Library 2.0

Many thanks to Kathy for this wonderful social software course.  The first week was the most challenging but I have learned to trust the process and I gave everything a try.  I enjoyed creating a blog…even finding out what one actually was.  I also liked the simplicity and usefulness of a wiki.  I got to know Flickr and YouTube, and now use an RSS feed from Library Journal for my book ordering.  I will probably visit Facebook a few more times but the tools I’ll most likely use will be the ones that I can apply to my job now.  The Children’s Libarian and I were discussing a possilbe podcast today but at this point it comes down to not enough staff time and money.  Delicious gave me a hard time installing so Delicious and Technorati are probably the applications I have no plans to use at this time.

P.S. I like tag clouds

Book Cart Drill Team

Ten members of the Plymouth Public Library staff are entering the Demco book cart competiton at MLA in May.  The group’s name and song have been selected and rehearsals are starting next week.  See you there.  Go Plymouth!

Yesterday, we celebrated my daughter’s 20th birthday at a local restaurant.  After dinner, the wait staff brought out the cake and sang a snappy Italian birthday tune.  We all had a piece and happily brought the rest of the cake home.  Later, when I successfully added 10 feeds to my reader and felt pretty techno savvy, I decided to reward myself with another piece of cake.  Carefully cutting away a smidge of reward, I looked down at the cake and stared wide-eyed at the big ’20′ still on the top of the cake.  I thought, “Wow, its a sign!”

Late Season Aurora, Murphy Dome

Late Season Aurora, Murphy DomeOriginally uploaded by Solar Wind Studios

My friend, Rick, and I saw an Aurora while walking on Scusset Beach one late summer evening. It was so amazing and such a rare sight around here. I have become fascinated with the whole phenomenon.

Introduction

Hello Everyone,

I am a little behind schedule in setting up my blog so I had a chance to visit your completed sites.  They look great and I am inspired.

 I am the Public Services Librarian for the Plymouth Public Library which is our title for the Circulation Supervisor.  I was the Manomet Branch Librarian for 24 years before taking this position at the main library last year.  It is a very busy job in a very busy library.

I was in a meeting recently when our Director and a younger librarian began discussing Facebook, Avatars, and Second Life.  For me it might as well have been in another language.  I spent the Christmas holiday interviewing my nieces and nephews about that ‘otherworld’ and realized I had to join the 21st century.  I hope to be a new woman in 6 weeks.