My first blog! How exciting. I am so pumped to start sharing some of my thoughts on libraries and technology with you guys. I am hoping that through this course I can pick up some useful information on how I can use technology in my current job and future as a librarian.
First off, I should let you know a little about what I do. I have crowned myself as the Search Queen here at UNC-Greensboro in Greensboro, NC. When someone can't find a book on one of our nine floors of stacks (yes, NINE!), I am in charge of finding it. I have three students who help me with this challenging task. Basically, we will search anywhere we can think of for a mis-shelved book, and it can be as simple as a PA 350 being shelved in the P 350s, or as crazy as a Q 76.9 being shelved with the G 76.9s. We never know! That's what makes it exciting.
As far as my Web 2.0 experience, I use it everyday. Whether I'm at work using our virtual reference chat system or at home checking out the latest cute cat video my sister sent me from YouTube, I am constantly using this technology.
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting things that I find relevant to MLIS 7505, and hopefully I'll get some feedback from y'all!
Stay tuned...
Nine floors, really!!! There are three at Southern Poly. If there were nine floors at my library, there would need to be nine Starbucks on each floor so I could stop and have some coffee on each floor before moving to the next floor. Good start to the blog...
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It's a struggle everyday, Mark. I still look at our directional guide every time I have to go up. Makes the job interesting!
DeleteWow, 9 floors!?! That's crazy! I barely have a little over 9 sections of shelving in the adult section of my library, I couldn't imagine 9 floors of it. I think I would get lost!
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