Celebrating 100 years of AL

Found this while reading one of my blogs, and thought you might enjoy it. Be sure to click on it to start it playing. :)

Wandering through Wikis

Tasks #17 & #18

Looking at all the Wiki links (sounds kind of Hawaiian if you say it fast!) that Nancy provided and navigating our ATS Wiki, I can certainly see the benefits to us here. I found Library Success interesting. Looked at "Reading Group Guides" which had a good list of current titles and "Leading Book Groups" under Reader's Advisory but there wasn't much there. A good place to ADD more information!

Having said that, however, I can't see much use for it on a personal level. When I thought about what on earth I should add (to the wiki) to demonstrate my perusal and consequent understanding of Wikis, I fell back on "liberry stuff."

I'm looking forward to what you "creative types" come up with!

"O teach me how I should forget to think"

Unfortunately I don't need to learn this!! I can do it quite well on my own thank you very much.

Know the source of the above quote? Be the first to reply and you'll receive a robust round of applause!

If you haven't checked out my link (at right) to the Shakespearean Insult Generator, you're really missing out!

Library 2.0

This comes from the April 15th Library Journal. Be sure to turn your speakers up as the words to the music reinforce the messages on the screen. Credit is given in the final slide.

Tasks #14, #15, #16

What a good way to introduce us to new databases! I found an interesting video on "When is a Headache a Migraine?" which detailed the characteristics of a migraine, possible triggers and medicines that may help.

The articles I found in the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection from the Plateau Voice were FUN! I typed in the keyword "library" (so original) and found two interesting articles:

October 29, 1915
Titled "Our Library," this article discussed the need for more books! The gist of it was if money can be raised for ball teams and such, it shouldn't be difficult to have a fund raiser for the library (some things never change)!!!

May 16, 1924
Titled "Vaudeville Show for Library Benefit," was a hoot! Detailed each of the seven "acts" and mentioned that at the hefty price of .50 each, the house was nearly full and the library would be able to purchase quite a few fiction titles with the proceeds.

I'm wondering if I might include the link to the EBSCO Host tutorial in an email to my classmates (learning to use databases for class)?