January 29th, 2009

So, I am wayyy behind, but I do plan to get through this!

Our Mission Statement...
I think 'continuous innovation' resonates with me the most. This is the key, keeping our services and offerings to the public fresh and cutting edge. And that in turn is what will keep people coming back and keep them engaged with the library system. It is a positive cycle for the public and for us. From the programs we offer to the new games we are about to get in, there is something to appeal to every age and sector of the community. This is something we need to continue to strive for, for libraries to expand and thrive.

Technology and Information 2.1 blog

How has technology affected the way I utilize accessing information... hmmm... well, let's see... I look many more things up on line because of the ease of finding specific information. Sometimes that works for me, sometimes not so well. There is so very much information out there that you have to do a lot of wading sometimes. Then too, there is so much interesting stuff along the way that it is easy to get distracted as well. Online resources are more often now my first stop in seeking answers, definintely (though NOTHING will ever replace BOOKS!).

As for how this effects the future role of the library, I don't really know. I am sure the library system will find a way to evolve and involve to meet the demands of change. At least I fervently hope so!

Back again so soon...

Health, wellness and technology.
I now want a Wii very badly!!! That just looks like an absolute blast. I can try asking Santa, but it's probably out of his budget, what with inflation exceedingly taking a bigger and bigger bite of things. Ah well, something to hope for anyhow. The Nike+ is very high tech and cool, but I don't do the great outdoors much. Shun the sun, questionable neighborhood, so that's not for me. Google map... see previous sentence. The Nutritiondata site looks helpful, that could be fun and educational to explore! The About.com fitness walking site wouldn't load, so I didn't check that one out. All, in all, there is some very cool technology out there these days.
Ta for now...

Reintroduction

I'm trying this again. The last time I wrote, week before last now (?), I ran out of time and could not for the life of me seem to send my url to the correct address. Frustrating. I'm quite sure it was something I was doing wrong, it usually is, but it kept saying there was no account for simpson.thomas@ocls.info, or some error like that anyways. Reintroducing myself... hmm, Karen Sutherland, and I work the paging list here at main. I have been here about a year and a half now. Married, 3 kids, 3 dogs and 3 cats. There's the basics : ) What do I hope to get out of 2.1? To become more fluent and at ease with getting around in cyberspace, knowing what is available and as importantly, being able to access it, so that I can share it as well!

I'm backkk

Okay, so here I am, over a year later. It took me awhile to find this again, but, I did it.
Hmmm, now what? lol

YEAH ME!!! (lol)

Th Th That's all folks! I am finished! I uploaded my picture to my Flickr account. It's titled 'The View'. I was expecting that to be more difficult than it was, it was quite easy. Wow, I am so excited to have completed the course! I think online learning is great, but being strapped for time and a procrastinator at heart in addition, means I do need deadlines to get it done. Now I am patiently waiting for my MP3 player! Woo Hoo....

Week 10!!!

Ok, winding down here. I did download a book, but I wasn't all that impressed with the process. First of all, I couldn't seem to find an easier way to search what was available. There seemed to just be one list, many pages long to laboriously sift through. No way to narrow the search by interest, author or whatever. I suppose unless you did a hit and miss search in the regular catalog, hoping perhaps there was a downloadable version of the works you are interested in, (sounds time consuming). Next challange was, once I did select one, which was '100 Greatest Poems: Read By the Original Authors' (or something to that effect), that while it was neat to hear them read their own works (we are talking OLD stuff from decades ago), there was no table of contents, or way to see what (in this case WHO) was included. For example, I wanted to browse WHAT authors were in there, since I had limited time to listen, and I was hoping to hear certain ones. They may have been in there, and you are able to fast forward, but no way to tell who, or where to forward to to hear that section. Hit and miss again. Maybe it would have been different with a different type of book? I had the most fun with the visualizations you can choose from to accompany the vocals. There was a very large selection of those, you can even play with the colors and such.
As for how I will use my MP3? Mostly for music I imagine and possibly for a book depending on the situation. I'd give that another try. I am just thrilled to be getting one!!!