Things 22 and 23

I don't listen to the radio that much. My hubby listens to a podcast of Pigeon Radio on tuesday nights. Drives me nuts. I did find a pod cast and put it on blogline page as an rss feeds, but probably will never use it. I did notice that I had NPR's site already in my rss feed. Is it ok not to like something we have done and know that we will probably not use it? I can see podcasts being used for training, but I perfer to see who I am listening to.

I would love to have another session of these classes to do. I am finding out there is another world out there, all via the internet. There are some things we have done that have been talked about on the news, so at least some of the things I know what they are talking about. During this class I have found out that some things on the internet I had a totally wrong impression of. I guess it is like someone saying I don't like the book, when they have never read it. Some of the things took a lot of time and I found out I was doing them at home so I would have enough time to get them done. It seems like oh no one is coming in so I'll try and get some things done, and then 3 or 4 people come in. There have been times when I have been stuck and had to wait to get an answer cause I was working after Library Comission hours. (not the NLC's fault just my schedule) But I am very glad I did the "things" as I have learned a lot. I have also had some fun with some of the things and nothing wrong with having fun while you learn.

So Thanks for every "thing"!! The library comission staff is the best!! No question was dumb and everyone encouraged me to keep working and not give up and I DID IT!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB4HvVEMFig This is a great song. I laughed and laughed the whole time I was listening to the song. I think I have maybe had a wrong opion about u-tube. There really is some neat things on it. Of course if I am looking at work I might get some strange looks or comments from people in the library. Maybe it is a good thing I am doing this one at home.

star trek should have been a librarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cv2INuu9eo This is a great comment from Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. I had a lot of fun looking at u tube librarian. there's another good one I am going to try and put on another blog page.

Thing #20

I am having problems with my mouse today, maybe I need to find a cat. Exploring web tools sure took a lot of time. I guess the problem was I found something interesting and didn't realize how much time I was spending just looking. I went into fun stuff and played around with hair mixer. If you are thinking about a change of hair color this is one useful site. Could save you tears after using wrong hair color. I went into a web site on real estate. Found out the white house if for sale would cost $305,890,000 monthly payments would be $1,394.192.00. Maybe a bargain for 132 rooms, 16 bedrooms, and 35 baths. I checked out my heritage, from reading other blogs. I think the genelogy site the NLC offers has more info for finding things. The oly relative I could find was my mother, no listings for any other family under the last name Riblett. So I am not impressed at all. But there is so much information on the internet I can see how some people can spend hours looking at web sites, cause I did. One thing about this class is that I can now understand the fascination with the internet, but still perfer to read a book, as it is very portable and don't need to worry about batteries going dead, or where I can find electricity, or a wi fi connection. Guess I just old fashioned.

goggle docs

Wow this is a great tool. I can load my docs that are very important and if the computer crashes, I can still find them. Not only that but several times I have needed list of phone numbers, or e-mails that I have a the library, but no where else. With google docs I can access this information from anywhere. Some of this stuff we are learning is very cool and I will probably be using in the future.

wiki

I like looking at wikis just to see what new things have been added or commented on. I did like the core competencies listed. I found that there is a lot that future librarians are going to know to do there job. I esp. liked reading book lovers wiki from prineton public library. I looked to see what books I had read and read the comments people left. The ala conference wiki was really interesting to me. I have never attended one. I esp. liked the events with food subject. I have a degree in food service and it always amazing me mjust how many meetings people schedule with food. But I like being a librarian best. I am having some trouble with the second part of the wiki. I go to the nlc wiki and tried adding my blog to the favorite blog pge and get stuck. Michael you need to make a diagram so I can tell where to type in the name of the blog I will be linking to. I tried typing in a box, but can't get it highlighted, so guess what I am stuck, but been working on this thing most of the afternoon and AI am ready to throw my computer out the window, so maybe I'll talk to susan or allana tomorrow. By the way I like michael's star wars worst librarian. Good thing the library was empty since I laughed out loud.

thing 16

I liked what Michael Stephens had to say about how the "future of libraries will be guided by how users access, consume and create content." This is so true, we always must think of what the people who use the library want and need. Just because something is really a cool tool, will it fit the wants and needs of our customers. I esp. like the part of a library staff not to stop dreaming about what could be the best library services. I would like to improve so many things at the library I work in, and sometimes can get depressed because I don't see it happening anytime soon, but I still should keep my dreams and who knows some of them might come true.

Wendy Schultz definition of libraries is just perfect. We need to think of ourselves as a collection of conversations and convocations of the people we serve. Libraries are communities they perseve and promote. We as librarians need to remember that not only do we have books and computers, but we have memories too. I have had several people stop in the library and tell me they have good memories from coming here when they were young. Yes the library has changed, but I have come to realize that most people have good memories of the library and it may be the only place where they could create good memories.

The other thing I have realized that with the advances in technology, the librarian of the future must have a knowledge of books and what books fit best the community, but also must have real computer skills in order to keep up with the changing times. "The job duties of the librarian must keep current with the new technology that is available.

So the great thing about things is a lot of us are learning there is a whole new world of internet that is available and FREE which in this day of budget cuts is great.