But I don't FEEL like teaching a three hour EndNote class! #tantrum
I have 18 students enrolled in EndNote & I'm not sure I'm competent. #crisisoffaith #hyperventilating
@Suelibrarian @rockchicklib @haikugirlOz thx. yes. Breathe. I do know more than they do. I am smarter than endnote.
@fionawb I *hate* endnote. Passionately. Why oh Why did I say I would teach this class?
@andvanessa nope. it's a 3 hour special class coz they asked me to.
@andvanessa it's my first one flying solo is all. I usually have a safety net. But I organised this one at short notice & no backup
Well, that #endnote class wasn't nearly as evil as expected. It was so much more evil you couldn't have dreamed up a more evil situation.
#EndNote #Evil Part 1: Overhead Projector of Computer Screen goes kerfluey, have to do first hour without visuals. #EndNote #Evil Part 2: Half the class have brought their own (Mac) laptops which don't download export files the same way as windows
#EndNote #Evil Part 3: 1/2 class w Mac laptops don't follow along when I show them how to download filters so when we export they're lost
#EndNote #Evil Part 4: While I'm teaching with no visuals I have an IT guy failing to fix comp asking inane qs like "where's the remote?"
#EndNote #Evil Part 5: A couple of random undergrad science students decide to join the specialised database session I'm doing for PGs
#EndNote #Evil Part 7: Did I mention the computer went kerfluey because my colleague tried to make it better? #trainingroomfail
#EndNote #Evil Part 10: Due to rush, we had fifteen minutes to cover using word for referencing and in-text citations. #sigh
@malbooth I know. was in a mtg last week & future of libraries discussed. Someone said "if our future is teaching endnote we have no future"
I'm feeling your pain....
ReplyDeleteEndnote is evil. Far better to use BibTeX with JabRef. Of course, this requires using LaTeX but that's not such a bad thing.
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