Koha -- Virtual Shelves

Books about library personnel management that I cataloged using Koha.

Koha -- Virtual Shelves

I'm wondering if this is an acceptable way to post the titles. I was trying to find an easy way to do this without typing the eighteen titles in my blog. The problem with this method is that it requires a Koha log-in. I'll wait in case more instructions come along. If not, I think I should start typing!

An update (July 8) for the thousands of readers of my blog who don't have a Koha account: Please see the title list under my ZoomCloud (and just in case this is the preferred method of posting the assignment).

Encyclopedia of Life

I watched a fascinating episode of "Bill Moyers Journal" tonight during which Moyer interviewed E.O. Wilson of Harvard. Wilson's dream is to create the Encyclopedia of Life, which he describes as "the key tool we need to inspire preservation of the earth's biodiversity." The project is an expandable and accessible website that will catalog every species of living thing (1.8 million species!). Scientists as well as amateurs will be able to contribute, and the information will be viewable in different formats so that it will be useful to everyone from children to experts.

It is hoped that key parts of the Encyclopedia will be available to the general public in 2008 and that the project will be completed in about ten years.

Bill Moyers Journal . E.O. WILSON | PBS

Encyclopedia of Life

First Online Quiz

I took a quiz online for the first time on Tuesday morning (for Introduction to Information Technologies). The experience was a bit nerve-wracking - because of technology itself, not the content of the quiz. Before I turned on the computer, I noticed that the cable modem lights were not "right." I decided to wait a little before trying to reset. I used the time to continue to review. What if I didn't get an Internet connection in time? The computers at the closest public library are on the same network as the library where I work. The so-called "speed" is often incredibly slow. Whose computer could I borrow this morning? I calmed down, and the lights returned.

I had been merrily clicking on "save" after finishing each question. All of a sudden, the screen froze. Now what? Again, I decided to calm down and wait. Finally, I was able to continue to work.

When I checked the course announcements during my dinner break at work that evening, I learned that some people had been unable to submit their tests. I put myself in their places and realized that my morning had been relatively good! Our professor made adjustments for the problems, of course.

Now I just have to wait for my grade!

ZoomClouds URL

I posted my ZoomCloud on my blog by the due date, thinking that this indicated the URL. Now I'm wondering, based on what some classmates have posted on the DB. After trying various URLs that I see in ZoomClouds, it seems that this is the only one that actually shows anything. However, it does not show the variety of tags that are in my cloud.

I changed the Archive in "View Feed Properties" to the maximum. Hopefully, that will create an improvement in the next update.

http://mpoly.suprglu.com/feed/rss20/supr.xml

Update (August 1, 2007): After reading a posting on the DB, I might finally understand what I should have posted as the URL for my ZoomCloud.

http://zoomclouds.egrupos.net/CircSuper_Cloud/viewCloud/12193

Clouding up Again

I went into Templates, clicked on Edit for the page element corresponding to my cloud. As I mentioned in the previous post, the HTML code was still there. I clicked on Save Changes, and the cloud returned to my blog.

ZoomCloud Floated Away!

OK, what's going on?

My cloud disappeared from my blog, but the HTML is still in the template. When I just went to the site to investigate, it was in Spanish again!

ZoomClouds

I've posted my cloud, but after a lot of work, I'm not happy with it. I tried feedblendr and suprglu. Both picked up phrases from my blog postings, not just the labels. I filtered out a bunch of them. The good thing is that I see tags from all three feeds (blog, Connotea, and del.icio.us.

There's a problem with ZoomClouds when you try to reload your cloud after editing. (And that's not the only problem!)