tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258169552011-07-28T15:19:15.207-05:00chronicling my adventures as a Young Adult services librariansamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-1811205611061843722011-03-08T10:48:00.002-05:002011-03-08T11:01:06.965-05:00

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown - This would probably have been a better lap book than story time book, but since it was the first story I did, the kids paid a lot of attention to Lucy and Squeaker. The older kids in the group really liked it. A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan - I think the kids thought this was a bit too weird haha. The rhymes are cute and the illustrations are

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For my final storytime of 2010, I took all the weird books that I ran out of time for or did not fit into a theme and did them as one big old weird storytime! I think it went well. Here are the titles:Barry, the Fish with Fingers by Sue Hendra - All the other fish are bored until Barry shows up with his amazing FINGERS! The kids seemed to enjoy this one, though now I wish I had played up the "

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-41054178029627099472010-10-12T14:04:00.002-05:002010-10-12T14:31:24.329-05:00

Kind of a random theme for today's storytime - Best Friends! Yes, it may have just been that I wanted to read Elephant & Piggie because I LOVE READING ELEPHANT & PIGGIE! You get to be so OVER the Top with them. But it wasn't all Mo! Duck and Goose by Tad Hills - they may start out as strangers but after a harrowing few days together guarding an abandoned "egg", Duck and Goose end the story as

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-15832293583769737942010-10-08T20:03:00.002-05:002010-10-08T20:22:24.527-05:00

Too Many Cooks by Nate Wragg & Margaret McNamara - picture book inspired by the Disney/Pixar animated film Ratatouille. Not many of the kids had seen the movie (I didn't really expect them to have seen it) but they all seemed to really enjoy the book. It's a large book with very cool illustrations and the rhyme makes it a quick and fun read. On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson -

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-25152972584321831282010-09-29T19:06:00.002-05:002010-09-29T19:22:35.753-05:00

Let me tell you, FROGS are the way to go with preschoolers. All the stories about frogs are silly and the frogs are always getting into trouble of some sort. Plus, jumping! The Frog with the Big Mouth by Teresa Bateman, Illustrated by Will Terry Kicked things off with this story, which is a little on the long side, but it has a very simple pattern as the frog jumps from place to place to brag

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-58941861844330152232010-09-25T14:28:00.005-05:002010-09-25T14:35:56.284-05:00

We had an assignment for work to read articles about eBooks, eReaders, and their growing popularity then post about it. Well, as usual, my long-winded self went on too long so I had to edit my official reply down to a few short paragraphs. But I'm going to post all my thoughts here, if only for my own amusement:I was a Page back when we had our first “eReaders” – which were so bulky and

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-83618845050825860452010-09-21T13:33:00.003-05:002010-09-21T13:51:23.145-05:00

I think the crowd I had for this storytime was a bit too young for the books I started out with. But I also had 30+ kids so the age range might have just been too big to keep everyone focused. Had a lot of wanderers circling the room. But they all seemed happy at the end so all's well that ends well, right?Brontorina by James Howe; illustrated by Randy CecilBrontorina knows one thing for sure

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-11969288948786003392010-08-18T21:47:00.004-05:002010-08-18T22:13:30.308-05:00

Class Two at the Zoo by Julia JarmanA co-worker had recommended this title to me when I said I was doing a zoo theme. Class Two goes on a field trip and while they teacher and students are looking at the animals in the zoo, the anaconda sneaks out and eats them one by one - until Molly notices and manages to rescue her friends. Perhaps my narration was too ominous in the beginning because the

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-41314102174193921042010-06-22T18:53:00.002-05:002010-06-22T19:17:13.581-05:00

Dear Parents,I think it is GREAT that you want to encourage your children to read over the summer! It is vital that all children keep those reading skills sharp while they are not in school. Thank you for coming to the library and signing up for the Summer Reading Club, a program that is designed to get kids excited about reading and reward them for picking up a book during their vacation.Also,

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-36687061213287834292009-10-10T14:46:00.002-05:002009-10-10T14:53:28.298-05:00

Did a whole slew of booktalks this week at a local high school. The sophomores have to read a TRUE story of adventure/survival. Here are the books I brought along with me:Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul ReadMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoThe Lost City of Z by David GrannLeft For Dead by Pete NelsonA Hole In My Life by Jack GantosLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellIn A

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-38804691310609655902009-08-22T09:46:00.003-05:002009-08-22T10:09:27.708-05:00

