The Ol' College Effort

I start classes next week. At least, I hope to. I'm having difficulty figuring out what day of the week one of my evening classes meets.

The registrar's office says it meets one day. The syllabus says another day. We received an e-mail message from the professor who claimed it was a third day.

Along with that, the bookstore wants us to buy the eighth edition of the textbook. The prof mentioned in his syllabus that the bookstore wants us to buy the sixth edition, but we should buy the fifth edition. The fifth edition is from 2000.

Topping it all off is the name of the class: Principles of Management.

If that isn't a clear statement on the state of management these days, I don't know what is.

But, on the bright side, this is why we can so enjoy Dilbert.

And have a nice day.

Understanding more of the World 2.0

For several weeks now, we've been learning about web 2.0 as it pertains to libraries. Libraries 2.0 it is called.

Well, all week, this week, one of the characters in the comic strip Doonesbury has been updating her facebook profile. In Sunday's paper, a committee meeting turns into a discussion of web 2.0. Also in Sunday's paper, a Doonesbury character describes the progress he's made due to his efforts on Second Life. (I'm not sure if our course will cover Second Life; it's a 2.0 site I happened to learn about just before our 2.0 course started.)

In short, if I take nothing else from Libraries 2.0, at least the funny pages are more funny. Thanks, Libraries 2.0.

And have a good day.