Cloud Computing via "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"

Found this while reading the ALA e-newsletter and just had to share it!
Sing along everyone!
:)

Cloud Computing

Just what I needed: something to justify "having my head in the clouds!"

We already use this with our Google calendars in Info. Services, and I'm guessing it's something along those lines that allows us to access our shared files. I'd love to see those on a cloud. Every so often I'm at home when inspiration hits and I want access to one of my files to add to it, expand upon something or write a list of ideas to pursue on paid time.

Great for retrieving photos, music, saved research, etc. I think it'll soon be an expected service; folks with smartphones and other devices want access to their info wherever they are and it would be nice as public library members to help them get to it!

The Bad Three

If you live in Colorado and plan to vote, this video is a MUST SEE!

Get out there and VOTE!

Terrific amount of information on this Libguide (Thank you Linda!) and so well organized. It makes me happy because it's an easy one-stop shop for all things electoral-much easier than trying to navigate a number of independent sites.

My dyslexia foiled me again as I thought I had chosen Nov 2nd as the election date, but apparently I chose Nov 4th. Consequently I have a lowly score of 83%. So sad.

Critical Past and Food Safety

I can see that this would be a great place to refer patrons wanting actual footage of historical events such as clips from Vietnam. Found a very politically incorrect black and white video of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain that made me laugh. I was surprised to note a clip about Brooke Shields visiting the Coast Guard in Bahrain during the Gulf War. Being able to search clips by decade and year is a great tool.

The minimum cooking temperature for fresh pork is 160 degrees. (So now I guess I need a meat thermometer?) I like the recalls and alerts section.

New OPAC

I've been working with the new OPAC for a while and noticed several things that I passed on to "the powers that be." Originally when I looked up Lewis, CS a list came up with all kinds of Lewis's, but CS was down the page a ways. When I clicked on CS Lewis at the top under Suggested Topics, it took me to a page-long biography that I had to scroll down before finding his titles. If, however, I searched CS Lewis, I went directly to his titles. I see that it has now been fixed!

Browsing was also problematic. I chose to browse by author and then alphabetically, but discovered that what came up was a list of authors organized by the number of titles they had and not necessarily alphabetically. I found that confusing and unhelpful. I see that has NOT been fixed: Dickens, Dixon, Dahl are the first 3 listed under the D's.

Nancy is also aware that there is no Spanish option for the OPAC at this point and I'm sure they will be addressing that as soon as they are able.

Today I put The Memory Keeper's Daughter on hold from Clifton. Like that very much; the ability to see what is where and choose (we had only the audio here). This will be a MAJOR improvement when all the kinks are worked out.

I will very much enjoy the Cart Feature both personally and professionally when it's up and running!

Survey is completed!

Library of the Future in Plain English

What impressed me is that we're already doing a lot of this!



Presentation by Mal Booth, Sophie McDonald and Belinda Tiffen, UTS Library. Ideas and concept for the video format were borrowed from the Common Craft website at www.commoncraft.com