Library Research 2011

Library Research 2011

One of the hardest things about research is actually finding the information and making sure it is correct. On the Internet you can post anything you want and say anything you want. When you have to find something you have to take extra steps to prevent false information. When you go to Google alone millions of pages pop up so you have to take the time to find out what’s what. This library course has helped me out a lot even though we only met once a week. I was able to understand different key words that revolve around the subject. I learned that just typing in something like Infant Mortality is a broad topic that can be narrowed down to something more specific like SIDS or another subtopic. Without this class I wouldn’t know specific examples of plagiarism or stories that are false or true. One thing that may have been useful to me would have been slightly tougher lessons that made us think harder then what we actually were in the class. Some of the assignments like the story were fun, but they were kind of easy, because some of them were common sense stories. But other than that I don’t have much to complain about.

it. Over all it was an amazing class and an extremely  good experience. .

You Couldn't Be More Wrong

“Since everything is on the Internet, I don’t need books…right?”

Well you’re wrong if you agree with this. There will always be things that the internet cannot offer. Some things like old classical books like Emily Dickenson or William Shakespeare, you will never find on the internet in its originality. That is only something that you can hold and look at with your own eyes. Staring at a computer screen reading something doesn’t seem amazing as reading it; you will never find and experience the magic that reading the book and flipping the pages will offer. Some people who have never experienced such a joy may not understand this, but as someone who has spent their childhood reading books, I don’t like reading things off the computer screen where everything seems so bright and fake. I enjoy sitting in a nice comfy bed of pillows in front of the fire place smelling the wood burn, as I imagine the world that has been created for me—with a computer I would never be able to experience that.

It’s easier to gather some information from a book because at least you don’t have to worry about someone changing the information to fit their likes. On the internet people will edit whatever they want to fit those needs, if they feel the book doesn’t agree with them. Sometimes the things on the internet are completely wrong and many people may not care about the issue. So yah in the end you do need a book even though there’s the internet—that way you know the information is correct from the source.

Librarians

Assignment 2: Libraries

The job for librarians seems simple, but it's probably more complicated then we think it is. Librarians need to know what they're doing in the library: which means knowing how to find certain things, the ability to speak to people, and knowing what they're talking about. Librarians have the ability to help people whenever they need it the most when they have to find something. Many librarians are pretty cool as they are. Each has their own personality that makes going to their library fun.  I don’t think that I could tell every librarian that they all have to do the same thing. Every librarian is so unique. What I like someone else may not like so I couldn’t say what would be cool for every librarian to do. The library of the future will hopefully be pretty amazing. Many people believe that the libraries will disappear because everything is becoming accessible over the computer. But I believe that libraries will be around for a while. We may not use books but they’ll always be remembered. The books themselves may or may not become little things that you can access over the computer on a tablet or something equally as awesome as that. Libraries will always keep up with whatever the times are going through even if it takes a little longer than the rest of the world.

My Uncertain Future

It’s hard to decide what I want to do in the future; there are so many amazing options. I would like to be a nurse—that would be amazing, just to be able to help someone—but then I realize that there are so many paths for just one thing. Each path sounds as amazing as the before it and after it it’s hard to narrow it down. But then something else may snatch my attention like being an anthropologist. I’m honestly scared though about my future. I know that a student in college may change their mind on their major multiple times, but I can barely narrow it down now. In a way it’s almost scary. But regardless of what I pick in the end whether it’s some doctor or nurse or something entirely different, I just want to help the people around me; whether its healing a life threatening wound, give a kid a shot, or finding out how the people have evolved over time and how it has helped us a as people. Everything that a person can possibly take in college can help others. Maybe my reasons are too broad or maybe my need to help people just isn’t picky.

As of right now I don’t have any goals that need any help. But the one thing the Pre-Collegiate program will help me do is decide whether or not I want to do anything in the medical field. One future goal may be to tell me what classes I excel in and the ones that just aren’t for me. By knowing these, maybe just maybe I’ll be able to know what I want to do.