Finish Line

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for this great opportunity. It was great to learn, reinforce and just get blown away by all this terrific technology.
Will I use all of it, probably not, but the point is I could when and if I chose.

You saved the best for last, being able to download any audio media is good, but to be able to download a full fiction book to a small comfortable to use MP3 player is mind boggling. I envision myself gardening, house cleaning and for sure knitting while listening to an audio book.
I don't know if I will continue to blog, I will use Bloglines. Will I use Flicker, maybe, I really like podcasts, and the Wiki sites I use weekly. Utube is fun. I can almost guarantee I won't be going to MySpace. I would like to see the STDL wiki used by staff as a communication tool. Learning to navigate and find answers to questions taught me interesting places to look.
Thanks again, not only did I learn a great deal but I had fun doing it

stdl 24/7 part D

I didn't get an answer but received advise to call the churh. What I did do is use the contact button on the church's site and emailed my question directly to them.

Chat Transcript: Is the original St. John the Evangelical Luthern Church on Rodenburg road still there or did it get moved or torn down when thay built the newer church?

[Librarian 14:31:20]: Librarian 'IL2_ADMIN' has joined the session. [Librarian 14:31:59]: Hi, Sue. I'll see if anything is available online about it. [Sue 14:32:12]: okay thanks [Librarian 14:36:54]: Not finding anything on their site or elsewhere so far [Librarian 14:40:48]: You may just have to call the church itself [Librarian 14:40:52]: http://www.stjohnevlutheranchurch.org/
[Sue 14:41:03]: okay thank you
[Sue 14:42:29]: Patron ended chat session.

I have done on line help before I like the idea of it but it still is based on the individual who you get. If you get a customer service orientated person it is a great service.

STDL 24/7 part C

The pincushion shaped as a roller skate made in England in 1909 sold for $402.

World folklore and Folklife gave the items as crab and pine needles To teach Aunty a lesson in AyAyAy!

Brad & Suzy Chestler paid 2,025,500.00 for their Long Grove home.

STDL 24/7 part3

St. John the Evangelical Luthern Church is the church on Rodenburg Road it still in existance is the original church still standing that I don't know

The Redeker family ran the Peony farm

The plane crashed into the home at 112 Arlington Street in Hoffman Estates.

STDL 24/7 part 2

Canine Companions has a group that meets in Woodstock, I didn't even know that TOPS was still around and of course I found Cast Away Knitting Guild that meet at Elk Grove Library contact person is Roxy

STDL 24/7

I listen to a part of a Twain book, checked on Diary of a worm, looked at a computer book and perused a refernece book on the census. All I can say is wow! Kids have got to love Tumblebook Library and parents too. All this at your finger tips or is it keyboard. Joined the online Book club and read a few excepts, and of cousre found something to read.

Internet safety

As a mother and grandmother I want to say the Internet and kids seems a scary mix.
How would they really know who they are communicating with and giving information to when on Internet sites. Anyone can pretend or reinvent themselves on the Internet and it seems that predators always are one of the first to figure out how to misuse or use to there benefit new technologies. I want to keep kids safe. Having said that though the Internet itself is a wonderful tool for learning, sharing, playing and communicating. As always as in all aspects of their lives it is up to the parents and adults in their lives to teach them "safety first". As with their first step, crossing the street, riding a bike and the first day of school we need to show, caution, teach and then free them to do, all the time being there to keep them safe.
The Internet could be a grand adventure and a wonderful place to visit with just a small measure of supervision thrown in.

MySpace

I think MySpace is a perfect opportunity for Libraries to reach teens. Not only can staff promote all aspects of library services that can help and appeal to teens, they can have teens do it which in the long run will do more then anything staff can.
By using all the media choices and keeping it up to date and appealing it it would a great communicating and promoting tool.

Wikis part 2

Under staff events
Yoga for Staff
Did you know that every Tuesday morning there is Yoga class in Rasmussen North Room 8-8:45?
For a fee of $8 per session you can join other staff with stretching and exercising to a Zen start of the day. You can either use break and lunch periods or make up the time. Either way, yoga time is not paid time. Grab your mat and join us! Questions? Contact Sue B. at extension 3231.
and
under staff picks

A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber

Yarn, knitting, classes, projects and friendship what more could you want. This second in a series is just as good as the first!

