Continuation of # 6 Photos & Images Message #3

Message 3 for Photos. It's been fun! Poor Izzy was framed, her edges brushed and then Warholizer!

#7 Technology

Check out the following:

http://www.when.com/

http://jplwestregional.blogspot.com/

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

http://goingtorain.com/


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In my career working in libraries - as a page in the Orange County/Osceola County System; a clerk at Strozier Library at FSU; a children’s librarian in the Charlotte/Glades County Library System to present a Senior Librarian with Jacksonville Public Library I am amazed with the technology changes I have seen in how a library operates. Just look at how the process of checking out a book has changed.

As a page we first checked out books with a Gaylord System which bit small chunks out of the card which were found in the backs of the books. Each time a chunck of card was taken, a library card number was printed onto the card from the metal plate inserted into the paper card. The small chunk allowed the machine to check the book out to another customer by moving down the card, so the new number imprinted did not imprint over the first number.

This system gave way to one in which we made copies of the card found in the back of the book and the library card. This microfilm was developed giving us a record of who check out what, when. Looking up overdue customers was sure a pain.

After that we had one that was computer based. When an item was checked out you inserted a slip of paper with the due date. etc into the back of the book. When the item was returned these slips were run through a mammoth computer so the staff would know who did not return their books and hence were overdue.

When I came to JPL things were migrating from a similar system to a computer based system – earlier version of SIRSIS.

I don’t even know if I should bring up go from paper card catalogs, microfilm readers to internet and wifi. :-)

#5 & #6 Discover Flickr and More Fun

Fun, Fun, Fun. But boy are the library's PC's slow!

I did a Movie poster and a motivational statement poster. For the top image- I first matted the image. I can't get how to center a picture/image in a frame without cutting something off. Practice makes perfect I guess. I then added an inspirational message. I should have made the words bigger.

The second is my movie poster. This one was easier as I did not try to crop or frame. Just used the movie poster utility.

Importance or reason why I used these pictures - no copyright. They are from my genealogy website. :-) They spoke to me!

#3 & # 4 Blogging in 3 Easy Steps

Still using the same Blog from June. But something new- I have been posting alot of my posts (experiments in progress using what I have learned) the past 2 weeks to our Branch Website. Check it out at

http://jplwestregional.blogspot.com/

I am having some problems registering my blog though. I must work harder to make it worthy of being registered I guess! :-)

#2 Lifelong Learning & L2 - Again - 12-lifelong-learning-habits

OK - again I am choosing "setting a goal" as my easiest habit for 12-lifelong-learning-habits. Now I just need to make time to begin achieving that goal!