keeping up with the reviews takes longer than the actual reading.

Books finished since the last post (I think):

ttyl by Lauren Myracle
Forget You by Jennifer Echols
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy) by Lauren DeStefano
Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Shadowspell by Jenna Black
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
The Lucky Ones by Stephanie Greene
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
I Am J by Cris Beam
Changeling by Delia Sherman
E. E. Cummings: A Poet's Life by  Catherine Reef

I think that might be all but I could be forgetting a few.  I look forward to actually reading some adult books over the 2 week break, as the intense amount of YA literature is starting to mess with my head.   I don't know if I will ever finish all of the reviews, so I think I may have to come up with an easier way of doing them. 

Library Analysis: Reflections

After conducting these interviews, the thing that struck me as most significant was the high level of job satisfaction the librarians shared.  Each person I spoke with seemed to have found a perfect niche to fill; and they all appeared genuinely happy in their roles despite the differences in the job descriptions themselves.

Library Center Analysis #6: Special Library

For a Special Library, I chose to visit the Research Institute Center of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  The RIC is a technical research library maintaining resources on a range of marine science and environmental issues in the State of Florida.  It is located at 100 8th Ave SE in St. Petersburg (near the USF St. Pete campus) and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  A visitor's pass is required to gain admittance to the library and is obtained from the receptionist in the main lobby.  Information about the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is available at the website http://myfwc.com.

Library Center Analysis #5: Government Documents Depository

The Government Documents Depository was a unique part of the library tour.  First, I took a bit of a tour through the government documents depository at the University of South Florida, located in the basement of the library building.  I asked Merilyn Burke about the government documents, before wandering through that section of the library.  Burke explained that the government publications were stored there, but that most patrons utilized the online sources for data, and that the depository acted mostly as an archives for preserving the documents and as a resource for researchers searching for specific information.