Mousy Maisy or Malevolent Morgana, which am I now?Although flickr was interesting, I really can't see any application for it for my work. We shall see
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Me Me Me
Mousy Maisy or Malevolent Morgana, which am I now?Although flickr was interesting, I really can't see any application for it for my work. We shall see
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Week 2
This first posting is late because our cataloguing software upgrade was finally install 2 months after our training. Mousie Maisy's description of how Information Technology had changed cataloguing since the 1970s was suddenly changed into Malevolent Morgana's tirade below.
Why are computer programmers so mouse-oriented? Yes the new software includes some keyboard shortcuts; but half don't work CTRL+ Z- undo, F1 - Help; and others are different to what is listed in the manual Alt+E+P - insert punctuation is now F4.
To change data in a catalogue record I have to double click the program icon on my desktop, log in, select Cataloguing, click on the Search button, (if I want to use anything other than keyword search, I must select from a drop down menu to select the type of search), type in my search terms, select Option, then Edit which finally opens the record so that it can be edited. To change the data, I have to make sure I am in Edit View, click on the tag line I want to amend which transfers the data to a window on the top left of screen. Then I have to move the cursor to the text I want to change and type the correction, then click on the Upload button. That sequence is mouse, keyboard, mouse, mouse, keyboard, mouse, mouse, mouse, keyboard, mouse. Just for 1 typo!
But at least I don't have to file catalogue cards anymore! - Maisy
Why are computer programmers so mouse-oriented? Yes the new software includes some keyboard shortcuts; but half don't work CTRL+ Z- undo, F1 - Help; and others are different to what is listed in the manual Alt+E+P - insert punctuation is now F4.
To change data in a catalogue record I have to double click the program icon on my desktop, log in, select Cataloguing, click on the Search button, (if I want to use anything other than keyword search, I must select from a drop down menu to select the type of search), type in my search terms, select Option, then Edit which finally opens the record so that it can be edited. To change the data, I have to make sure I am in Edit View, click on the tag line I want to amend which transfers the data to a window on the top left of screen. Then I have to move the cursor to the text I want to change and type the correction, then click on the Upload button. That sequence is mouse, keyboard, mouse, mouse, keyboard, mouse, mouse, mouse, keyboard, mouse. Just for 1 typo!
But at least I don't have to file catalogue cards anymore! - Maisy
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