Thursday, March 25, 2010

Observing at the library was more interesting than I imagined, and I learned quite a bit about people's library etiquette and their reasons for going there. My group's presentation is this afternoon, and I think it will go well because we are very prepared. We strategized on how to assemble and present our study intelligently and sensibly. I am narrating the architecture section of our presentation, and I think I have found enough information to capture the class' attention for a couple of minutes.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

My group is getting our report together for the field work group project, and we tried to decide what kind of questions to ask. We really want to focus on the social aspect of our study, including asking what floors students study on and who they go to the library with. Im interviewing a friend for the project because she goes to the library fairly often and utilizes the resources.
My annotated bibliography was close to being finished, but I didn't quite make it. Popular sources abound for my topic (Lake County), but scholarly articles and books are harder to come by. The books I used as resources are mainly historical and are somewhat outdated. However, the facts and statistics are reliable and should give me a solid starting point for further research. I hope to get more primary sources when I go home for break, including pictures and an interview or two.