Lesson 5 Challenge

What an humbling exercise this was. I've always prided myself in being able to find things on the Internet that others cannot find. Co-workers have sought me out for help because I'm good at it. Ouch. I scored 60% and 50%. Enough said.

Lesson 3 Part 2 Challenge

This challenge I can do without going to the LibGuides, or what I refer to as web design lite. I absolutely LOVE creating LibGuides. We have LibGuides on Fiesta, Hispanic Heritage (courtesy of Celebrate Diversity), art, online resources, Holocaust, gardening, read-alikes, health concerns (thanks, Sally Bauer for the ebola info), you name it. LibGuides are sort of like Pintrest - a good place to put a lot of information about a subject, making it a good place to put stuff. Essentially we do the research and point you in the right direction. A collection of library items on a subject, articles about a subject, photos. You can also make it a bit interactive by linking to YouTube videos. THREE LIBGUIDES TO WHICH I COULD DIRECT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC Holocaust for information about Yom HaShoah Fiesta for the history and culture of the local event Hispanic Heritage for information about how the Mexican Revolution and the War for Independence influenced music.

Lesson 3 Part 1 Challenge, or Let Me Show You Something

Learning Express Library + Academic Search + Chilton Auto Repair Library Where are your ASVAB books? Oh, let me see. Those usually get checked out and never returned. Yes, I had 100, but 98 of those were never returned. Do you have Internet access at home? Yes. Do you have a library card? Yes (Check card to determine its status.) Let me show you something. Librarian then shows patron how to access the ASVAB test modules in Learning Express Library. Librarian is still a bit miffed that the professional test prep modules are no longer available. Lots of potential real estate agents used that database. Next patron who walks up wants a copy of an article from a 2013 edition of Consumer Reports. Let me show you something. Usually they try to explain that Internet access to articles on the Consumer Reports website is available only via subscription. Librarian is persistent and patient as she logs into Academic Search Complete and enters the relevant information. Patron is still talking about how he couldn't get to it online ... Librarian is explaining that SAPL subscribes to a database that provides access, all the while clicking the keyboard to get that one specific article. Voila! Patron is sufficiently amazed and appreciative and properly informed now that librarian has his attention. Librarian looks up to see a man wearing a shirt covered in motor oil and grime. The man says he needs to find the firing pin order for a 2010 Chrysler Sebring. Where are your Chilton books? Let me see if I have one here today on the 2010 Chrysler. No, I am sorry I do not, but let me show you something. Librarian walks man over to a catalog computer and shows him how to get to Chilton's. Man knows soooo much more about vehicles than librarian, so with a couple of words of guidance, man is able to fine the schematic drawing he needs. Man says thanks and walks out happy. Man comes back next week with another problem and goes straight to computer to find his answer. Man says thanks and walks out happy.

Lesson 2 Part 2 Challenge 2

I am the absolute world's worst about junking up my desktop with shortcuts for my most used programs. Putting them in the task bar will help me unclutter.

Lesson 2 Part 2 Challenge 1 - addendum

Had to snip and post my very first badge!!

Lesson 2 Part 2 Challenge 1

The snipping tool is cool and very easy to use. The difficult part is going to be remembering to use it instead of doing the copy and paste thing. Snipping will come in handy for those times when only part of the image of the page is needed. You can define you own area or do a simple box around the photo of choice. Honestly, though, I had more fun looking up Charles Addams pictures to use with the tool than I had actually using the tool.

Lesson 1 Part 3 Challenge

It's been 5 years since I really paid any attention to this blog, which I created for 23 Things. There was a lot of updating to do - some of the previous blogs I followed were no longer active; COSA's filters block the daily art feed I added; editing is a whole lot simpler. I changed the background to make it much sleeker and a lot easier to read - less middle school. Then I found that someone had posted a lot of, uh, let's say, links to adult sites as comments to the Harry Potter craft picture. There were a lot of posts in Chinese. Did you know that Blogger can translate? It can! I added a friend's blog. She is very good about keeping pretty up-to-date with her posts and I can keep up with what is going on in her life by reading her blog. I get notifications in my email when she updates, so I don't have to hunt for anything. I added her to my list of blogs I follow so maybe now it was be even easier. Just comparing my experiences from 5 years ago to updating the blog today it is mind boggling to see how much has changed technology-wise in those few years.

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