WARNING: RANT AHEAD! USE CAUTION! ANNOYED LIBRARIAN!This is something that has been on my mind for awhile now. I know its is part of the great debate among authors, publishers, booksellers, catalogers, and librarians -where to put the books!The more I work in a library, the less I like genre collections. I know people will say they read "mysteries" but I think everyone's definition of what a

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-27583796650499703322009-06-06T09:59:00.003-05:002009-06-06T10:33:34.273-05:00

Here are the books I actually talked about at the high school. Let me tell you, I now have these talks memorized after doing them every half-hour for 2 days straight! The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime AdoffThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (pushed as a Twilight Read-Alike)Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (Everybody LOVED this cover

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-13792933172260809772009-06-02T19:53:00.002-05:002009-06-02T20:35:04.111-05:00

So, when I sent out emails in beginning of May, asking the local high school media specialists if they wanted me to stop in and talk about the Summer Reading Program, maybe booktalk a couple books, I did not expect one school to book me for 2 days! But I survived day 1 and I had a great time (even if I did have to drag my butt out of bed at 6am...though I'm sure those kids get up at least that

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-35883246282012246782009-05-11T18:20:00.003-05:002009-05-11T18:35:18.751-05:00

Last week I visited one of the local middle schools and told them about the Summer Reading Progam, then filled the rest of the hour by talking about books! Here are the titles I booktalked (asteriks denote titles that the kids actually came into the library and asked for the next day!):Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway*What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-20986028756968096192009-04-15T10:26:00.003-05:002009-04-15T10:38:43.881-05:00

oh my gosh, I haven't updated this blog in forever. Believe me, I'm still alive and kicking. I've made a lot of simple changes to our Young Adult area, but they have paid off. The biggest thing I did was a big ol' shift that left more room on each shelf. I moved the "Reading List" collection into a more hidden corner, figuring that since these books are assigned for school, patrons will ask

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-12938116643261438912008-10-08T19:09:00.003-05:002008-10-08T19:10:21.551-05:00

I'm attempting to make the YA section a bit more interesting and I have some space I want to fill. Until I can meet with the Teen Advisory Group (December) I want to put up some random quotes from YA books, movies, tv show etc. So, gimme some quotes, bit it from The Outsiders, Sixteen Candles, or Gossip Girls! Funny, thoughtful, strange (just PG so I don't get in trouble!!!) The more the

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-16462286605819705662008-10-03T19:52:00.002-05:002008-10-03T19:59:32.731-05:00

So, after a day of training, I snuck over into the Young Adult section to sort of figure out the sitch with the layout and such. The librarian that is training me told me I could pretty much do whatever I wanted to with the area. There are lots of cool spots of displays and such. The wall of the end of the shelf is pretty much a giant display board, there are similar spots above the book cases

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-42461861664389657512008-10-01T20:46:00.003-05:002008-10-01T20:54:29.136-05:00

Well, it has been a very busy couple of days and I am totally wiped out. The weirdest part is that I've been in training, which means sitting in a room and being talked at a lot. Most of it is stuff I'm already familiar with. I'm so itching to get out onto the desk and be a librarian again. There's a small pile of papers on my desk at work with meeting minutes and such. Looks like I'll be

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-4263081913776669952008-09-29T17:37:00.002-05:002008-09-29T17:45:21.380-05:00

Survived my first day. Most of it was signing papers and having forms explained to me. I have to pick my health care coverage. You know, they should really train stuff like that in school. I'm looking at the forms thinking "hm...yeah, I'll take the cheapest and hope for the best." I know that's not how to do it but whatever.Also had a mini-computer training. This system doesn't do paper

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-32053511951827722732008-09-24T20:01:00.001-05:002008-09-24T20:02:52.134-05:00

Part of me wants to delete all of the contents of this blog so I can start from scratch with this new project...another part of me is scared that as soon as I do that, someone will ask me for proof that I completed the "23 Things" project. I guess I have a CEU form that says I completed it.And I could do it all again in about 5 seconds. Yeah, I'll probably purge this before next week. (oh the

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-91300688842258338422008-09-16T19:23:00.003-05:002008-09-16T19:30:17.535-05:00

Well, if you've seen the memo, you know I'm running away, off to a brand-new adventure! Which means, as you might guess, I won't be in charge of the Exploration blog anymore. As always, I want to say thank you to our initial group that signed on and was so enthusiastic about the program. Keep that enthusiasm and help out the new staff members joining us online. This blog is coming with me for

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-34419217187601815702008-07-31T13:05:00.002-05:002008-07-31T13:07:38.404-05:00

I saw an article about BiblioCommons, a new "social discover system for libraries" in Hotline and was intrigued. I can't wait to hear how it goes now that it is in beta testing. Here is the article from Library Journal.

