Step 4

This is fun. I like adding pictures to make text more interesting.

I know I need lots more practice to make it look better.

Step 3

I did get to read the Library Tchnology Reports article. A colleague had printed out a paper copy. I'm looking forward to getting more patron interaction on our web site.

RSS is pretty easy to do. However, subscribing to the blogs wasn't as obvious because the atom feature isn't as clean as the orange RSS icon. While it is nice to have one place to go to find updates from your favorite web sites you still do have to GO somewhere. If I really want to know something I like to have it in my face - for example, using GovDelivery which brings updates to your e-mail.

Step # 2

This morning I tried to do Step # 2. Unfortunately I didn't have the right software to view the video and once I was able to view the video I had buffer problems so I spent more time waiting than watching. I had seen Stephen Abrams at the Minitex workshop a year ago and he certainly has lots of enthusiasm for what libraries can do with technology. I liked the fact that he included virtual reference as one of the neat things libraries are doing with technology. I also liked his suggestion to reflect after doing - I guess that's what we are doing by blogging about our experiences.

In the blog we were to read I very much agree that there is a vital issue with library ILS. I don't think that our traditional ILS vendors are going to help us get to the kind of systems we need unless there is a lot of change which I don't see happening.

So far I have only been able to read the first page of the Library Technology Report. Not sure why but I can't scroll down to the second page nor does clicking on the next page arrow work.