My class presentation - this week

For my independent project, researching a digital tool, I have chosen to learn more about the integrated library system (ILS) CyberTools for Libraries. An ILS is an electronic system that combines various functions of a library: cataloging, circulation, reports, serials, and others, depending on the system. I use Cybertools at my job as a cataloger at one of the local libraries. In this work, I have dappled with the cataloging component of CyberTools.

I'll be presenting this library tool in class this week! As it is early in the semester, I don't yet have much of my own primary research compiled. Instead, I will be talking about my personal knowledge in working with the program. I will also mention some of the insights my supervisor had when she and I discussed her experience using CyberTools.

Introduction

For the fall semester, I will be exploring librarianship as it plugs into the digital world. Digital Tools, Trends, and Debates, the course for which I have created this blog, will expose me to digital technologies and help me evaluate these tools with a discerning eye. I am also enrolled in Digital Libraries this semester. It is my intent to connect the theory I learn about digital technologies in the former class with the practical matters of building and maintaining a digital collection, which I will learn while in the latter.

Through this blog I aim to share what I learn about one digital tool or product (to be chosen in the very near future). By doing careful research, I will provide updates as to the knowledge I glean over the course of this semester. Stay with me to learn more!