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-12619876060815909352008-07-29T16:38:00.003-05:002008-07-29T16:42:43.913-05:00

If you're craving a good ol' fashioned magazine after all this Web 2.0 madness, you might want to pick up the most recent issue (July 2008) of School Library Journal. There's an interesting article about Twitter. Or, if you don't feel like dragging yourself away from the computer, the article is available online through our EBSCO subscription. (Thanks to Jeff Ross for alerting me to this

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-13486131194425782832008-07-25T12:21:00.003-05:002008-07-25T12:35:18.019-05:00

TomLATI's post this week got my thinking a bit about Web 2.0, community, and privacy. I think everyone uses these tools for different reasons, and these motivations will effect how much of the default privacy settings they will want to modify. Personally, I tend to use my blogs and other Web 2.0 sites to meet new people with similar interests to me that I might not meet otherwise. After

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-59252368737306983592008-07-22T13:43:00.001-05:002008-07-22T13:44:43.513-05:00

I stop checking the main site for a week and EVERYONE signs up for the training! Welcome to the new explorers and I'm so sorry it took me so long to add your names to the sidebar list. I think everyone is up now. :)

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-47657526520964939352008-07-19T15:08:00.003-05:002008-07-19T15:15:18.023-05:00

Jefferson Madison Regional Library had a contest for kids to post videos on YouTube as part of The Big Read of To Kill a Mockingbird. You can check out the results at the J-MRL Big Read website.I think this is really cool but my only concern is what patrons have the ability to do this? I'm not sure if the library had a camera for the kids to use or if they had to provide their own. It's not

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-2536154640240447712008-07-10T18:52:00.002-05:002008-07-10T19:03:19.958-05:00

I changed the sidebar of the Exploration blog. Instead of using the link list function, I created a Blog Roll (Blogger's code for an RSS reader) of all the explorers' blogs. The only problem is that the order will change based on who updated the most recently. Which means each time I do this, my blog will go to the top...so much for lurking!Anyhoo, if any of you want to use the sidebar as your

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-61328829285792000022008-07-09T22:30:00.002-05:002008-07-09T22:38:23.209-05:00

Two new Wikis I found through the Never Ending Search on SLJ:Reading 2.0 - a wiki to help school librarians (though I think public libraries could use it to) use Web 2.0 technologies to promote the "low-tech art of reading"Bookleads - Reader's Advisory sites for young adult books.

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-88937463559645259802008-07-09T08:51:00.003-05:002008-07-10T11:49:29.924-05:00

Just read the SLRC newsletter and Enoch Pratt is working on creating del.icio.us sites for each of their Subject and How-To Guides. Here is the main network page (http://del.icio.us/network/epflslrc_hum). You can see all the epflslrc links on the right side, one for each department participating. Click around and see what they are up to.Also found this cool blog post where someone is

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-75943550059955196172008-06-30T18:16:00.003-05:002008-06-30T18:25:34.618-05:00

So, this is my old MD 23 Things blog. After being a part of the pilot group for that program, I was recruited into developing our current Web 2.0 training for the system. So far, we have a great group of individuals exploring all of the new tools available online and pondering their uses (or lack their of) in the real world. Since I made the training, I'm not really doing the training. But I

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-42082093547694261972008-05-29T13:19:00.002-05:002008-05-29T13:24:51.075-05:00

Well, since I helped create this crazy Web 2.0 training for our system, I felt I should take part in it and be an active reader and commenter (is that a word?) of our Explorer's blogs. I have to say, I am thrilled so many have already started to participate! I hope everyone learns something new. I know that Web 2.0 isn't for everyone and I don't expect you to all end up with 5 different blogs

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-37585638974191691522007-08-13T18:40:00.001-05:002007-08-13T18:47:53.319-05:00

I really enjoyed "23 Things". There were a few items that I had never heard of before, and several areas of Web 2.0 that I hadn't really ventured into yet. It was nice to get a introduction to these areas, though I think a few of them appealed more to my personal interests than work interests. I really hope we can do something similar for our system. I don't know if I'd suggest all 23 things.

