To all things an ending...

• What were your favorite discoveries or activities over the past ten weeks? 

It was nice getting to work with Google Docs and Twitter...I had started a Twitter account but never got around to doing anything with it.

• Do you feel more confidence with these resources now? Was it time well-spent? 

I do feel more confident with these resources and it was definitely an interesting experiment getting to try a bombardment of various technologies.

• If a similar learning program is offered in the future, are there other resources and technologies you would like to see covered? Any suggestions for how we might run the program differently? 

Giving everybody a week to work on that weeks techs was in my opinion, plenty of time. At this time, I can't think of any other things I would want to see covered.

• Do you think our patrons would benefit from a similar program?

As long as it was presented in a user-friendly manner, I think our patrons could certainly use a series of lessons like these...as I tell people in my computer classes, I may be showing you the tools/tricks you need to know the material, but only with continued self-education, will you truly retain the knowledge.

Novelist

I chose Teens, then Graphic Novels, and finally broke it down to Superheroes. I think this would be a great way to show patrons a recommended list of items that they might be interested in and that could lead them to finding related books that would help them.

Bookletter

I signed up for the free top 15 Fiction Bookletter and the top 15 Non-Fiction Bookletter. It is my hope that by keeping up to date with these, I will always be able to let patrons know what the newest books are.

Goodreads

Recommended book: Alice Cooper, Golf Monster by Alice Cooper

Blog # 17---Podcasts

I listened to the LearnOutLoud and the BBC podcasts...found them to be interesting for what they were...I have listened to other more hobby-centric podcasts that were a lot more fascinating...a recent one with NPR that was with Alice Cooper for example :).

Blog #19--Comparing Wikis

I looked at a few of the wikis and could see the benefit of the library having one. Perhaps if we talk about topics important to our patrons, it would allow patrons to come in and add in their own suggestions, etc...of course one would have to look out for the potential bad language that a patron could leave...we would of course filter out things like that.

Blog # 18--Play in the Sandbox

I added in both favorite musician and movies...I enjoyed being able to add my thoughts etc to this much like in Wikipedia (something I have had experience posting to before). I find it fascinating that our words are monitored and that if any misinformation is present, it is looked at thoroughly and attempted to be erased.

Netlibrary #16

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Unabridged.

by King, Stephen.
Narrated by Muller, Frank

Listen to Preview Download this eAudiobook Add to Favorites Email this Information Format: Plays On: More information on Portable Players

Publication: Prince Frederick, MD., [Boulder, Colo Recorded Books, 1994. Subject: Prisons--Fiction. False imprisonment--Fiction. Horror fiction. Downloadable audio books. Language: English Duration: 3 Hours 54 Minutes

Youtube video embedded # 15

RSS Feeds

Well I subscribed to the following 2 RSS feeds: WWE and Bloody-Disgusting (horror movie news). Well I think the idea of the RSS feeds makes for a great way to save time. As long as these feeds are updated via the sites they come from, you can collect all your news and information in one place versus the constant visits to different websites. I could easily see this as something I would continue to use in the months and years to come.     

Research Tools (10 - 12)

10b. It was published on March 18, 2008 and she had 4 sons.


10c. Telos---No
British Journal for the History of Philosophy--Yes (Ebsco---Academic Search Premier)--Full Text
Clinical Medicine and Research---(Ebsco--Academic Search Premier)--Full Text


11a. Duane Kelly--manager
This fund makes the grade in most respects.
4 stars is the overall rating


11b. Yes, I found one looking through InfoTrac:

Budget buyer.(TVs for every type)

Consumer Reports 74.3 (March 2009): p26(1). (333 words) 

11c. There are 94 coffeeshops total...with 3 in the area being the biggest competitors...2 starbucks that can be found on 221 s. 4th and 500 s. 4th...also, mocha delight and deli which can be found on West Jefferson.

12. I think that the access to Academic Search Premier is invaluable...the sheer amount of journals and magazine articles it has access to can truly be something that a lot of patrons could have need for. I used that very database a lot in college to help with various term papers.

Photosharing and such

I had used Flickr before but this is my first time using it in sometime. I enjoy the simplicity of the uploading of imagery. However, I will be honest that I didn't know about the additional features that this site had to offer. The World Map is a pretty cool feature that I would recommend to patrons. I enjoyed the navigating of this site and hope to revisit it in the future for both professional and personal means.

23 Things 5 - 7

Well Twitter was something I joined a few weeks ago just to see what it was like...I will be honest I haven't done much with it since then other than a few people I decided to follow (mainly celebrities). I like it but I am not as active on it as I am on Facebook. As for Twitter's search feature, I do see a benefit of showing patrons that feature as a way to look for stories (especially if it is a prominent story, etc.) and having the link in the twitter feed is a very useful part of that feature.

As for Facebook, I love it...a great way to reconnect with old friends, keep up to date with current friends, etc and if I had to have a complaint, its the overabundance of games, ads and such on there which I understand are the lifeblood of the site. Otherwise, I love social networking and see more good than bad to come from it. I think that our patrons may have questions about certain features and such of Facebook (like uploading a picture, etc.) and that it would be beneficial to have maybe a FAQ created so that it can address such concerns.

Response to # 3

I think personally and for patrons that Google Docs would be the most beneficial of the Google applications. Its a great way to edit, to have access to a program that does a lot of what word does, etc. Further, its another sure way to make sure your work is saved and not lost. Since having a gmail account is necessary, then I can think of no safer way to guarantee your work will be saved. Ultimately, I would recommend to patrons the usage of Google Docs and hope they can walk away feeling the same usefulness. Of course, since we have a class about it as well, I feel that we are showcasing how important it is.