GLISNTNU Intern Abroad -- 師大圖資所學生海外研習

2009/10/12

LiSUAG conference at Dutchess Community College, attend w/Win, John Pardavila and Krishna

2009/10/13

1.meeting with Mentor Winnie: to know thecontents of libstaff website
2.schedule the meeting with Library system

2009/10/14

take class "academic library & higher education" Professor Frank at Draper Hall 303

2009/10/15

take class "Digital Imaging and Web" Professor Fred Doyle at Draper Hall 015

2009/10/16

1.meeting with Carol Anne Germain: told about library marketing and outreach
2.meeting with Yu-Hui Chen:understand libaray user education and outreach service
3.learn VCMS system and enter vendor information, w/Krishna

2009/10/5

1.ITS consulting w/Xiaoai Ren
understand the task of ITS and what kind of problems they should solve.
2.Marketing, blog, slides w/Elaine Lasda Bergman
understand the Dewey's marketing policy and how to use wiki platform to help students at home.
understand how LibGuides help librarians to learn new technology.
3.Social work, social welfare, gerontology  w/Elaine Lasda Bergman
understand how to use these resources and collections to do researches.
4.Legal research w/Dick Irving
learn about the law system of United State.
take a tour round Dewey Library.
5.Reference (criminal justice sources, e-mail ref, UA delivery) w/Mary Jane Brustman
learn about how to use criminal justice resources, e-mail reference and ILLiad.
learn about different works of SUNY libraries.

2009/10/6

1.interlibray loan & UA delivery :understand how ILL & UA delivery operate and learn about ILLiad system
2.conducting research online workshop w/Deborah Bernnard: join the workshop about educating patrons to use online resources to search information they need.
3.public services forum: learn about how ref librarians  use the sheet of read scale to identify the degree of ref questions. Understand how to use Westlaw database.

2009/10/7

1.take class "academic library & higher education" Professor Frank at Draper Hall 303
2.check-in with Intrn'l Student Office

2009/10/8

no class (professor is out of town)

2009/10/9

1.Dewey library blog critique: use Dewey library blog and give some opinions about blog improvements.
2.information studies sources w/Deborah Bernnard: learn about how to use different kinds of library & information sources.

本週是實習的最後一週,主要是和參考館員針對reference desk的相關統計分析進行討論.

11/23

上午先參與圖書館的UNL class,這是一個有學分的課程,目的在指導學生如何妥善利用圖書館的資源與搜尋策略滿足自己的資訊需求;下午則分別和不同的參考館員針對reference desk analysis及reference collection進行討論.

11/24

上午先和mentor進行最後一次的meeting,主要是討論整個實習的mentor制度有無需要改進之處,同時了解未來可能的實習進行方式;之後則繼續和參考館員的meeting,針對surveys in assessment, access d-bass, PAWs ＆ events等主題進行探討.

11/25

今天是實習的最後一天,到圖書館就直接和Diversity Committee進行Exit Interview,目的是檢討這兩個月的實習安排,同時了解過程中所遇到的困難和收穫,期能為之後的實習生提供建議與幫助.

本週開始在reference desk實習,圖書館並安排了數個不同類型圖書館的參訪行程,包括New York State Library, Albany Public Library, Hudson Valley Community College（HVCC）Library, Siena College Library等.

11/16

今天上午先到New York State Library參訪,除了認識其服務內容與館藏資源外,並進一步與該館館員討論預算刪減對州立圖書館的影響;下午回到UAlbany的reference desk進行實習,主要是觀察參考館員如何解決讀者的問題,同時了解參考問題的類型與應對方式,最後再針對館員提供的10個參考問題進行實作演練.

11/17

上午到辦公室後,先和Library Policy Group進行meeting,並敲定星期五至 Albany Public Library, Hudson Valley Community College（HVCC）Library, Siena College Library等圖書館的參訪行程;下午則參與圖書館的Zotero書目管理軟體推廣課程,除了實際體驗workshop的上課方式,同時也學習到新的書目管理工具.