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-32770322549055178592007-08-03T12:06:00.001-05:002008-12-11T09:05:20.922-05:00

This was today's Penny Arcade comic. I really had to share it here, didn't I? (click the comic to see it full size)

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-25297302385904743712007-08-02T19:22:00.001-05:002007-08-02T19:27:14.873-05:00

I'm pretty familiar with both Overdrive and Netlibrary, since I attended one of the 'Downloadable Audiobooks' trainings we had in the system. Both are relatively simple to use and navigate. I like that some of Overdrive's titles can be burned to CD. Unfortunately, I haven't actually downloaded an audiobook. I own an iPod, so my portable device will not play the .wma files that these books are

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-82761649626085939232007-08-02T18:26:00.000-05:002007-08-02T19:18:17.247-05:00

Yes, I believe I have babbled about podcasts before in another forum. I'm not a talk radio person. I listen to books on cd occasionally. Other than that, if I'm listening to something, it's music. If it's talk, it better be very very short. So I don't really do podcasting. I've tried! I used to have the X-Play (video game reviewing show) video podcast sent to iTunes for me and the Harry

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-30482633887692745602007-08-01T10:08:00.000-05:002007-08-01T10:22:11.054-05:00

This is one of my favorite speeches given by one of my favorite people - Joss Whedon accepting his award from the charity 'Equality Now'. (That reminds me of another thing the Internet and YouTube have probably effectively eliminated - tape trading. I'm sure something like this would have been copied onto a VHS and then copied again and again back years ago. But now with high speed internet,

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-67539544911023106712007-08-01T09:55:00.000-05:002007-08-01T10:08:49.138-05:00

Oh, YouTube. What can I say that hasn't already been said? You've given the world a way to share their home videos, which leads to far too many "OMG look at the baby/cat/dog" videos that only a select few would want to see. You've given an outlet to crazy people (like the Russian guy that burned a copy of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows). And you've brought the art of bootlegging to a

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-51131742102352237262007-07-27T15:28:00.000-05:002007-07-27T15:38:45.788-05:00

That was fun! I just clicked through a lot of the sites listed as "Winners" for the 2007 Web 2.0 awards. So many different kinds of sites, so many ways to spend time customizing the web to fit your needs!I found a couple pages that I plan to go back to on my home computer. I really thought Colorblender was cool! I like to make graphics for my blog and I'm horrible at picking a color scheme

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-31559449968809771272007-07-26T14:41:00.000-05:002007-07-26T14:47:52.454-05:00

Okay, this is just cool. I was not aware of these sites, but it only makes sense that they exist! I guess I had just assumed that microsoft had taken over the world of word processing and you either typed on their program or you wrote it on paper. But clearly, things are changing. And these "online productivity tools" look like fantastic resources. Especially for those patrons that come in to

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-12457928865006475352007-07-19T17:08:00.000-05:002007-07-19T17:19:24.870-05:00

Well, if the Sandbox Wiki taught me anything, it's that you really need someone to build your Wiki first before calling in other participants, otherwise it had no real goal. And a wiki without a goal just turns into a bit of a mess. A literal pile of information. I really enjoy Wikipedia, it's a very clever idea. I've heard it's actually the best source for information on *ahem* government

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-91085276456130152772007-07-17T18:36:00.000-05:002007-07-17T18:49:46.200-05:00

After hearing libraries were using Wikis on their websites, I was very curious to see how. It takes a very large effort to create and maintain a wiki. Like I mentioned before, it takes only a moment to register for a site, but to actually make it something an outsider would want to visit, you have to find some dedicated people to maintain it.Clicking around the Library Wikis, I noticed a couple

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-36137942943125457232007-07-17T17:20:00.000-05:002007-07-17T18:04:54.963-05:00

Library 2.0 is a very strange creature. You can see those in the workplace discussing it and how to make it evolve. But has it reached the outside world yet? Have any of these libraries that jumped on the bandwagon with blogging, wikis, tagging, etc. actually helped their patrons?Michael Stephens talks about controling "technolust" - the urge to use the technology just because it is there.

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-12358201439650205002007-07-17T17:01:00.001-05:002007-07-17T17:20:21.627-05:00

Another site that I had heard a lot about but never actually been to, Technorati was a bit overwhelming to me too. It's a great site to browse, though I'm not sure how you would go about finding one specific piece of information. Looking at the "most favorited blogs", it's clear who is dominating this site. Site like "Pro Blogger", "Techcrunch" and "Lifehacker" are clearly designed for

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-2765084013971711682007-07-17T16:50:00.000-05:002007-07-17T17:00:58.603-05:00

I had heard of del.icio.us before. It's hard not to notice all the little buttons found on every site you go to! Again, I found it an interesting site, but it really depends on how you use the web.My first thought was that this was the perfect type of site for a (I just heard this word earlier today and loved it) "cyberloafer". Someone who spends a lot of time in front of the computer while at

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-15930147269495989452007-07-03T12:50:00.000-05:002007-07-03T17:10:33.777-05:00

