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Process Documentation

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I chose a video on How to Steep Tea.  According to David Wong, “There are three “how’s” of steeping: how hot the water should be, how much tea to use, and how long to steep.” Wong says that when you bring water to a full boil, your boiling the oxygen out of the water which can flatten the taste of your tea.  Next, he says that if you brew the tea longer than 3-5 minutes, you start to over brew the stems which causes the tea to become bitter.  Lastly, the amount of tea he suggests is 3-5 grams, which is usually about a teaspoon.  In conclusion, I do believe that the video was documented thoroughly, and I also learned new ways on how to make a good cup of tea.

Hauptman, reading response.

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According to Bugeja and Dimitrova, “It would take five years for half of the online citations in journals to decay.”  Prior to reading these articles I was unaware of this, and some other useful tips that the authors shared.  What I also thought was interesting was the article saying, “Different online domains may be more stable than others.” So depending on whether a website ends in .org, .net, .edu, or .gov, the authors say some were more stable for online citations than others were.  I thought that this would be useful to know, especially since there are papers that require this and the semester is coming to a close.

It’s February already?! Assigned reading & blogging for Monday, February 2

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Hi everyone,

For Monday, February 2, there are 2 assigned readings, one from the required textbook and one online:

Chapter 1 of Research Strategies by Badke (required textbook; download or order here)
Reinhold, “Study says Technology could Transform Society” (The New York Times, 14 June 1982.)

Your blogging assignment is to write one 100-word minimum blog post in response to these readings. If you can’t buy or download a copy of the required textbook in time, remember you can get it on reserve in the City Tech library with this call number: Z710 .B23 2014.

On Monday we’ll talk about traditional print media, including a brief history and an overview of the lifecycle of print media.

Please get in touch via email or OpenLab message if you have any questions about signing up for the OpenLab or joining the course. I’ll send reminders to anyone who isn’t signed up within a day or 2.

Glad to have met you all and looking forward to an interesting semester!

~Prof. Leonard

Welcome to LIB 1201!

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Greetings! If you’ve found this site, you’re probably registered for LIB 1201/D930 during the Spring 2015 semester at New York City College of Technology. Join the course site, read the syllabus, review blogging guidelines, and get the textbook, Research Strategies, 5th edition, by William Badke.

We meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:15 a.m. in A543, which is a classroom in the library. Enter the library on the 4th floor of the Atrium, head to the upper floor, and turn left. Look for signs directing you to the classroom.

~Prof. Leonard