Delphinium

Delphinium
Originally uploaded by judy stalus

What a pretty flower!

Ten Random Things about Me

1. As a youth, I showed polled hereford cattle at the local fair for many years.

2. In college, I turned down my husband when he asked me on a first date to an Ag Fraternity hayride. (I'm allergic to hay.)

3. I was a "stationary" forward on my high school girls basketball team.

4. I was a cheerleader in the 7th grade because the teachers selected them.

5. For 18 years, my part-time commute to the library has been 96 miles round-trip from scenic eastern Licking County.

6. I share my vanilla frozen yogurt every night at bedtime with my 13-year old dog.

7. I love antiques and have a houseful of them.

8. I'm constantly asked by strangers where things are in the grocery store.

9. I love to eat and never gain a pound.

10. On March 19, 2009 I will have worked for CML for 30 years.

Learn & Play

Learn & Play Team
Originally uploaded by mstephens7

Learn & Play has been great fun and I really have learned a lot. I think it has been a real eye opener and made me think about not only the professional possibilities but things I can use personally also. Just the whole idea of learning how to blog has been great for me. I have plans to set up one for sharing with friends. Seeing how other libraries are using Web 2.0 was amazing to me. I'm really glad CML staff had this opportunity to learn. I would definitely do it again. My suggestion for improvement would be to definitely spread out the steps even more. It can be very frustrating when you can't keep up because of time constraints. I had to use this photo because that's me wearing stripes just like my avatar. :)

MOLDI

Broccoli Sprouts in Black Tray
Originally uploaded by Carl's Photography

I learned about MOLDI. I really hadn't looked at it very much. I found a title that we used to own and don't have any more called "The Sprouter's Handbook" and checked it out for myself. I wonder why those sprout books are so popular - they're either checked out or long overdue. I'll have to remember there is one in the MOLDI collection.

Podcasts

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Originally uploaded by superbenny

This post pays tribute to the Cheshire Public Library in Cheshire, CT. I stumbled upon their podcast and was pretty impressed. Their "CPL Podcast for Teens" features teen writers, musicians and reviewers who contribute story ideas, songs, poems, essays, book/movie/music reviews, etc. The one I listened to was on "Slam Poetry". There's a CPL Podcast group on Facebook and yes, I found a picture of their "studio" on Flickr. Three cheers for the Cheshire Public Library!

YouTube

I think YouTube is great. Here's the video I selected because I missed it this morning on TV and was wondering if it would be there. And sure enough it was. I asked for today's entries for CBS Morning Show and it came up instantly.



I'm sure there are all kinds of uses for You Tube on library websites - promos, training, programs, whatever. It appears libraries are already advertising on YouTube.

Yellow Fin Tuna

Yellow Fin Tuna
Originally uploaded by SBB1976

I looked at the "Tooling Around" blog which I have to admit I haven't looked at since it first started. I did like the "highlighting" feature that's on the Library's new toolbar. I think that could be a timesaver. In the list of web 2.0 tools on the Power Tools Page, I looked at several things. Boing Boing caught my attention. Pretty strange things on there. I did learn about a new project from Stanford University called Microdots: The Short Attention Span Science Theater. It presents 2-4 minute videos on scientific topics in a "simple and engaging way". The first topic is Ecological Sustainability and the video I watched was called Tuna and the Can (aka It sucks to be a tuna.) Get the idea? (lots and lots of stuff on Boing Boing - for those with time to kill.)