Thing 7

Our library uses email to notify patrons of holds available and overdue items, if they have chosen that option. I also have several teachers who place requests via email instead of online requesting or calling.

Text messaging a librarian would be a futile task at our library as cell phone reception beyond the entrance is horrible. IM'ing would be great if a person needed help in the 4 hours a day we are open. Web conferencing could be a good use of resources for training purposes as most training is an hour away. Email would be a viable option for research questions, but a phone call or in person is still the most efficient way to do a reference interview and determine what the patron really needs.

I use text messaging in my personal life to reach family members with questions that don't necessarily need more than a one or two word answer. I've done some IM'ing, but most people I know (read "my age") would rather just pick up the phone. I see it more useful in an interoffice setting or to avoid long distance phone charges.

ImageChef.com Flower Text

Thing 5 & 6?-My creation

This could definitely be addictive...I've now made a trading card and 2 mosiacs, and used some of the editing tools. There is so much to play with, but I really want to learn more, so I believe I'm on to Thing 6. Hmmm...Thing 5 & 6 seem to overlap. I went to do Thing 6 and I had already played around with many of the things there.

You could create a very patron friendly, teen-cool blog for your library with some of these tools. Since teens, kids and young adults are so into techno stuff, they would be very drawn to a site that had this many fun, eyecatching attractions. I can't wait to create a branch library blog with this info...

Thing 4

Well, I enjoyed learning more about Flickr. I think I will use it frequently, both professionally and personally. I'm not sure about picnik as a stand alone service. I had a difficult time finding my photos for some reason...I didn't from Flickr. It will take more play time...oh I've played some more and am having way too much fun!

And the winner is...

Just couldn't resist adding my baby to the page, too. This is my darling daughter after she won the crazy dance contest during Mr. Twister's performance. Her prize was the crown he created right before our eyes...

Mr. Twister holding the audience captive!

Mr. Twister holding the audience captive!
Originally uploaded by #1crazylibrarylady

What fun options there are to create on Flickr! I see many opportunities to use this both on a library blog with pictures of activities and events and personally to share photos with family. I've used walgreen's to share photos and had family members not like the commercial aspect of doing that, so this will be great. And it was very easy to upload to my blog. Question...is it acceptable to use a photo like this when it is the backs of heads, or will I run into issues with parents? I blurred the kids and put them in black and white to de-emphasize them.

Thing 3

Well, I've set up an aggregator and added some feeds. Not much action on the library feeds so far. It really was a bit of a time consuming process. As I come across more feeds that I actually want to track it will probably be useful. For now the main thing I'll be following is blogs for the 23 things. The process did cause me to add some other links to my blog that did not have RSS capability.

On to Thing 4...