USF SLIS: East Coast Connection

Dr. Dee seems like she's going to be a total hard ass at first, but she is actually really easy to work with. She expects a lot of participation, so reading the discussion boards can get a little tedious, because everyone stuffs them with filler to give the illusion of participation, but not having to do a paper more than makes up for it. I highly recommend Dr. Dee. She is a real pro.

Intro to admin was not exactly an inspiring class, but it was a good one. The most important thing in the class was regular participation. There was no paper, but there were weekly assignments. There was an average amount of reading, but the text wasn't a bad read. This is a required class, so you have to take it, but don't worry it is quite manageable.

...wish I'd thought of it! Thanks for doing this, Martin. I originally posted this in my comments section, but think it may be more useful here, so I'm reposting. I'm taking Intro to Library Admin with Dr. Dee this semester. I started last semester with Foundations with Dr. Simon. I liked him, he made my first experience with grad school relatively painless. However, I didn't care for the textbook and don't feel I really learned much from it - the theory of information just didn't thrill me. On the other hand, I liked the assignments we did, and learned a lot from doing them. But I've heard him called an "A" machine, which upsets my competitive nature! Dr. Dee has two sections of this class, and I got closed out of the online only class. So Friday I went to Tampa for the first of two class meetings. The second meeting is optional, but I think it falls on the same weekend as Bern's wine festival, so that may make it worth the effort to go back! It was great meeting people who are otherwise just names on a discussion board. I was a little bothered by a comment that Dr. Dee made, that she feels that students who take online only classes do so because they don't want to get as involved. I can't help but wonder if other professors feel the same way. I take them because I'm 4 hours away from Tampa, work full time at the library, have a family to take care of, not to mention a website (bookbitch.com) and a book I'm working on. Which also explains the one class a semester track I'm on. One of the main reasons I selected USF over FSU was the possibility of having classroom time versus 100% online. I didn't want to have to drive to Tampa for it, but in my two semesters so far, I haven't been able to manage a classroom setting on the east coast. But I'm hopeful.