http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org Providing library service in Bering Strait School District Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:06:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is sometimes hard to judge how your year is going mid-year. I have been recently thinking that I am not doing enough. Then I came across several things to help me rethink that. A list of accomplishments from the yearly report of my predecessor. Quick check ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/how-is-the-library-going/ I am working on a Toshiba laptop that I have put Ubuntu on.  I thought it would be easier to get Koha working on it.  This has been a year of cleaning and organizing the library though and not working on the computer.  Going into Christmas break, though, I plan ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/12/18/working-on-a-linux-computer-again/ This year we are reorganizing the media center and trying to organize the database for Koha so that it looks better.  This will be a long process that will only be accomplished with small steps along the way. Last week, I went to Shaktoolik.  I uploaded a bunch of books and ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/09/24/just-when-i-was-feeling-at-my-lowest-a-light-shines-through/ Today I finished up the Battle Book Posters for this year.  These posters will be printed out on a large printer.  I am hoping that these posters will serve as a reminder to students to read their batttle books so that we have more student participation. This weekend I will work ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/08/10/battle-book-posters-are-finished/ Wow, It is hard to believe that the 2007-08 school year is upon us already.  Today is the first day of the year.  I didn't get my list of things that I wanted to before school started, so I am starting tonight to finish consolidating the MARC records before we reload ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/08/06/back-to-school/ I had a lot of plans of what to finish this summer.  I need to get a list started and put a few hours a day into working on it.  I want all my MARC records to be combined into a union catalog, I want to run Linux on a ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/07/02/summertime/ Koha version 2.2.9 was released today.  I will try to upload it to a machine that is running Linux Ubunto today.  I hope that all goes well and that I can see what the Opac looks like before I send off records or updates to Dan to upload, only to ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/a-new-version-of-koha-is-available-today/ I have been trying to build a Linux machine on an eMac.  This has caused me an unending supply of brain hurt.  I think I have given up today and will purchase a base machine with Debian on it that can be a machine that I can play with Koha ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/04/27/building-a-debian-machine/      I have to admit to getting tired of Marc records.  I worked on records for about ten hours over the weekend.  I am glad that summer is coming and I won't be sitting in front of my TV because the weather outside is bad.  The goal is still to ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/04/23/how-long-can-i-work-on-marc-records/ I have received an email that says that comments are disabled for my blog, hmmm I thought I had just been lucky and not been receiving the xrated spam that I had been getting.  I do believe that I have comments set back up.  I am using a service to ... http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/2007/04/04/comments/