Wikis

Amazing! Love all three Wiki sites. I have used Wikipedia numerous times before. But this was my first visit to Wikihow and Wetpaint. I looked up planets on wikipedia, how to freeze corn on Wikihow and Grey's Anatomy on Wetpaint. Although I would not completely trust a wiki I would verify the info gathered another way also. I also did a search on all three typing in Knitting. Wikipedia told what it was, Wikihow told me how to do it and Webpaint had sites to buy it. Don't know how often I would use Webpaint, but I know I will be back at Wikihow and Wikipedia soon

Podcast

Podcast seems to be a very professional product
I listened to (and watched) a lecture on stem cell research from a university library, an author speak about her books, a lecture on writing and a professional story reading. What a great way to reach and share with all your patrons. Were you busy on Wednesday and missed programing at the library?, not to worry listen/watch it on a pocast (vodcast) on Friday. Having trouble with a painting technique? Hunt it down on the internet. Teens have got to love this. A library could podcast all their speakers (with their permission) and podcasts could be repeated at intervals to catch new patrons or a younger generation. I had trouble viewing some of them, couldn't open others but I finally saw enough to see that this would be great for the library. I typed in knitting and podcasts and came up with lots of sights to check out again I had trouble opening the actual podcast but saw one that gave a demo on casting on. I will do this search again from home where I know I can view them all.

YouTube

This was so interesting!
The videos were a gambit of styles, some more professional then others.
I found 4 videos that I would like to talk about the first is A quick Tour of Gail Borden Library I searched by library and came up with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB5jgcOsRd8 it was a short tour of the Library.
2. A picture tour of the Seattle Library set to music very well done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLugNTpFZ4I
3. Arlington Heights Behind the scenes in TS is very funny and clever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iRDOe4Bw4 maybe this hit home because I work in TS
4. Our own URI Toch being interviewed, as always he is very well spoken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvMbHEjRgRg
I think we could do a video about any of the departments. But if it was going to be for patrons then I would recommend doing one on RA maybe a day in the life of or possibly showing the process of helping a patron from start to the finish with them getting the type of book the y were looking for

Flickr

Okay been there, done that, got the tee shirt. I don't know if I would have a need to do this again but I could if I wanted to. I took pictures at home with my digital camera, placed the disc in the reader attached to my home computer, opened them up and dragged and dropped onto (into?) my thumb drive and carted them off to work. Had no trouble with the thumb drive and getting the pictures to show but ran into a problem saving them to my work computer. Once I figured which program to open them with so I could save them on my computer everything was fine. the actual upload to Flickr was easy. So I now have a picture on Flickr

BlogLine

What can I say about RSS that everyone else hasn't, probably nothing.
This is like having your own private assistant. My sister-in-law was Jerry Reinsdorf's personal assistant and the first thing she did everyday was skim all the newspapers for articles about him, the Bulls and the White Sox clip, highlight, and sort as to which he needed to see. That was in the 80's and 90's. Now I can have the same service. Just pick and choose what information I want to keep track of and presto there it is. So simple even I could do it. I can edit it at anytime to keep it current to my interests. This is so amazing I like this technology

Blogs

You could spend hour upon hour reading knitting blogs. Actually I think that is possible on any topic not just knitting. Some are mostly about the topic and a lot are written like a diary discussing the highlights or lowlights of their days. I think the ones that seem relevant to me and I liked more were the ones that focussed more on the knitting.
I could really see that a blog about fiction or different non-fiction topics would certainly be a nice addition to the library page and get used. The next generation of Library use will be interesting indeed. But I would rather be knitting : )

Thoughts on a day

Thursday was a fun, but most of all a learning one.My mind is still wrapping around Sally Melville's class.Best thing is that I went home with ideas and no new yarn this way I can think about what to do next and finish the projects I have going. I am thinking summer sweater for me matching sweater for Seth and Nate (need to find the pattern) Many ideas rolling around

Perfect

Have you ever wished to do 2 things at once? How great would it be to be able to read that best selling novel and knit (or crochet) at the same time. Down time would be just about perfect if I could figure this out