Exploration 9--the end

Reflections on my explorations:

I started on regiscopes and card catalogs in book format and here I am today, 25 years later, writing a journal on the internet, twittering, and trying to find old friends on facebook. None of what we were asked to do was particularly difficult. Most internet stuff today is fairly user friendly.

I didn't try to hide who I was on my blog although I didn't use my name. How many still don't know who "Knitternana" is?

Twitter was fun but do I need to know who is hungry and who is tired? Now the fact that it's snowing at one of the northern branches will be very interesting when we start getting some serious snow.

Facebook --well, I'm glad I know all about it but I'm not going to be doing much more with it for now.

Between Librarything and GoodReads I ended up liking GoodReads better and am trying to keep up with that. I could see one of these being used to keep track of all the new Y books and sharing that with my teen book club.

I'm looking forward to our new homepage and seeing how we put to use the new technology to make searching easier and to keep the public better informed about library programs with a more interactive calendar of events.

This is by no means the end of learning about new technology. I can't wait for my first automated call from alerts.com! (I've got to make sure my cell phone is charged before a storm hits!)

25th anniversary

I Twittered and commented on Facebook yesterday but never got around to posting on my blog. November 16th was my 25th anniversary as career staff. I really started back in 1974.