Portfolio

Articles

FUMSI

• Conference Information: Managing Before, During and After

Presentations

Wayne State University Library System

• Microsoft Access I: Creating Databases

ITT Technical Institute

• Strategies Virtual Library Presentation
• Composition Virtual Library Presentation
• Portfolio Virtual Library Presentation

Monroe County Library System

• Wiki Basics
• MCLS Databases
• Branch Blog Overview

Blog Posts

Refresh Detroit

• Refresh Detroit Recognized as "One of the Best Tech Events"
• Tagging: People Powered Metadata for the Social Web (Book Review)

WSU ASIS&T

• Nick DeNardis: Web Standards and Accessibility Presentation (Event Recap)

Coursework

Introduction to the Information Profession

• Paper: An Overview of the Children's Internet Protection Act and Internet Filtering in Public Libraries
• Essay: Banned/Challenged Books in the 1980s
• Report: Library Visits
• Book Review: Ambient Findability by Peter Morville
• Library Leaders: Ralph Ulveiling & Nancy Colpaert
• Presentation
• Research Paper
• Presentation: Ethical Scenarios - Student Library Research

Information Technology

• Presentation: Emerging Technologies in Library Websites

Access to Information

• Resources: Encyclopedias
• Resources: Ready Reference
• Resources: Indexes
• Essay: Virtual Reference Summary
• Library As A Place: Modern Public Library Design and Patron Service
• Presentation
• Research Paper

Organization of Knowledge

The following exercises and topics were included in this course:

• Description
• OCLC Searching
• Access Points
• Personal Names
• Corporate Bodies
• Uniform Title
• OCLC Authority File
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Subject Headings: Cross Reference Structure
• Dewey Classification
• Library of Congress Classification

I also have related experience with cataloging, AACR2, and MARC while working as a library assistant at ITT Technical Institute.

Library Administration and Management

Client Based Website Development

Multi-User Computing Environments

• Class Assignments & Individual Project (Website)
• Collaborative Technologies in Libraries: Moving Toward Web 2.0
• Presentation
• Research Paper

Integrated Library Systems

Scripting Languages

• Class Assignment (Website)
• Final Project: Integrated Library System (Website)

Information Architecture

Information Behavior

Research in Library and Information Science

Information Policy

Information Issues and the Digital Environment

• Digital Rights Management
• Articles I chose for leading class discussion on the topic:
• Bailey, C. W. (September 2006). Strong copyright + DRM + weak net neutrality = digital dystopia?(Digital Rights Management) Information Technology and Libraries. (25)(3), 116-129. Retrieved February 12, 2007, Expanded Academic ASAP.
• Baksik, C. (October 2006). Fair Use or Exploitation? The Google Book Search Controversy. Portal: Libraries and the Academy. (6)(4), 399-416. Retrieved February 12, 2007, ProQuest Research Library.
• Coyle, K. (2006). The Automation of Rights. In (Vol. 32). 3. (pp. 326-329). Retrieved February 12, 2007, Library Literature & Information Science.
• Lessig, L. (2004, March). Some Like It Hot. Retrieved February 12, 2007, from http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.03/lessig.html
• Litman, J. (2003). Ethical disobedience. Ethics and Information Technology, 5. 217-223. Retrieved February 12, 2007, ABI/INFORM Global.
• Russell, C. (August 2003). Fair Use Under Fire. Library Journal. (128)(13), 32-34. Retrieved February 12, 2007, ProQuest Research Library.
• Digital Rights Management: An Overview of Technology, Rights, and Consequences on Open Access (Final Paper)