Well... this will be my second post.
As all the Fort Worth Library staff received an e-mail encouraging us to explore the Web 2.0 tools and participate in the North Texas 23 things while we work on them... I am here doing my little bit.
Before I read the suggested articles on the Thing 2 : Learning about Learning 2.0 I knew about Web 2.0 but never had enough time to follow up with the program. This time I will try harder although time is always an issue at my Unit (and I imagine at everyone's workplace too)
Since it is becoming more relevant and urgent to know about new technologies, hoping to attract new and younger patrons --or not so younger but technology savvy--, we also must be able to answer their questions. Would that mean we need to be experts on every new technology? It seems daunting to me. At the library I work at, the majority of patrons using computers fall in two categories (more or less): the ones that know how to use the PCs, including My Space, Twitter, etc., and the ones that have no idea how to send an e-mail, get confused with web addresses and e-mail accounts and need lots of one-on-one help that we, frankly, can't give them since there is not enough staff to help the rest of the patrons.
...will be continued at a later time
About Me
- Matilda
- According to my Mom I am the cutest, little B/W Shih Tzu on Earth. I was adopted by my parents when someone else abandoned me, with a broken arm, at my parents Vet. Luckily my parents loved me "at first sight" and were ready to adopt me once the "legal time and documents" allowed them to do so.
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Did you ever get the chance to read over those articles, or watch the videos from Thing 2? You should at least give the videos a watch and let everyone know what you think.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the (generally) 2 categories of patrons, my library has a lot of that going on, and we probably have even less staff. It can be pretty daunting sometimes, but it does help to dabble a bit in just about every topic.