Introduction to Library Section of EOSC Web Page

Week 5- Start Your Engines!

VROOM, VROOM!

This week, I continued polishing the Google Site for the Library Council here at Eastern Oklahoma State College. I can't wait to share and utilize this great resource with the Council. I truly feel that it will make us more productive in a world filled with meetings and NO TIME!

The reading (What It All Means?) really helped me to think about what the libraries of the future need to be to help facilitate the new generation of life-long learners (or should I say editors, publishers, etc.). I am looking forward to having discussions with other library directors on how we can change to fit the 2050 learner!

And... what can help? Well, the Web 2.0 tools that we investigated this week seem to be an endless resource to help us organize and share information. They also seem to multiple each day!

So, start your engines, and get ready for the acceleration coming your way! Will you be a teacher of the past or a grease monkey ready for the crashes, pit stops, smooth sailing, and non-existent finish line of tomorrow's information highway?

When I Become a Librarian (Librarian Movie)

Funny Stuff! The librarian you don't want to be (maybe?)!

Facilitated by Wesley Fryer: www.speedofcreativity.org

Week 4 - Disney's Future World Ride

This week in class I felt a little bit like I was in the big "silver ball" ride at Disney's Epcot Center... I was riding with thoughts of tomorrow's classrooms and what might change in the world. While some things sat well with me and others just seemed too far out there to even start thinking about, I was in the ride accepting and assessing all of it as I rode.

Twitter has been fun and educational at the same time. I am now somewhat comfortable to post both for the social aspect and the educational sharing. I have not yet set it up where I am getting the instant Twitter messages on my Blackberry, but will I when I am a little more comforable? Who knows?

This morning I presented a basic "shell" of my Google sites in a call for Library Council members to the faculty. I explained with some detail that the committee I am forming would be meeting via ITV for the first time in September, and then we would only "meet online" afterward. I was a little apprehensive to do this, as our faculty is just really in about their 3rd full year of distance learning, BUT I did have three of them (one being the Dean of the department :0)) offer to be on the committee due to the nature/structure of it. Being a small community college, we are all on about 5-6 committees. I do think they liked the idea!

The podcasting sites are wonderful! It is so great to know that there are free resources out there for helping us with reading and writing on the web. I plan on sharing this and many of the other free sites and ideas with my staff members. Hey, maybe I should embed a podcast in the email just to show them how easy it really is!

I also looked at social bookmarking and then thought a lot about the usefulness of tags. As a librarian, the tags are like subject and keywords in a library search. Teaching students/patrons the new ways to find, organize, and share ideas feels natural and fun. I am very happy about what I am learning... and sharing!