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 Lesson 9 Part 2- Zinio


I chose Art News, Outside Magazine, and Yoga Journal.  

                             


The Zinio Reader App is available for  iPhone iPad Android Win 8 Mac PC Kindle Fire/HD/HDX.

Lesson 9 Part 1 Hoopla



Found in Hoopla's App under Top Titles for Audiobook:

Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

I don't know how digital resources are changing libraries except that because people are using them more, their expectations are that we have them. I know that in the last 5 years, I've seen eBook use really take off, both in the library and "on the outside." As far as other resources such as Zinnio and Hoopla, I don't know of many people who use these. I have an account with both but don't use them. Probably because I'm in front of computers all day and I try and detox at home. I really should make a point of looking at my Zinnio magazines though because they are awesome on a large computer screen!

Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge

Divergent by Veronica Roth is available in both eBook and audiobook format. The library owns 96 copies of the eBook of which 53 are currently available. We own 15 copies of the audiobook, none of which are available. There are 20 patrons on the holds list. 

Grain Brain by David Perlmutter is available in eBook format. SAPL owns 14 and there are 12 currently available. 


Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge

OneClickDigital - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Hoopla - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
OverDrive - Coraline by Neil Gaiman

I found OneClickDigital the easiest to use. Hoopla is a tad clunky. OverDrive was fine. 

Lesson 7  Part 1 Challenge

I found these broken glasses out by the sign. 

Lesson 6 Parts 1&2 Challenge

Ohhh, social media. On a personal level, I don't participate much. I have an Instagram account that I love but that's about it. Oh, I also have a Goodreads account but I don't network much there. I use it mostly to keep track of what I've read and want to read. Facebook has way too much drama potential for me, tweeting just doesn't appeal, I'm too old for Snapchat and I don't know anyone on Vine. I not professional enough for LinkedIn and for some reason, Pinterest just doesn't do it for me either. 

On a business level, social media's potential is amazing! Any company or business that does not take advantage of its reach is crippling itself. This is why I'm so dismayed by the City's decision to block employees from social networking sites. I understand that employees might be taking advantage of it, but I feel those infractions could be handled in a different way. I also understand that appeals can be made to allow an employee access to social media sites, but that is not the point. A major city that, as policy, blocks employee access to social media sites is really limiting itself. 

Lesson 5 Challenge

In five minutes I went from enjoying that little brightly colored game to hating it. I sucked. 

Lesson 3 Part 2 Challenge

I use LibGuides about as often as I use print resource guides or bibliographies. Hardly ever. Through this lesson though, I re-familiarized myself with a few that I will start to use, for myself and also for the public. Under Library Information, both the Connect at Central and E-Reader Info guides are very helpful. I will definitely start to use these with patrons.  Under What to Read, I found the genre guides to be helpful. As far as Staff LibGuides, I find the Circulation Guide to be extremely helpful! Thanks to Laura and her staff for keeping this updated. Recently I've had to refer to the Internet Filtering LibGuide and I thought it was well-done. 

Lesson 3 Part 1 Challenge

A SAC art student came into the library to do research for her American Art History class. The assignment was to write a 5-page paper on Sports in Art.  While researching George Bellows in the database Art Source, she became interested in his boxing paintings. To find information on Jack Dempsey and some of the other boxers in the paintings, she used Biography in Context. In addition, the student used Opposing Viewpoints to include a short section on the way boxing was perceived in early 20th century America. 

Lesson 2 Part 3 Challenge Outlook

I already had a signature created but it didn't have our tagline. Oops.

Lesson 2 Part 2 Challenge 2. Done.

Lesson 2 Part 2 Challenge 1

I snipped this from Siri Looft's blog, Olive Hummer. She is a Swedish vegetarian chef who loves beautifully simple food and who curses freely. Snipping was a snap. I had forgotten all about this tool.

Lesson 1 Part 3 Challenge

I created a blog.