Task #7

Well I checked out all the web sites and I decided to go with Shelfari. The set up seemed the easiest, but once I started to get an account it asked for more than say Library Thing whose only requirements where a user name and password. I was surprised when Shelfari asked me not only for my e-mail address but my e-mail account password. Other than that I thought the set up was great. It seems easy to understand and I like the layout. I have to say I wouldn't even be interested with All Readers because it didn't even look warm and inviting. If I am going to stare at a computer I would prefer to look at something attractive.

Good Reads page was kind of like All Readers in that I just don't like to look at it. My main reasons for using these types of web pages would be finding something new to read, keeping a list of books I want to read in the future and keeping track of the books I have read. I wouldn't be at all interested in blogging about what I have read and that was the first thing that popped up, people blogging. A good reads page for Mesa County Libraies might be a good idea but I wouldn't be stoked about contributing. Sorry. I think that if we added good reads then we are offering more resources in a couple different ways but I think that I like our Book Blog better because it's not so cluttered. I like that there isn't as much to distract you with the Mesa County Book Blog. When I look at the Boulder good reads page it just seems like there is so much going on that I wouldn't know where to begin.
My personal opinion is that if there are too many resources then some folks might get overwhelmed and between facebook and book blog MCPLD has all of it's bases covered. I wonder if there is a way to set up a group on the MCPLD facebook account where people can go and talk about books they are reading or have read.

Task #6

I like that libraries are a source of information and that they try and give patron's information in the way that suits them best. I also agree that customer service has a lot to do with whether or not someone has a good experience and decides to come back. That thought is only slightly intimidating.

Task # 5

Well I tried using bookbag a while ago and didn't have much luck with it but this time it seemed to work quite well. I think it's a great feature because sometimes patrons come in and they want every book in a series and this way you only have to enter it once, providing the bookbag feature works. Normally I just do holds from the catalogue and that works just fine but for multiple holds the bookbag would be quicker.

Task #4

I love Facebook! I have recently reconnected with so many people but I only have 91 friends which I thought was good until I checked out Obama and myself and the Smithsonian (2,456 friends) can't even compete with his 6,595,501 friends.
I think that social networking sites are great for folks who are off on adventures and there isn't a lot of internet access, because then you can let everyone know what you're doing without having to write each individual person, which could take up quite a bit of time. i just wish that I had known about them when I was in the Peace Corps, live and learn.

Task #3

Wow what a quiz that was! I had such problems with the question about when the library foundation was started and I tried to look under the Library Bill of Rights (I was grasping at straws) and found that the page couldn't be displayed. I only got 93 percent because I didn't look at the rest of the answers. C'est La Vie!

Task #2

I love pandora and I would just like to say that it's not just for new songs but also for the oldies as well. I just listened to an old salt and pepper song that I have heard in many years.

Task #1

Well the first task was relatively painless. I know that new technology is great and all but it always intimidates me, which is why I haven't done this sooner.