Saturday, May 9, 2015
Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge
Honestly, I don't really enjoy listening to a book. Too distracting! Que bizarre. I prefer print or ebooks. While looking for an etitle to place here, I noticed that OneClickdigital (1CD) has a great menu to choose from. Just the different genres alone (Short Stories, Self-help, Women's Fiction) is great but I really like that they help the user with large font and easy to use menu options. I love Overdrive but I think Overdrive should look at 1CD as a way to clean up its site too. It is too busy and over reaching in its ambition to be all things to all people. 1CD still needs more help in the sheer number of licenses compared to Overdrive. I'll still look at Overdrive first but I will give 1CD a part in my search for ebooks too. What I don't care for in 1CD is their lack of YA or Teen selections. This will be a poor way to do business in the future. I could not find Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero in 1CD. Boo.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge
The Historian by Kostova
0 copies available
- Veronica Roth – Divergent
- David Perlmutter, MD – Grain Brain
- Kindle Book
- OverDrive Read
- Adobe EPUB eBook
- 14 copies owned
- 11 copies available
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Lesson 6 Part 2 Challenge
Social media is safe (or so they think) to bully others by who and what they are. I fear that bullying by teens in person can be just as traumatizing online. Finding weaknesses and exploiting that is how bullies work in this society. Bullying and social media are connected because hiding behind a computer is the best way for an attacker or a group to prey on a suspected weaker person. Social media is a wonderful way to find an old friend but there is evil in the world and that = to bullying online.
Lesson 6 Part 1 Challenge
I think it is hilarious that this article I have to read is blocked by the city filters. I'll read this on my laptop or the library's laptop laters!
I can talk about how social media has impacted me historically to present. I remember when correspondences/letters used to be by snail mail" or handed to me in person. It was slower but the impact was stronger then than now I think. Now, I have email that I never clean out because it is too overwhelming. I like Facebook because of how quickly we can connect with memories past and present. I also see how FB can be tricky if you say things and get "unfriended". I have accounts on Twitter and Youtube, but not Instagram. I still type Instagram like Instangram with an "n". I don't see how Instagram is important. I guess because I don't take many pics. I do love my Pinterest and Goodreads and they both have social media connections aspects.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Lesson 5 Challenge
Internet Search Challenge was a neat and fun exercise to find the effective words for searching. I did well in effective and "stop words". I didn't need any improvements. What I needed improvement was finding ineffective or words with little effect. I seem to need help distinguishing between the two. Good to know!
Lesson 3 Part 2 Challenge
I believe that the two libguides that would be of use to my fellow staff are the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal. We received reference questions on what books are on the recent and prior lists. Instead of trying to look for them elsewhere online, we can just look at our libguides as a guide to show our patrons. These are excellent sources for us to find the right books at the right time.
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