RSS up in here. . . .a.k.a. #13/14

This was interesting stuff! I love all the acronyms that are created around technology and library business. . .sort of.

The feeds I subscribed to are as follows:
The grouped News Folder which happens to have more news sites than I am interested in.
Free Knitting Patterns from Lion Brand Yarns
Daily Happy Thoughts: (turns out it is way to goofy for me and I need to get rid of it as soon as I figure out how to make that happen.)
Daily Thoughts: (again, not too thrilled. I need something a little more caustic and bitter to make me giggle.)

Any suggestions. I know someone can help me out!!

I see Google Reader as a part of my life, to help me keep up on information. I also can see myself getting way too cluttered with all the new information flushing in on me on a daily basis.

the thing of 12s

We have so many great research tools in our database. In the children's department it is very helpful to guide the children and their parents to the following sites to assist in their homework assignments:
America the Beautiful
Encyclopedia Americana
Lands and People Online
Kentucky Encyclopedia: This one is wonderful for the different age/grade levels who have to study Kentucky History. I enjoy looking through this (and the hardcopy as well) to learn more about the state and to identify information that I might have forgotten that I knew about our UNcommonwealth.

Google is a great resource to use as far as being able to do quick searches, knowing all the while that the results may not be the BEST, but it might suffice. I also like the fact that the kids can put their document on Google Docs and save it should they be without a flashdrive.

11c: Coffee Anyone?

Well, although I love the fact that you gave us a great clue for the information requested to start your own coffee shop, I found it a bit cumbersome. In two separate attempts to do this I got two separate results. Yesterday, when I highlighted the paragraph as suggested, it took me to a research tool that found all the places in Southern Indiana as well as Louisville, to include Thornton's, Dunkin' Donuts, and any other little haven that might sell you a cup o' Joe. Every attempt I made to downsize the search didn't happen.

Today when I made the first attempt, I highlighted and right clicked. Bing gave me a different result, not giving a shout out to our folks across the River. However, it did still show me over 85 names/addresses/locations where you could get a cup of coffee, from the locally owned to the national chains. So I guess I would just suggest you skip the coffee shop and start selling creamers and swizzle sticks to all these shops!

Thank God for adult reference!!! I'm going to go practice a rendition of "Five Little Ducks."

LCD TV, WHO WANTS IT??

I didn't think you would need to read the whole article, or any of it actually, but here are the highlights!

LCD & plasma TVs. (cover story). (2008). Consumer Reports, 73.

Enjoy!! And get that LCD TV!!!

And you thought I had died!!

I shall beat this thing called 23 Things. . . . maybe.

10c) Telos could not be found. However, BJftHoP (don't you love acronyms? Yea, me neither.) and Clinical Meds and Research could be found in full text format in Ebsco's Academic Search Premier. I used the Journal/Magazine/Newspaper search and of course, looked for each one individually.

11a) Vanguard Target Retirement 2020Name of manager: Duane F. Kelly
Stewardship Grade: Corporate Culture - A; Board Quality - B; Manager Incentives - D; Fees - D; Regulatory Issues - A.
Morningstar Rating: B (4-star--above average)
I searched for 'Vanguard Target' and chose the correct string from the menu of suggestions.  I made sure to choose '2020', as I noticed other 'Vanguard Target Retirement' options.

And now, on to more searching. Stay tuned for more enticing info from our FANTASTICAL database!!!!!

10c.5 and three quarters.

There is a reason I am a children's librarian and this exercise is proving it very effectively!!!

Poor Betty Jean, GRHS

Assignment 10b) asks us to find when the public was notified of Betty Jean McMichael's going home to glory. Her sweet obituary was in the March 18, 2008 Courier-Journal. Betty Jean left behind 4 sons, 7 daughters and whole helluva lot of other people that loved and cared for her.

Thin #9, Would Dr. Seuss be proud of this?

I have never messed with Flickr until this exercise, so 23 Things is certainly opening my mind to new things. Do you 23 Things commandos feel a sense of accomplishment?

It is fun to post the pictures for the Flickr account, but I am trying to catch up with my 23 Things so I rushed through Thing 8 and only posted one thing. Perhaps I shall go back and post more.

I wanted to share a photo of the library, but I wasn't able to make that happen. I will try again. I am not afraid of admitting mistakes. But total defeat makes me sad.

A spot on the map

http://flic.kr/p/39eCpJ

I wonder if you will be able to go to this link and see the picture. I really wonder.

Twitters, Tweets, and FACE(book) time

I have no experience with Twitter so that was interest to check out. I am one of those archaic individuals who does not own textabilities, so as far as I'm concerned at this point, Twitter is but a mere thing to consider on the off chance of something glorious and rich. . . not too concerned about it. It was good to see how it all works, tho, in case any of my techno-savvy teens ask me about it.

Facebook info was great. It made me realize how much I need to pay closer attention to who can see what, or as the old song goes, "Who's Zoomin' Who!" Between the two articles I felt enabled to disable more stuff that just isn't anyone else's buzz-ness. I do love Facebook, though. It has been a great way to reconnect with old friends from high school and college. I try to limit the number of co-workers that I Friend on facebook as I don't want them knowing everything about me, or even ANYTHING about me. Someday soon, it may be time for a good weeding of friends.

My husband accused me of being a Social Networking addict. He could be on to something with that.

I do want to be more diligent in what we see teens at the Library sharing on Facebook. Some of the pictures I see of my nieces and their friends are frightening to me. Not that I am an innocent, but I just don't want their social lives plastered out there for all to see. This is a great topic for Teen Education/programming.

Thing #3 for Week #2. . . Here you go, Greg!!! =)

Thing #3 for Week #2:   Google is good! But Google is not God.

I can see how Google Documents would be a great resource to use with our kids, especially the ones who don’t have the resources for document saving (jump drives).

Google Text is a resource helpful to all those who are looking for e-books to spruce up their electronic book library. It is also a good resource to get a taste of what lies within the pages of books we may consider book talking or encouraging others to read.

I use Google Maps nearly every day in my job for outreaches and bookmobile sites. One must be careful as the directions are often bogus or screwed up completely!

I really think it would be fun to do a program with teens so they can create their own blogs. Google would definitely help with that since creating the blog was much easier than I ever imagined.

How’s that sir???

Thanks!

Lucia

Beginning this thing called Blogging

Today we look at the joys and concerns of becoming an official blogger.

Joy: somewhere else for me to spout off.

Concern: somewhere else for me to spout off!

Joy: A more private place to talk to friends and family.

Concern: Those sensitive people that get their feelings hurt because I didn't include them in in my reindeer fun.