Comments on: Some things read this week, 23 – 29 September 2007 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-8537 Mark Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:00:51 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/#comment-8537 Ah, OK. I hope to do similar things once I finish and have a "real" job. :) I thought that was Michael's course but I wasn't sure and I was too lazy to look it up. I, too, am one of those lucky ones, but I am also doing a 2nd degree. I was actually able to do a lot of directing in my MLS here (we all are) but I constrained myself quite a bit so that I received a fairly broad "classical" LIS education as a foundation. I am really able to explore now in my CAS. Man, D&D. Been forever since I played. :( I really wish I had time for that creative activity. Ah, OK. I hope to do similar things once I finish and have a “real” job. :)

I thought that was Michael’s course but I wasn’t sure and I was too lazy to look it up.

I, too, am one of those lucky ones, but I am also doing a 2nd degree. I was actually able to do a lot of directing in my MLS here (we all are) but I constrained myself quite a bit so that I received a fairly broad “classical” LIS education as a foundation. I am really able to explore now in my CAS.

Man, D&D. Been forever since I played. :( I really wish I had time for that creative activity.

]]> By: barbara trumpinski-roberts http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-8536 barbara trumpinski-roberts Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:19:00 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/#comment-8536 I have to be honest...I am only sort of attending the class at dominican. Someone mentioned it in a blog and I thought it sounded interesting. I have been doing the reading and blogging, but I am not enrolled. Michael Stephens is the advisor of one of the young women who worked for me here at uiuc. She is currently enrolled in the LIS program at Dominican. I got my MLS in 1979 at Eastern Illinois University (the program no longer exists) It's inportant to keep experiencing new things...to keep shifting. (I am luckier than most people in grad school, because I can direct my studies...and becuase I don't feel guilty when I blow off reading for an evening of D&D) I have to be honest…I am only sort of attending the class at dominican. Someone mentioned it in a blog and I thought it sounded interesting. I have been doing the reading and blogging, but I am not enrolled. Michael Stephens is the advisor of one of the young women who worked for me here at uiuc. She is currently enrolled in the LIS program at Dominican. I got my MLS in 1979 at Eastern Illinois University (the program no longer exists)

It’s inportant to keep experiencing new things…to keep shifting. (I am luckier than most people in grad school, because I can direct my studies…and becuase I don’t feel guilty when I blow off reading for an evening of D&D)

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-8525 Mark Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:18:59 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/#comment-8525 Well, I guess it is <em>now</em> fair to say that they are all "for class." But I've been reading like this for a long time--these posts only go back to mid-Jan this year but I've been reading like this for far longer--and they are only now for class since I managed to align my class work (once again) with my interests. :) In a direct sense, only the Python and computer science readings are for class, in the sense that I read them <em>only because</em> of class where I would have read the others anyway. Once you read so much of this kind of thing it becomes useful to bend one's classes towards it where possible. Luckily, this is extremely possible here. I hope it is for you at Dominican, too [I think that's where you mentioned you are attending]. There are also several other things that I am in the midst of but have put aside for the time being. E.g., I'm about 2/3rd of the way through Lakoff's <em>Women, Fire and Dangerous Things</em>, but I've been there for a couple months now. Same for some other things. You'll probably find me quite the cultural heathen seeing as I had to look up all of those, well, I had heard of The Black Swan somewhere. I have, unfortunately, not been reading much literature since my <em>Mimesis</em> reading-discussion group ended. Other kinds of popular books rarely get read either. Seeing as I have made major shifts in reading materials several times in my life, I imagine "this too shall pass." Well, I guess it is now fair to say that they are all “for class.” But I’ve been reading like this for a long time–these posts only go back to mid-Jan this year but I’ve been reading like this for far longer–and they are only now for class since I managed to align my class work (once again) with my interests. :)

In a direct sense, only the Python and computer science readings are for class, in the sense that I read them only because of class where I would have read the others anyway.

Once you read so much of this kind of thing it becomes useful to bend one’s classes towards it where possible. Luckily, this is extremely possible here. I hope it is for you at Dominican, too [I think that's where you mentioned you are attending].

There are also several other things that I am in the midst of but have put aside for the time being. E.g., I’m about 2/3rd of the way through Lakoff’s Women, Fire and Dangerous Things, but I’ve been there for a couple months now. Same for some other things.

You’ll probably find me quite the cultural heathen seeing as I had to look up all of those, well, I had heard of The Black Swan somewhere. I have, unfortunately, not been reading much literature since my Mimesis reading-discussion group ended. Other kinds of popular books rarely get read either.

Seeing as I have made major shifts in reading materials several times in my life, I imagine “this too shall pass.”

]]> By: barbara trumpinski-roberts http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-8519 barbara trumpinski-roberts Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:38:36 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/29/some-things-read-this-week-23-29-september-2007/#comment-8519 damn...you are really impressing me. Of course, all of these are for class as well as for fun. I thought I was doing well with: <i>The Black Swan</i> not done <i>The Velveteen Principle</i>not done <i>Spook Country</i> <i>Hotel Andromeda<i> Assigned reading for LIS:768 Assorted wikipedia articles relating to various things various blogs damn…you are really impressing me. Of course, all of these are for class as well as for fun. I thought I was doing well with:

The Black Swan not done
The Velveteen Principlenot done
Spook Country
Hotel Andromeda
Assigned reading for LIS:768
Assorted wikipedia articles relating to various things
various blogs

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