My notes from this Georgia Libraries sponsored presentation. The hashtag for seeing other people’s thoughts on Twitter is #gwws. There are a lot of helpful links included! Here is the actual recording of the presentation. (Opens in Java)

• The very basic hand-holding steps.
• The video that explains how to install Cygwin.
• How to find your home directy. Hint: type in pwd

THANK GOD! I’ve noticed that most people in the Drupal community aren’t the friendliest or most willing to help, so it was a relief to finally learn how to do patch files.

LISNPN is a network for New Professionals in the Library and Information sector. This is a place to get help, advice, guidance and information, for people working in the library sector. Most importantly, it’s chance to discuss stuff with other New Professionals.

• Scanned in old theater catalogs and made PDFs out of them. Time: 2 days
• Picked out photos for a promotional piece on Flickr. Time: 2 days (there were 6000+ photos to go through)
• Corrected the orientation of the student handbooks and catalogs from UNCG’s first fifteen years. Turned them into PDFs. Next week I’ll OCR them so they can be searched. Time so far: 2 days.

For the archives internship:

• Scan in photo negatives from 1947 of scenes around Greensboro.
• Add metadata information to the photos.
• Use Microsoft Access for the first time to fill in database information about the photos.
• Search through Civil War era photography for portraits to add to the Civil War collection.
• I may be allergic to mold since I get severe headaches whenever I’m near the fuzzy books.
• Learn about the damaging effects of humidity on materials.
• Find out how to remove mold from the exterior of leather (a dry rag) and cloth covered books (a dab of Lysol).

I’m looking forward to my digitali libraries and introduciton to archives class this fall!

Add this to your css file and make sure to change the colors to your own schemes!

/* Change the font color in the Google Map (GMap) pop up info bubbles. */
div.gmnoprint {
color: #000;
background: #fff;
}

/* Change the link colors in the Google Map (GMap) pop up info bubbles. */
div.gmnoprint a {
color: #3879d9;
}

WARNING:

If you change the background color, it also changes the transparent color behind the zoom in buttons and credits in the Map window.

Good luck!

1) Login to FB like you are now!
2) In Firefox (since it doesn’t work in Chrome or Opera), go to the link I’ve provided below and follow their instructions to drag their link to the Firefox toolbar.
3) Go to your account > privacy settings in Facebook and then click on the “Scan for Privacy” tool in your FF browser. It’ll then double check your privacy settings.

Facebook’s new privacy policy is lame.

I’d like to add Pezi for more interactive and attractive Powerpoint-esque presentations. Also Liquid Planner for running multiple projects. Now, if only I had a smart phone with an internet plan…

I have notifications turned on so I know who follows me, which in turn, allows me to follow you back! :D