Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Thing 1: Blogs

I've done this before. In the early days of blogging,  I took a class and created a blog with Blogger, which at that time was owned independently. I believe the instructor's name was Steven Cohen. Back then no one else on our library staff was blogging. I had to get special permission for my boss to take the class, which cost a little bit of money. When I proposed that the library have its own blog, people thought that was a little out there.

Now of course most bigger libraries blog, as ours does, and I occasionally contribute something to our Bethel news blog. It's funny to think now that blogs fall into the category of "too long to read."

What do I want to get out of 23 things? Well, I missed the earlier things on sticks classes, partly owing to the fact that I didn't have a mobile device (not even a smart phone!), and I always felt a little guilty about that.  While I've tried to keep abreast of  tech changes, there's nothing like having your own device and playing with the apps directly. So here I am, making up for lost time. I finally have a smart phone, and  I hope that by the end I'll be in a better position to understand how various apps can enhance our services and help our patrons.