Sandy, sandy, sandbox

I really did have fun with this activity - it's great finding things in common with your co-workers. As usual, there was a small hurdle to get over, but as soon as a colleague explained one part to me, I was able to do the rest myself.

To wiki or not to wiki

I especially love the idea of using a wiki for a library's catalog. Not only will customers be able to find the exact book they want, a book synopsis, cover art, and reviews from people who have already read the book, they would be able to add their own review or synopses. Now that's cool.

Oh, what the future holds!

I thought I was finally coming into the 21st century, technically speaking that is, until I read the article on Library 3.0 and Library 4.0. And here I thought I was so cool finally getting the gist of Library 2.0 - of course, with a lot of help from my co-workers. The potential is limitless.
Dr. Wendy Schultz said that libraries of the past were: "A symbol of a society that cared about its attainments, that treasured ideas, that looked ahead multiple generations. Librarians were stewards, trainers, intimate with the knowledge base and the minds who produced it." Now, I have to ask: "Won't libraries/librarians of the future do the exact same things?"

4 days and counting...

Today is Thursday, Sept. 18 and this makes 4 days without power. I'm a very optimistic kind of gal but I feel very different today than I did just yesterday. Why you ask? When I got off work last night at 9:00, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the traffic signals near my home were working. That was a good sign. I live in a condo and I saw the lights on one side of my complex. That was another good sign. Then I saw that the lights were on another side and yet another side. Those were all good signs. But when I got to my unit...no lights were on. My courtyard was the only area in the whole complex to not yet receive power. Why???? Was I not grateful enough, did I not payoff the gods above for all my good fortune, should I have paid more?
I'm still an optimistic kind of gal and I believe it will finally come on today.

yummy and del.icio.us

I work in a division that has been using del.icio.us for a while now and yes, it is great. I use the Reader's Advisory bookmarks all the time to find that "difficult" book for a patron. I also added ESOL websites to our bookmark saved in del.icio.us.

Twittering, twittering, twittering

Twittering is sooooooo easy and definitely better than having to send an e-mail to all your friends/family. Check out my tweets - bookwormohio.

LibraryThingamajig

Here is a very, very, very, short list of my favorite books.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Bookwormoh

My hometown in Italy

I was born in Matrice, Italy and I created this poster of my hometown to show you how beautiful it is. Matrice is situated in the Apennine Mountains (down the backbone of Italia) between Rome and Naples.
This exercise was very easy. This is the image generator I used: http://www.ala.org/ala/productsandpublications/READ_Mini_Posters.cfm

Adventure in Spain

In July, I spent one week in Spain conversing in English with Spaniards. The program was sponsored by Vaughan Systems in Madrid and to participate you only had to be a native speaker of English and be willing to talk, and talk, and talk, and talk. Check out my blog (http://bookwormoh.blogspot.com) and read all about my great adventure in Spain!

FSS feeds

I found the exercise on RSS feeds to be very difficult and frustrating ... until a co-worker explained to me that Bloglines has NOTHING to do with my blog. I was trying to connect the two and was totally confused. I still found it frustrating to add news feeds but at least I now am able to do it!