Twitter

I think that Twitter is ok for use in a library. It help give fast information but not in detail. Great for quick reminders about events but not the whole information on the event.

It was very easy to find people to follow. I use mine mostly for music and library things but I found some of my friends as well.

I started following Library Journal, Library of Congress, and Indiana State Library. Their posts have helped me gain incite on what is going on in the library world which is easy to forget to do when you work in such a small library.

I have found Twitter is great for reminders of events going on or a quick thank you.

Follow

I have a Twitter please FOLLOW me!!!!

Facebook Web 2.0

I chose Facebook because this is what my library uses in the social networking sites. I am actually a manager over the libraries Facebook page and I LOVE IT!!!

What I like about Facebook is that everyone is on it and when they like the page our events pop up on their news feed so they see what is going on at the library without much effort.

I always see myself using Facebook and I see the library continue to use it as well. Our library does have a Facebook page and we use it to answer questions a patron might have and we use it to post events that are happening at our library and to thank sponsors that have donated to the library for our summer reading program.

The end

This semester has been very rough on me. This was the first year I have taken online classes and I took four. I should not have taken that many my first go around. I also have learned that I need to tell my boss that I don't want the extra hours if it is going to interfere with school which it has this semester.
With that, the most important things that I learned in LIB 105 was the importance in the ability to adapt to changes in technology. No one gains from a librarian that can not change with the times. We are the best place to go to for free for help with the ever changing world. I do not know how many times while I have been working at a library that I have helped a patron with the computers or a device that they have brought in. It is very important that we are here for the people that have fallen a little behind on technology. Think of how many technology things have changed in the past 10 years or even the past 5 years... There have been a lot of changes and it is easy to not adapt and learn new things if you are not careful. That is where the library comes into play. We have to be able to adapt to technology so that we can help others that have not been able to keep up with the changes in it.
My library is very small we only have 5 people on staff that includes the cleaning person that does not work the desk. So I am against 24/7 access at MY library right now because I would be the person that the questions would be asked to all the time. In large libraries it is a wonderful thing because people that put off doing something till the last minute might need help late at night and this is a perfect opportunity to be there for them.

I loved this class and wish that all of my classes were this seamlessly worked into the workplace.

Search Skills!!!!!!

Title of article: Tending a Wild Garden: Library Web Design for Persons with Disabilities.
Author of article: Vandenbark, R. Todd
Date the article was published: Mar2010
In which database did you find your article?: Ebscohost
What did you search for that gave you a successful search result?: Web design AND Library
What does your article say about library website design or usability testing?:This article talks about making your website usable to people with disabilities and to always make sure that it is easy to use.
Do you have any personal experience with website design? If so, what experience do you have? If not, is this something you want to learn for the library profession?: No I do not have any experience with website design but I do want to and plan on sitting in the next time our librarian updates ours.

Virtual Reference

Do any library's in your home area use virtual reference services to reach patrons? If so, what do they use (IM, text, email, social media, etc.)? The Library that I currently work at we use e-mail and Facebook.
Do you think virtual reference is an effective use of staff time in a library? Why or why not? With what we use yes it can be but then again sometimes it does not get to the patron as fast as when the patron is right in front of us.
What were your likes and dislikes about using Skype for this assignment? Would you use a different piece of software for this type of activity in the future? Well this was my first time ever using Skype and I had a good experience. I had to work out a few kinks with what I knew how to do and what I didn't. Luckily I had a very good partner Sara Cutright. No I think that this is the best software for this other than using Facebook.

Web 2.0

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Hanoi Mark



Darkmast49

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I had a hard time finding how to download all of this but I finally figured it out and I was so excited. It was easy to find just not easy to put into a blog until I figured out how to. I put this picture with this music because the picture reminds me of the 60's and I looked for music to fit that and I found this!

Subscribers!

I subscribed to brenda's blogger http://lib105bwoodard.blogspot.com/ and Sara's blogger http://saracutright.blogspot.com/ I also subscribed to CNN Student news I know that it is for students in like middle school but I thought it would be best for interacting with the students that come into the library that I work at. I also subscribed to tristate homepage it is based out of Evansville, Indiana for local news. The google reader was okay i haven't gotten totally used to it yet but I am getting there. I will continue to use them because I planned on subscribing to them eventually but I finally did.

We recently got an E-books database so that the patrons could check out material at home and have it on their tablets. Our staff responded well we are still learning how to upload and use it on so many different kinds of tablets. We have to take more reference questions but other than that everything has gone as usual. Our database is not compatable with every kind of tablet and so the patrons with the ones that it is not compatable with are not very happy and tend to visit the library a little less often because we can not offer everything that they want. I think that it did for the patrons that it did help and worked for by offering them more books and on their time. I would only want to change that it is compatable with certain kinds of tablets.

Search Skills Blog Jaysheen Alvey

Title: Public Libraries and the Future of Democracy. Author: Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer Date Published: Winter 2012 I found this article in EBSCOhost. I was looking for Libraries future with the government. My library does try to be the center of the community. We work hard to get the community engaged in what we do. The community doesn't have the drive to though. I think that maybe if we did step up and try to be the leaders and people actually started looking towards us for help people would be more informed in the right way not the twisted way. So yes it is a good direction for libraries. Jaysheen Alvey

Core Competencies

What surprised me most was that my lowest scores were in Database and Web Development. I did expect the low score in Web Development but in Database?? I have used Databases before but I have no idea how to make one. Which is where my score dropped.

Hello my name is Jaysheen I have had this blog since i was a sophomore in high school so in the four years since then i have grown up a lot so if you look back on some of my other posts you will see some poems that i wrote and are not all bright and cheery. But everything that i have gone through has made me what i am today. Today i am a woman that is getting married 10-4-2014 to the love of my life and best friend James "Ben" Weiland. I work at Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (a mouth full we know) and currently live in Oakland City Indiana with our wonderful cat Shortie.