I tend to get very nervous when either presenting or recording a video, and I tend to stutter and sometimes my words aren't very clear. Also, in order to make my videos accessable to people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, I have provided a transcript of each video.
ClassWeb
Transcript: This is a site called ClassWeb. Here you can find Library of Congress Subject Headings and information that will help you construct a Library of Congress Classification Number. Click the link that says "Search LC Subject Headings." This page is where you search for Subject Headings. The Design of Everyday Things is a classic book in the field of User Interface design, so I will search for that, first. The first record looks promising, but doesn't feel quite right. Even so, I open it, because sometimes there are related terms that are a better match, or there simply is no better match so I have to use the closest heading I can find. When I open it, I see that there is a Related Term called "Human-computer interaction." I click on it and it leads to another record. There's another related term called "User-centered system design." This feels better, since in Mr. Norman's book he doesn't just limit his discussion of systems to computers. I click, and after looking it over, I decide this is the one I want. I click on the little white box and a drop down appears. I select "MARC Record." I select the line of code that starts with "150" and then paste it into my text file where theere would usually be a record for the book. I change the 150 to a 650, get rid of the tabs, and add a couple of #s. Now it's time to classify this book. After closing the browser tab with the MARC Record for my chosen Subject Heading, I click the button labeled "menu". This time, I click "Search LC Classification" link. This page is where you search for the Library of Congress Classification, and you will be taken to a search function that will help you find the first part of your Library of Congress Classification Number. I decide to put "user interfaces" into the search box for keywords. I get three results. The first doesn't match, and is in [], which means I shouldn't use it anyway. the second one looks like a possibility, but I check the last one just to be sure. Since this book doesn't just talk about computer systems, I click on the middle link. Along the top is a breadcrumb trail that shows the different subcategories. It does mention computers, but I don't see that as a crisis. These things are never completely perfect, anyway. I copy the call number into the file in the line that starts with the 050. After I get this piece, the only other thing I need to do to complete the classification is to add the Cutter, but that isn't something that can be done using this site.
WebDewey
Transcript: This is a site called WebDewey, and you use it to create a Dewey Decimal classification number for a work. In the middle of the screen you will see a search box. I am going to search for "user interfaces." There are two different links, and I will click them both in order to see which one is the better fit. The first one has four different Dewey numbers, and ther is no notation about what the different subcategories are. Seeing the little gold colored book in the corner makes me suspect that these are numbers that people have come up with for this category. I decide to go to the other tab. This one looks better, and I decide to take it. I copy and paste it into my text file on the line that starts with 0082. While it's not a perfect fit since Norman talks about other systems than computers in his book, it's most likely the closest one.
Borland JBuilder
Transcript: This is JBuilder, where I write Java programs. The majority of the programs I write on here are for fun. Right now, none of my programs are loaded, so I need to open one. The program I am going to use in my demo is probably one of the more comlex Java programs I have ever written. I created this program during a semester at Saint Michael's College that I was taking Costumes Theater Lab with Peter Harrigan. Basically it is computerizing the paper system that my professor used in class. The main folder is already open, so all I have to do is open the subfolder "tl2". Then I select the file and click "ok". As you can see, it is over a thousand lines long. Let's run it. I right click on the name of the file and a grey box with options appears. I select "run using defaults." The graphical user interface, or GUI, pops up. Here I can find students, add students to the database, update records, delete records, and clear out records. Unfortunately I wrote this on a computer that had Microsoft Access on it, and this computer doesn't have Access, so I can't show it off as fully as I would like. I'm going to go ahead and close it now, and terminate the process.