Last problems

I'm still working on the web page. I could not get the external style sheet to publish, but, during the chat and with some advice of Dr. Tomer, it published. NOw I need to fiddle with it a bit for formatting. Back to work.

Still working on web page

I'm down to the last few items on the web page. Unfortunately, some of my earlier successes have disappeared, so I'm trying again. Sigh. But I'm enjoying the process. Hope I get it all done by tomorrow. Took a break to see the poor, ignored garden. I'm happy to see many varieties of tomatoes have appeared, including an heirloom one that is pink striped. That should be interesting to serve.

Tying up loose ends

Here as we approach the end of the term, I'm working on the last Thoreau assignment and trying to tie up loose ends from other assignments. I'm having problems with stuff disappearing from the web page, but there are some clues as to how to fix this on the discussion board. I'm busy tomorrow with the Ida Tarbell house reception - an historic home that the Historical Society is helping to restore. I've been cleaning it (when I don't have time to clean my own house!). Also looking for jobs is on the horizen.

Web page

I'm still working on the web page. I managed to get all the photo links up. I might have done this in a way that is not acceptable, but I just made a new blog and kept copied all the photos to it. That way, the links will probably keep reloading when requested (if I understood the discussion board correctly). I am concerned about copyright, so I tried to use photos where the website said they granted permission for use, or I used my own photos (my own cat, for example) and for two libraries, I used their masthead. Is that a problem? I guess I should query the discussion board. On to other papers.

Web site styles

I'm interested to see the details for this assignment. I would like to be able to reproduce a vintage look for texts on a website. I'm still working on the widget and other aspects, but they should be up soon.

Still working on that website...

I'm trying to get all the pieces of the web assignment in this week. Running a little behind on Sunday's parts, but hopefully will get caught up tomorrow. Things seem to be speeding up here at the end, but I think I'll get it all done. I've certainly learned a ton in the past ten weeks. HOpefully I'll have lots of applications for this stuff later.

Interesting weekend

Well, I only attended the non fast-track session for 2600, but it was informative and fun to meet some of the folks in the class. Of course, after being up half the night with the baby, poor Dr. Tomer probably was subjected to some very heavy eyelids on my part, but I was writing notes and trying to take in all I could regardless of fatigue. I'm back to the webpage work tonight, but I've got another paper to work on and a major project as well, plus the kids, so I'll have to do it in bits and pieces.

Finally got my Koha project done

Well, I had to keep logging in and out and trying over and over at different times of the day, but I finally got my books cataloged in Koha. It is a neat system when it works. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why it stalls out. I followed the same steps each time. Sometimes it would works; sometimes it would not. I tried to catalog some works in Russian and they never had all the required fields filled in, so that is something to keep in mind when trying to use this for foreign-language works. Here is my list:

Revelations from the Russian archives :		BK		Reserves
	Some materials for the study of the historical geography of Russia of the 18th and early 19th centuries in the archives and libraries of Moscow and St. Petersburg /	Kabuzan, V. M.	BK		Reserves
	Guide to documents and manuscripts in the United Kingdom relating to Russia and the Soviet Union /	Hartley, Janet M.	BK		Reserves
	Beyond glasnost :	Goldfarb, Jeffrey C.	BK		Reserves
	From glasnost to freedom of speech :	Benn, David Wedgwood,	BK		Reserves
	Mikhail and the multiplying media /	Ganley, Gladys D.	BK		Reserves
	Gorbachev's glasnost :	Gibbs, Joseph,	BK		Reserves
	Years of change :	Simes, Natasha.	BK		Reserves
	Adopting in Russia :	O'Rear, Irina Mikhailovna.	BK		Reserves
	Information dissemination and access in Russia and Eastern Europe :		BK		Reserves
	Russian libraries in transition :		BK		Reserves
	Reading the Russian language;	Kent, Rosalind.	BK		Reserves
	Russia and the information revolution /	Peterson, D. J.	BK		Reserves
	Civil society and the search for justice in Russia /		BK		Reserves
	From perestroika to privatisation :	Cox, Terry,	BK		Reserves
	Russian society in transition /		BK		Reserves

Koha seems to be different every time I log in. Perhaps my settings are creating problems? I cannot even log in in the most recent attempts. I do have one book added to the Koha collection, but I cannot get it on my shelf, even after attempting it a couple of different ways. Sigh.

Koha

Well, the web page is up, but Koha is most uncooperative today. I am having a lot of fun digging around in the LC catalog. I usually get lost there for quite some time before I emerge from my virtual trip to the stacks, but, unfortunately, I am discouraged by the server error that is disallowing my attempts to catalog books to Koha. I'll check back again later, but time is getting quite short.

Kompozer

Well, I'm struggling with the first little webpage assignment. I have used a template before to produce a finding aid that was written with EAD, but I'm not as familiar with HTML coding. I think I can figure out the program to simply let it insert the code, but right now I'm just looking around the site.

Moving on to Koha and Kompozer

Well, I'm just starting into the Koha and Kompozer assignments. I hope to spend a good bit of time on them Sunday. I am looking forward to the web page assignment. I want to try to find out as much as I can about how to build one, especially whether or not it is possible to have a database that is accessible from remote users. I'm not sure where to begin, but I did tag a number of articles on remote database access for a previous assignment. After I build the basic website, I'll look at them.

Happy Fourth

Just had a nice meal with friends outside despite drizzle and a bit of a cool evening for the fourth. It was nice to compare gardens with our friends and slow down for a bit. Back to Pittsburgh tomorrow for doctor's appointments and work. I'm trying to get Skype going again, since a sister is traveling and can be accessed that way through her computer. I am getting my headphones and webcam set up in case our class decides to use it. All for now.