02/20/2008
E-mail -- I have had e-mail for about 15 yrs. & I currently maintain 3 personal accts (1 for family/friends, 1 for personal business & 1 for "junk"), 1 work acct, and our 1 library acct. Our library acct doesn't get too much use but I still think it is a very important tool. I mainly use it for sending overdue notices, ILL notices, and communicating with distance students. On our library website we have it listed as as way to submit reference questions although responses are only generated during work hours.
IM -- We don't use this tool in our library but I have used it personally over the years. Back a few yrs ago while I was working on a degree it was VERY helpful while working on a group project. As each of us worked on a portion of a computer programming project we could easily keep in touch by sharing new ideas, asking questions, updating each other on our progress all while working in different geographic areas.
Text Messaging -- Again, we do not use this tool in our library but I use it multiple times on a daily basis and LOVE it! A while back my brother-in-law (older than me) asked me "why"?? He didn't see the advantages of it. My sister-in-law shared with me that my 13 yr old nephew used it to get himself out of a situation where he was visiting a friend and the friend's older brother was doing some questionable things with his friends. My nephew sent a text to his Mom to come get him vs. having to "call" and sound like a cry-baby.
Web Conferencing -- Whenever possible I use this tool and think that it is great for saving time & money on traveling to & from meetings and training. There are the downfalls when the technology isn't working at it's best. But I think the overall benefit outweighs the bad.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thing 2 -- Library 2.0
02/15/2008
Even though I try to keep up on technology -- I like (love?) computers, e-mail (I have 4 accts!), IM, cell phones, computer menus etc. -- I think that sometimes technology moves faster than we can at times comprehend. So we tend to either pick & choose what we think we need to keep up with at the time or wait until, if ever, we are pushed into needing a technology.
With Library 2.0 -- I admit I had heard the term but I hadn't really dug into it's meaning until probably 6 months ago -- I like that it can emcompass multiple, ever new and expanding, ways of bringing information to people. And in our struggle to get students to "use the library" our adding a variety of technology seems to be a good way to connect with them. But then I try to balance how I can make these new ways work for us when we have a very small staff -- just 2 of us total. So I end up doing what I said happens -- waiting until we are pushed to do it.
Even though I try to keep up on technology -- I like (love?) computers, e-mail (I have 4 accts!), IM, cell phones, computer menus etc. -- I think that sometimes technology moves faster than we can at times comprehend. So we tend to either pick & choose what we think we need to keep up with at the time or wait until, if ever, we are pushed into needing a technology.
With Library 2.0 -- I admit I had heard the term but I hadn't really dug into it's meaning until probably 6 months ago -- I like that it can emcompass multiple, ever new and expanding, ways of bringing information to people. And in our struggle to get students to "use the library" our adding a variety of technology seems to be a good way to connect with them. But then I try to balance how I can make these new ways work for us when we have a very small staff -- just 2 of us total. So I end up doing what I said happens -- waiting until we are pushed to do it.
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