Things 13 & 14

I checked out all of these tools and am not sure how they would apply to my library but it was fun to explore them and to learn about them.   The library I work at is in a town of 350 people and I am the only one working here but will keep the information available if ever need to use it.   I will also keep it available if in some way I can help someone else to use it.

Thing #12

CPD 23 has opened many different avenues for me.  So many different links I had never heard of are out there for me to use.  Getting in there, exploring them and communicating with many other librarians and such has been very interesting.  Even after CPD23 I will keep up on facebook. linkedin and others to stay ahead of things going on in other libraries and around the world.

Thing # 11

This mentoring sounds like a very good idea but at the present time my mind is blank as to who it would be.  Over the years as I am learning to be a library director I have asked and learned alot from the other librarains in our county.   We get together every other month but I know if I had any questions I can always call one of them for an answer.  So I guess I have a group mentor.

Thing #10

When I moved back to the small town of Oakdale back in 2002 I started coming into the library. I love to read and what better place to go.   I would sit and visit with the librarian and when the job of assistant came up I applied for it.  I enjoyed planning and doing summer reading, and other projects with children in town.  In the year 2005 I took over as the Director.  I still plan and do many projects with the children of Oakdale and also for the adults.  I really love my job and plan to continue to better my job pervformance by reading and studing different things concerning the library.

Thing #9

All of this seems interesting and totally organized.   I don't know if my system can take such organization of everything.  But all is worth a try to see if can manage it..  Looking forward to seeing what is next on the list of things to read about and do.

Thing #8

This thing was rather fun and interesting all the same.  I now have my library claendar on my igoogle and can go to it anytime to get information.   I don't lead a very exciting life but there area few fun things on there for everyone to see.  This was one of the easiest things I have done but was thouroughly enjoyable too.   Hope everyone else is getting as much information out of these classes as I am

Thing #7

There are so many organizations out there and they seem very interesting.  I am not a very outspoken person so would be very difficult for me to join one.  I do belong to the County Library Board here in the county I live in.  I  will be seeing what else is in the area that I can join.

Thing #6

I did not realize there was so many different links that involved libraries.  It was very interesting to look them over and also signed up for some of them.  The one site I have used quite some time now is Facebook but never realized they had groups such as 23 Things that you could join.  I can see I willbe spending more time on the computer then ever have before.

Thing #5

This lesson was a hard one for me to do.  To reflect back on what I have already learned and how it has made a difference in my life.  Realizing there are so many different places to go and to see what others are doing is exciting.  I have enjoyed talking to and reading other librarians thoughts.  It worked great for me to be able to follow the hands on instructions.   I am slow at learning and getting acquainted with all the new technology and being able to apply it to our library, but it is beginning to work together for the good.  I plan on using all this new knowledge to become more aware of whats going on in other libraries and to use that knowledge here in Oakdale.