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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Thoughts on the Final Project
I'm volunteering for a small public library this summer to help out with their children's programs, and I noticed that on the county library website many of the library branches have links to individual websites except for this one. After speaking to my boyfriend's mother who works there, I found out that they really want to have one. Unfortunately, no one at the library knows how to do it or anytime someone offers, they never actually follow through. One member of the staff took a course on creating webpages, but left the library before she could create it. I felt so bad that their little library didn't have a website that I offered to try to work on one for them this summer. I was really hoping to work on a website about this library branch as a topic for this course, but I'm not sure if that would be acceptable as my topic. I'm looking forward to giving back to the small town that gave me a home while I am going to graduate school:)
Web2.0, Stephen Colbert, and "Wikiality"
As I was reading the Web2.0 readings, particularly the one entitled "7 things you should know about...Wikipedia," I remembered one of the other websites I often like to visit that I didn't list in my introduction is Comedy Central's page for the television show The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert, who used to be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart before hosting his own show, has often mentioned Wikipedia is his comedy skits.
In a segment he calls "The Word," he defines what he likes to call "Wikiality."
You can read a news article about how his editing of Wikipedia articles on the show led to him being temporarily blocked from Wikipedia: Stephen Colbert Causes Chaos, Gets Banned from Site.
Other fun Stephen Colbert Websites include:
In a segment he calls "The Word," he defines what he likes to call "Wikiality."
You can read a news article about how his editing of Wikipedia articles on the show led to him being temporarily blocked from Wikipedia: Stephen Colbert Causes Chaos, Gets Banned from Site.
Other fun Stephen Colbert Websites include:
- Colbert Nation : the Official Fansite
- Wikiality: Truthiness Encyclopedia (a parody of Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Entries related to Stephen Colbert:
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Introduction
My name is Chryssi.
I am a student at Drexel University in the Master of Library and Information Science program.
I am a pet sitter.
I am hoping to become a children's librarian when I am finished with graduate school.
Three websites I often use are:
I am a student at Drexel University in the Master of Library and Information Science program.
I am a pet sitter.
I am hoping to become a children's librarian when I am finished with graduate school.
Three websites I often use are:
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