Thing 17

Deliciouse seems to be somthing the reference staff might be interested in setting up for specific items that they search for a lot. If you use the internet alot, this would be a helpful tool to filter out all the junk searches.

Thing 16

I started setting up a My Space spot. When I got to the place to upload pictures, the site locked up because the city websense came up and said it was blocked.

THING 15

My Space and Facebook are a great communication tool for teens. If we need to communicate with them, then the library needs its own site on it but who would be responsible for maintaining it. Would any pictures we put up have to have parent signatures before we could use them.

Thing 14

It was very easy to add to the wiki. If you made a mistake, it was easy to go back and edit it. Although the fact that anyone can change someone else's entry is a little scary.

Thing 13

If ComIT would allow us to use this, it would be great. But since we have limited access to changing anything on the city website and the paranoia about letting the public have input on the site, it is wishful thinking on our part.

Reviews for each book input by nonlibrary staff would be helpful and might cut down on the number of holds on books that really are not that good but everyone puts holds on them based on the author.

Thing 12

IM can be a very useful tool but it is also harder to do a reference interview. You lose the face to face contact and the ability to easily figure out what they really are looking for. I asked a question and it tied the librarian up for 35 minutes. This is another station that has to be manned and some of the library branches really does not have the staff to man it.

Thing Two

Of the seven and a half, TIME is the most important and then technology. Finding the time to read all the articles is a bit hard to do but then not being blocked from accessing what we need to do our job is another.