MCPL is very reliant on email for communication. Adult services has a blog, which I think is a better form of communication for routine information, but Children's services, and other department communicate through email (or so I am led to believe). I cannot fully comment on whether email improves productivity in the work place because I've never worked in a professional/or paraprofessional position without it. It serves as a constant reminder of job to do and issues that come up. I believe that it does increase productivity in some aspects, but hinders in others. A positive is the trail of communication that can be recorded. This provides a much clearer trail than verbal heresay. A negative (for me at least) is the lack of interaction in some work places, and the amount of time people spend answering email. I've worked in places where I felt I had to apologize for asking a person a question in person, rather than over email. At least interoffice forwards (at least in the places I've worked) have dropped tremedously.
Online reference is a really neat idea, although its application is a bit trickier. I used instant messaging throughout high school and college. Since graduating I haven't used instant messaging for personal use, but I have used it in work. Interoffice communication is great when using instant messaging, especially in a work place that encourages silence. For reference IM would work well as a quick resource, but I don't think it would work well for in-depth questions.
I didn't start text messaging until after college, but I love it for its ease of quick communication. It is great for quick questions, which would be useful in quick reference quesitons. I have used it to send emails, which was very easy.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Awesometown Trading Cards
I could make my own Magic cards for a magic program, and then destroy everyone that shows up with my non-regulation deck!
But in all seriousness, this is great! You could have an entire program just centered around making your own trading cards! In the department you could make cards, or movie posters featuring your department. It would be a great way to get the faces of the department out for people to see. I think these have great potential in the children's department.
Thinking as a possible school media specialist, these could be used to enhance understanding of different subjects. You could make a trading card deck for a kingdom of animals, or a genre of writing (imagine British Literature, The Collectible Card Game!).
But in all seriousness, this is great! You could have an entire program just centered around making your own trading cards! In the department you could make cards, or movie posters featuring your department. It would be a great way to get the faces of the department out for people to see. I think these have great potential in the children's department.
Thinking as a possible school media specialist, these could be used to enhance understanding of different subjects. You could make a trading card deck for a kingdom of animals, or a genre of writing (imagine British Literature, The Collectible Card Game!).
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One time Corduroy came to the library. He rode a skateboard.
Using pictures like this in the library for promotion and for people to see just what we're up to is a great way to build publicity. Plus, people love seeing pictures of themselves from events, it is a proven fact backed by years of research. You could also use imageshack, or photobucket, both of which I have used in the past, but I don't think they are as good as flickr. The whole attachment to my yahoo! id and the ability to link to my blog is a great way to streamline the process.
The thing about these photosharing websites is their completely public, so you shouldn't put anything on there that you wouldn't want the whole world to see. This applies to most things on the internet.
Flickr is cool. I like it.
Using pictures like this in the library for promotion and for people to see just what we're up to is a great way to build publicity. Plus, people love seeing pictures of themselves from events, it is a proven fact backed by years of research. You could also use imageshack, or photobucket, both of which I have used in the past, but I don't think they are as good as flickr. The whole attachment to my yahoo! id and the ability to link to my blog is a great way to streamline the process.
The thing about these photosharing websites is their completely public, so you shouldn't put anything on there that you wouldn't want the whole world to see. This applies to most things on the internet.
Flickr is cool. I like it.
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