Out of the 23 things we have been learning about, I think that wikis are one of the most useful for librarians and libraries. They do have the disadvantage of being subjective, but with an active online community, any inaccuracies should be caught and corrected fairly quickly, except for entries that have been protected from change in one way or another, at least when it's a community of well educated, knowledgeable individuals.
I especially liked the SJCPL Subject Guides wiki. I thought it was well thought out and logically arranged. San Jose could stand to do something like that, maybe have a section explaining the Dewey and Library of Congress filing systems for the layman, as well as the same sort of entries that the SJCPL Subject Guide includes. I may also visit Book Lovers Wiki again. Heck, I might even add an entry to it at some point. It's a nice way for book lovers to share their opinions with each other without all the extraneous stuff one has to put up with in order to see others' opinions when using Amazon.com, though the Book Lovers Wiki could use a section on graphic novels (yeah, I know - I could add one).
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About Me
- MVL
- Milpitas, CA, United States
- I'm a career library clerk. I didn't plan that, it just worked out that way. I know I've driven librarian friends crazy by not getting an MLS. But the reality is that I'm a frustrated artist. I just haven't figured out how to support myself that way, sooo, I'm a career library clerk.
Friends with blogs
Books I recommend
- A Dirty Job (another hilarious Christopher Moore story, this time about Death)
- Blood Sucking Fiends (witty, modern vampire love story by Christopher Moore)
- The Eyre Affair (first in the Thursday Next series)
- Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (by Pratchett & Gaiman)
My lifelong learning thoughts and contract
My goal is to learn everything that I'm being encouraged to learn during the 9 weeks.
The obstacles include my ADD (no, I'm NOT making excuses!), which means I take longer to absorb new information than some people. However, once I learn something, I know it very well, and can teach it to others.
My toolbox includes the speakers that were bought for the computer in the workroom (those earplugs were too short!), the computer itself, Google, and the library intranet.
My resources include the weekly exercises, the task force that was put together to implement this learning process, and also the more tech savvy of my coworkers, who are happy to help me out.
My path to the goal is to tackle at least one of the exercises each week, and make sure I master it.
I'll obviously be checking in to the program at least once a week, though with my learning style it will be more effective if I practice more than once each week, work flow permitting.
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I love your wiki attitude! It only makes sense that if a site has active contributors who monitor each other the content would be more trustworthy. I hope we can start using them more in the library.
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