Well, that's a neat site for someone who does a lot of online searching. I think, if that's your thing, then Rollyo would be a big help! I feel like you'd either want to use RSS Feeds for sites and read everything they publish, or you'd rather just create a search for bigger sites that might mention things your interested in, and then search them. (The Rollyo I created was made just for me to

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-37023056267007016402007-07-03T12:09:00.000-05:002007-07-03T12:29:48.242-05:00

Ah LibraryThing. Many an hour have I lost just goofin' off on that site. I do like how easy it is to add widgets on Blogger! I've had LibraryThing for awhile, though when I found out there was a limit to how many books I could list, I stopped adding things on a whim, afraid I would fill it up too fast! I just my LibraryThing booklist on the blogger sidebar, that as pretty cool. Sadly, it

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-37762564141862236342007-07-02T15:39:00.000-05:002007-07-02T15:53:04.189-05:00

I forgot I had one of these! I made it after someone told me about the program. Never really got into making avatars though. When I am online and want to see something representing me, it's usually not actually me I want to see.(This is my same problem with things like 'Second Life' - if I'm playing an online game, I don't want to be a librarian, I want to be a a little green haired gnome that

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I think there was a Colbert Report episode where Stephen said we could save the African Elephant if we all just went on Wikipedia and edited it to SAY that they were no longer endangered. And then, if you blogged about it and he blogged about it, any search that someone did would give three sites saying that the African Elephant was no longer endangered. That's how I felt when using these blog

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-68368427659504632152007-06-26T18:17:00.000-05:002007-06-26T18:33:30.545-05:00

*phew* well that was fun! I had never poked around Bloglines before. Interesting set up. But since Livejournal's "Friend List" function also doubles as an aggregator, I probably won't use my Bloglines account as much. I will confess, the problem with things like Livejournal, Bloglines, etc.., is that you sort of stop browsing. If it's not published in one of my RSS feeds, then I won't know

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-4350067943052241092007-06-21T18:50:00.001-05:002007-06-21T18:55:30.699-05:00

Okay, just looking at what I have to do for Week 4. I'm pretty familiar with RSS feeds. I don't use Bloglines, Livejournal actually has an RSS feed incorporated into it's "friends list" feature (I currently have 56 friends, 60 communities, and 18 outside feeds that I watch on livejournal - mind you not all of them are active posters, but still, that's a lot!) Though, I have to say, I was a bit

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-10667359373511728062007-06-21T17:58:00.000-05:002007-06-21T18:25:13.290-05:00

Well, the most recent technology (and when I say "technology", I'm assuming we are referring to the internet) that has caught my attention is "micro-blogging". So far, it's actually one of the few new trends that I haven't been completely sucked into! (well...almost).The biggest "micro-blogging" slash "social-networking" site right now is Twitter. This site allows you to update your status in a

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-5151110841545466622007-06-14T18:48:00.000-05:002007-06-14T18:56:37.472-05:00

I've had a Flickr account for awhile now (I sort of "grew" one when Yahoo bought the site) but didn't really start using it until earlier this year.One of the things I liked about Flickr, because it is such a popular site, is it has worked out deals with several blog hosting sites to allow you to post your Flickr photos from Flickr right into your blog. (This is how I was able to post my mash-up

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-67838151531968047352007-05-24T19:20:00.001-05:002007-05-24T19:20:22.983-05:00

Librarian Trading Card Originally uploaded by orangerful So, I already have a Flickr account that I use on a pretty regular basis but I wasn't familiar with the "mashup" sub-culture. And I really wasn't aware that it was even encouraged by Flickr. I wasn't 100% comfortable giving my information to the site, so I only allowed permission to make this one silly trading card and then

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-38370035955505538682007-05-24T18:27:00.000-05:002007-05-24T18:34:30.604-05:00

Use one of your test posts to create an entry about the habits among the 7 and 1/2 lifelong learning habits that is easiest and hardest for you & whyThe hardest part of the 'lifelong learner' program for me would be the goal setting. I'm horrible at creating realistic goals. Usually, I'm far too vague in what I want to accomplish, so it's hard to create a way for me to know when I've done what

samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15908094962550010467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25816955.post-3800221857861052482007-05-24T16:12:00.000-05:002007-05-24T16:26:42.355-05:00

So, I've deleted the couple of posts that I had made during LATI and turned this blog into my personal Maryland Libraries Learning 2.0 blog. This is not my first experience with Blogger or my first experience blogging (if that's what you call what I do with my livejournal). I look forward to sharing my thoughts about this program here.Now I'm going to go find some headphones and watch the "

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