The past two weeks have been like The Cliffs of Insanity! I had a huge professional development presentation at work, and then a week of working extra shifts while our two key people were on vacation, and then two papers to turn in--in addition to life and other kid stuff that is a full time job in itself. My in-laws are coming from Ireland this weekend and will be here for 10 days; fun!
Virtual Reference
I had a lot of fun working on my blog Wiki paper, and looking at other's work I think....mine is a bit long. I just have so much to say about blogging, and I can see a real permanence and future to it. Amateur journalism, electronic newsletter.....all of the promises of the original desktop publishing that began with personal computers being more fully realized in Blogs. The individual as the artist. Doing it My Way. The electronic community--call it what you will, blogs are still an exciting medium.
I have been getting my resources together for the knitting section, and for the craft blogs. These should be taking shape within the week.
Virtual Reference at Work
This week I applied my VR skills....on the job! I had the idea of making audio booktalks for the college's upcoming student book discussion groups. My supervisor was enthusiastic! For about a month we wrote booktalks for the books, recruited staff and faculty to read them, worked out the tech kinks. The week that they were supposed to go live.....the Webmaster left the college! Denied! Hit the post! Tripped at the last hurdle! I wrote off all the work and decided to retry next year.
BUT....the college hired a contractor to do fill in work and we were included! The audio files went live and the page looks great. We have had more requests for the books this year than ever, and I hope that when we take attendance at the event we will blow last year out of the water! Success!
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