Week 10 #23 Reflections/Summary

A couple of my favorite discoveries were Del.icio.us and online productivity sites. Del.icio.us will allow me to have all my bookmarks/favorites in one spot where they can be accessed from anywhere. The same goes for online productivity. Not having to worry about a disk or flash to save or transport data is great. I will pass this information on to many of our customers.

I think this program has been most beneficial. It is obvious that learning is lifelong and continuous. With so much emerging technology, as an information specialist I must keep up with the changes in order to better serve my clientele. Learning is ONGOING!! I was a little surprised to see how many new technologies that are out that I wasn't aware of. Some I will never use but am glad to have the opportunity to explore them so that I can share with those needing them. A few I will definitely use.

Harris County Public Library can use many of the technologies. First of all, having staff to learn these technologies the staff can better serve our customers. We are already using De.licio.us and Flicker.

I learned a lots from the program. I think the time to complete this program was underestimated. It took much more time than expected. When you have to listen to videos and then visit and explore several sites it can be quite time consuming. When you work in a library that is busy busy, you often find yourself putting the exercises to the side to complete other assignments. Also, not all of the assignments were clear as to what exactly needed to be done. Thank goodness my supervisor set aside 'uninterrupted block of time' for the staff to complete the program. We also have a couple of individuals who are really knowledgeable of the technologies and were willing to assist those of us who were not so familiar. If you have this program again, I like the idea of having group training in the training lab where information can be shared. This worked best in my setting.