Google Tools found interesting

Checking out Google tools by Donna Baker, I am looking for help with google docs. Planning to create documents to share at the library. Newsletters, new books, lists of Station Library materials and policies.

Library Newsletter

I have been part of the "First Edition" (title of Blue Earth Community Library's newsletter) for 3 years. We are creating the 45th issue for December 2010. I list new titles with name of author. We have a feature article that tells about activities going on here. The ornament workshop is being planned now. We have news of the Cookbook Club, an spot for "Ask Dewey", and a Technology news spot called "Bytes". There can be lots more: Particularly the book reviews written by staff or patrons. But I am usually looking for ideas from other librarians online. I follow a few in Twitter, 23thingsonastick ning, www.librarything.com, and facebook.
The letter amounts to one page, double sided, which is available at the desk and on the library website www.becl.org. I enjoy doing it and hope that it encourages people to read more and become internet savvy. I would like to do an article on searching online. Compare google with bing and yahoo. I use google for so many things, I don't need anything else. But it is good to look at other search vehicles. There is usually something to learn, for instance, the vocabularly (which I can use). People don't realize how many words to use and how to choose words for a search.

Twitter is great up to the second news!

The game was not on TV, I logged in to Twitter and got a play by play announcements and comments extraordinarily exciting!
That was the day I was hooked on Twitter. Since that time I log in when I am in need of news. Plus I have found authors, and book publishing firms announcing new books, giving opinions, links to book excerpts and articles. I have a weatherman I follow, also.
All the people I follow are people I have not met in person. Whereas in Facebook, I know all.

Library used books

I brought home very well worn books by Erma Bombeck, that's what this librarian couldn't throw in the dumpster. Why? She was a funny mother, my idol. I tried to be as interesting as possible as I could be to my kids so they would always desire a stimulating environment.
The library used book nook has regular visitors (and irregular visitors). The money goes in the bank since we don't have an active Friends of the Library group to manage it. Friends assist and promote the Library, have meetings and enjoy.
I have been working at the Library since Nov. 12, 2001. My job has grown and so have I. This blog is part of the training involving online learning. On librarything also, where I list favorite books, my name is CoriatLib. I am Corinne at the Library

Spring 2010

A long winter confined us inside due to volumes of snow here in the midwest and due to economics. Spring is here. Time to revitalize, time to renew our vow to improve ourselves in the workplace. Yes, librarians can be discouraged during long periods of winter, in this case it was lack of stimulation in the form of education. Have to know what we are doing wrong to do it better. Lifting myself out of the doldrums, I am committing myself to leaning more. The 23 things on a stick is in it's third bout of online instruction. More and more things to review and learn from. #48. We are talking about twitter. I enjoy tweeting. I follow some librarians, book publishers, authors, celebrities = Sven Sundgard, our weather man posts his photos on trips to Argentina, Norway, Hawaii. So, I am going on with the program. Librarians got know stuff!