Emotion A.6.24.b

Whew! Times are tough. The Palm Beach County Library System implemented its Business Reference Service back in the late 1980's/early 1990's during the last blip in the economy. At the time, we were assisting patrons with job searches, starting small businesses, finding training programs. Now there are Web 2.0 tools like CareerBuilder to find job postings, post resumes, sign up for job alerts based on pre-selected criteria. Add free tools like this to subscription databases such as our Small Business Resource Center, and the assistance that we can provide to our patrons is leaps and bounds above what we were able to offer a mere 15 years ago. Not to mention that you can search for library jobs on CareerBuilder as well!

(Not that I'm looking or anything, you understand)

Emotion B.6.24.d.zoho

It took me a few years, and then I felt pretty comfortable with Word Perfect.  Then we started using Word and after a few years I'm feeling pretty comfortable with that.  Not as comfortable as I was with Word Perfect, mind you, but not bad.  Now here's Zoho Writer.  Give me a few years, and I'll get back to you.... 

 

I took to the Zoho presentation software right away.  That seemed more "like" Powerpoint.

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Emotion B.6.24.c

Emotion A.6.24.b

pbclswiki- I enjoyed sharing information about favorite wines with fellow staffmembers. I'm considering pairing the Mad Dog 20/20 with cheeto encrusted ball park franks at my next fête. (Oh, according to wikipedia, Fête is a French word meaning festival or holiday, which has passed into English as a label that may be given to certain events. ) For dessert, I think a Pepto Bismol mousse with an aspirin gratine' would not be untoward.

The opportunity for humor in social networking is positively dangerous....

Emotion B.6.24

I've checked out a few wikis IRL- who hasn't stumbled across Wikipedia and found it useful? I hate stumbling across things, though, so clumsy that way. And what about those Wiki Watchee mermaids- a true Florida institition.

Have visited the ALA Wiki in preparation for attending ALA this year. Very handy. SEFLIN has started utilizing wikis for its annual conferences as well.

I found the University of Huddersfield's Library Service's Electronic Resources Wiki. Having just monitored a lengthy discussion on libref-l regarding "what do you call those databases on your website, anyway?" it was interesting to see what can be done regarding the library's databases, using a wiki. A way to provide links, explanations, instructions, etc. Hey, whatever it takes to lead the patrons to our expensive and probably underutilized databases, the better. Gotta compete with wikipedia after all.