11/18

本週課程一開始同樣是學生例行的文章分享,之後教授再以Academic Librarians and Promotion, Tenure, & Merit為主題,探討圖書館員在Teaching,Research以及Professional Development各方面機會與挑戰.

11/19

本週課程主題著重在using non-Flash graphics以及adding sound to Flash兩方面,並簡單介紹basic interactivity in Flash與frame actions等功能.

11/20

這禮拜繼續在Library Systems實習,結束上週的project後,本週開始跟進三個小project,分別是”Evaluate the Information Commons Development Website”, “EZProxy discovery of barcodes in logs”, “Evaluation of Urchin 6 features”等.

11/9

上午進辦公室後先報告LinkResolver project的執行成果,接著再跟進三個新的project,首先進行的是”Evaluate the Information Commons Development Website”,主要是協助圖書館Information Commons網頁的改版,並為其提供未來發展建議.

11/10

今天除了繼續完成”Evaluate the Information Commons Development Website”,並開始另一項project—“Evaluation of Urchin 6 features”, Urchin是一個web log file analysis tool,圖書館主要是使用該工具進行網頁資訊流量的分析,目前使用的是Urchin 5,未來將升級為Urchin 6,因此該計畫是協助圖書館開發Urchin 6的新應用功能.

11/11

本週課程一開始先繼續term paper的報告,主題是women in academic librarianship,之後則進行每人十分鐘的special assignment presentation,這個作業的目的是讓學生了解1940-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999各階段圖書館議題的變遷,我抽到的是1970-1979年代,因此選擇present的文章是於1976年由The Journal of Academic Librarianship出版的”Circulation Service—Is it Meeting the User’s Nedds?”;報告結束後,老師先為上週的Academic Library Hiring Process做補充,接下來則是邀請SUNY Albany的Chief Information Officer（CIO）進行演講,主題是大學與圖書館在IT方面的合作關係,並探討未來IT的發展趨勢及議題機會.

11/12

本週課程主題著重在Flash的進階使用,包括Flash layers, the basics of Flash animation, the timeline in Flash, Keyframes, frame by frame animations, shape and motion tweening in Flash, Flash movie-clips等.

11/13

今天上午先將“Evaluation of Urchin 6 features”收尾,接著執行“EZProxy discovery of barcodes in logs” project,這個計畫的目的是將最近三個月（8～10月）SUNY Albany學生登入EZProxy Server所使用的barcodes進行過濾,從中提取錯誤的紀錄,再將其製作成excel表格交給project manager;下午則和Head of Circulation會面,了解圖書館流通櫃檯的作業程序與工讀生的訓練過程,之後再和Union University Professions（UUP）meeting,討論美國現行教育政策與預算等議題.

本週開始連續兩個禮拜都會在Library Systems實習,主要工作是幫忙進行中的兩個project.

11/2

上午先和Library Systems的全體組員開會,決定接下來兩個禮拜的advisor與工作模式之後,再由本週的advisor介紹project的內容,而這禮拜的工作重點是比對圖書館所訂閱的資料庫名單,確定其狀態與連結是有效的,稱為LinkResolver project.

11/3

上午先到Science Library和負責推廣自然科學類資源的館員meeting,了解其組織user education課程的步驟,以及如何與相關系所建立緊密的合作關係,之後和mentor進行會面,討論接下來的實習安排與進展;下午則回到Library Systems繼續LinkResolver project.

11/4

本週延續上週term paper的報告,題目包括scholarly public and the editorial process, collection development and the role of the subject librarian, the impact of emerging technologies on academic libraries等,之後再由教授講解Academic Library Hiring Process的程序與進行方式.

11/5

本週的上課主題著重在Flash教學,包括introduction to Adobe Flash – Flash’s role on the web, what it is and what it does, accessibility and Flash, HTML 5.0 and Flash, creating and modifying simple graphics in Flash, 以及complex graphics in Flash等.

11/6

上午先跟負責LUNA的館員meeting,進一步了解該系統如何處理展示audio與video資源,並認識原始素材數位化的步驟與程序;下午則回到 Library Systems繼續完成LinkResolver project.