Week 3 Online Meetings

I have set in on a few online meetings before. I love the fact that you can access archived meetings if you miss the real time meeting. It gives more flexibility as far as travel, schedule, and numbers able to attend.
This week I listened to Gaming and Libraries by Tom Peters. I picked up many great ideas on how to start a gaming night for our Young Adults and maybe even other ages. Everything was geared to their much bigger library, but I think I can take some of it and scale it down to our little library. They talked about writing grants for gaming systems that could be taken around to partner libraries to hold gaming tournements. This might work for our branches!?? Good ideas to look into. They also talked about after-hours online gaming and creating teams to play some of the strategy games. They also talked about providing the time and the space for the kids to bring in their own systems to play. I think it would be fun to do an online tourney if the kids brought in their laptops and used our Wi-Fi. Lots of ideas swirling around in my head right now. I will have to do some work to see what will be workable at our branch. I look forward to visiting many more archived meetings and gaining so much knowlege my brain won't contain it all.

Week 2 Social Networking

I have used Facebook for a while now and have really liked connecting with family and friends. I look forward to making library friends as well. I also had a WebJunction account to take some of the classes offered, but had not used it as a social networking tool. I have found some friends there and look forward to adding more. I have looked at Ning and watched a co-worker working with it, but I don't think I like the style of it. It doesn't seem as user-friendly as the others. I will play around with it more before I make my final judgement. Regardless, I am learning a lot!

A Week Back Home

I was blessed to spend this past week with my parents in western Kansas. It has been sunshine and warm weather, which is very unexpected for this time of year. We have had a wonderful time. Mom and I have talked so much we are both hoarse. It is such a joy to be back in the house where I grew up, to walk on the farm in utter peace and quiet, and watch the sun rise and set across the pasture. I was able to see both my brothers and their kids for a short while this weekend. It is always giggles and laughs when we all get together.
If you are able, I highly recommend a trip home to refresh and rejuvenate your spirit!
Have a sunshine week, even if there are clouds outside!

Week 1 Blogging

Wow! I made it this far! I am a blogger....exciting!
I look forward to learning new things each week on "23 Things Kansas" that will help me help my patrons at Coffey County Library, Burlington Branch.
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!