Welcome to Dora's LIS2600 Blog

Hello everyone, I am Dora from Cohort 4.5 or four-point-ever it looks like. I started the program three years ago but because I have not been taking summer semesters, I have been delayed by a year. LIS2600 is supposed to be the first class taken by each cohort and yet to me, I ended up taking it last. I goofed up with the scheduling and surprisingly enough, I was able to get this far.

I live in Los Angeles and I work for a big law firm in downtown L.A. as an Electronic Services Librarian assistant. Well, don't let my title fool you in thinking this class should be easy as pie for me. My transition is yet to be completed. I was elevated to this title over a year ago. My previous title is library accounts clerk and as such, I deal with library invoices for publications and services. I was going to leave the law firm to move to an investment firm but the offer was countered with a promotion and a chunky raise. I stayed at the law library and hoped for the best. Over a year later, I'm still in transition.


So, am I wired enough to know what goes on with library technology? I am capable of using search engines and using various databases available out there and I can blog. For the first time ever, I learned to blog. Recently, I blogged about my internship at a children's library. You can find my other blog at http://dorathelibrarian.blogspot.com if anything you can get some pointers about doing internships...well not anytime soon for most of you.



Much as I think I am wired enough, I have to admit that del.icio.us, Conotea, Zotero, Linux, Ajax and the others mentioned on the syllabus are new to me. Like most of you, I have heard of some of them, but in all the years I have been using computers, I am more comfortable using what I am familiar with, i.e. Microsoft products. That being said, I am wired enough to know basic computing, but I am a neophyte, perhaps just like many in the class when it comes to the newer technology.


I look forward to an extremely busy but very interesting summer. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact me and I'll try my best to answer your questions.
I wish everyone good luck and God Speed! Let's get wired together! Happy summer term!