Librarian in the Cloud

A Day in the Life of a Library 2010 (Part One)

After watching from the sidelines the past four rounds of the “A Day in the Life of a Library” Project, I swore I’dÂ participateÂ the next time, which is this week!

On Monday, I managed to take meticulous notes by hand throughout the day, but haven’t had a chance to record them on here yet. I’ve got a general idea of what I’ve done on Tuesday and Wednesday and will do one big blog post about my week at the end of the week.

I’ve also been using the #libday5 hashtag on Twitter off and on, included many times this morning in response to a “certain” comment on this post by Bobbi Newman, but what I’ve gotten the most out of this week is using the libday5 tag for my Delicious account. I share and save a lot of articles I run across throughout the day to Delicious and to Instapaper (RSS Feed link to my items). I rarely do go back and read them, but I’m amazed at the times I run to Delicious when a certain topic comes at hand and I can find an article/resource or two in there. Check out my reading list so far this week.

Stay tuned for my summary post.

iPad eBooks and eBook apps for Kids

A friend of mine is spending a few days with his 3-year-old granddaughter in another state. He has a new iPad and asked me to put together a list of recommended iPad eBooks and eBook apps for kids for her. I have several on my iPad my niece (20 months) and nephew (almost 4!) absolutely love to read when I’m with them (although my niece loves to push the home button; child proof button lock needed!).

Unfortunately, I haven’t had a lot of luck finding free eBooks for kids (young kids, that is). I’ve found a few here and there when there are specials, but to get the full audio + read to me/read myself part that the kids are fascinated by, I’ve discovered you have to pay for them.

If you know of any good free apps for the iPad, please leave comments for sure! I haven’t explored the B&N eReader or Kindle or Stanza or other eReader platform stores for kids books yet. I’m sure there are lots more out there, including books in the Project Gutenberg archive (many of which can be accessed through iBooks. Continue reading “iPad eBooks and eBook apps for Kids”

Twitter Daily Digest for 2010-07-28

RT @MLx: Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Librarians http://ff.im/-ojXaV #
RT @technolibrary: Cool article abt tracking trends. more in print edition. http://bit.ly/9eQl0G #
had wrong password to remote into a computer to fix a URL in their circ setup; waiting the obligatory 30-minute lockout period now #libday5 #
@web20classroom nope launched the pdf just fine for me. no login necessary (using chrome) in reply to web20classroom #
RT @web20classroom: RT @mrhgaddis: RT @ShellTerrell: Gr8 Glogster! Intro to Web 2.0 http://bit.ly/buxeeE #edtech #elearning via @TwitClass #
do any of yr libraries have a website comment policy or social media policy? if you do, could you send me a link (if online)? Thx! #libday5 #
@helgagrace what's a watch 😀 and don't they have a cell phone? #libday5 in reply to helgagrace #
@annavan thank you! #libday5 in reply to annavan #
@buffyjhamilton have fun; must tell you hilarious story abt mom unboxing order in the living room 1 summer — involves a cat & rubber bands in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@ashuping tried testing what you're working with using firebug? in reply to ashuping #
canadian brass has an album called The Canadian Brass Plays Bernstein?? No way! thx Pandora for introing me to that! 😀 #libday5 #
@ashuping cool. Chrome has this built-in, FYI. Under developer tools (i think) in reply to ashuping #
At home for lunch. Salad & grapes. Have a session with @SherriLibrarian in our lab when I get back to NEKLS. Looking forward to it! #libday5 #
@ashuping that's why i use chrome now in reply to ashuping #
@ashuping i got sick of that happening; switched to chrome and haven't looked back; now only keep FF around for using LogMeIn in reply to ashuping #
@ashuping using flash blockers on both chrome & FF has helped some of the crashing tendencies too in reply to ashuping #
RT @webmaster_ref: Success: don't follow the crowd, push the borders out, and then push some more, do what you promise, above and beyond. #
Walked 1.5 miles in 34 mins and felt alright. I currently use the app footsteps to track my mileage & times. … http://dailymile.com/e/B9su #
@buffyjhamilton cat loved rubber bands. Cat somehow found rubber banded book in middle of a pile among all the many piles of books in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton cat had started pulling at a book w his mouth & pushing w nose. We couldnt figure out why; cat noticed us watching & stopped in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton eventually cat went back to work (act he was pulling the rubber band w his teeth; remember now!), pulled that book out… in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton worked the rubberband off the book….and immediately had it taken away! 🙂 how he found that band in those stacks, we never in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton figured out. Silly cat. If we'd had a 24/7 video camera in the house when he was alive, oh the YouTube hits we'd have! in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton (I'm not the greatest story teller but it was hilarious) in reply to buffyjhamilton #
@buffyjhamilton there's an even funnier one w him & a paper bag full of pop cans; he was definitely a crazy cat! Too smart for his own good in reply to buffyjhamilton #

Twitter Daily Digest for 2010-07-27

@buffyjhamilton i'm trying; you know what, your running post awhile back was part of my motivation to do this; 🙂 have a great week! in reply to buffyjhamilton #
was offline for most of the weekend; unpacked more & put stuff away into storage; did laundry; & spent lots of time w family; great weekend! #
RT @chatlibraries: wondering what librarians do all day? follow the #libday5 hashtag ths week to find out! hint its more than just reading! #
was going to start on redesign of a few sections of our new website but remembered there's a webinar platform testing session at 10 #libday5 #
@JCCCLib and lots of it! #libday5 in reply to JCCCLib #
NEKLS is registered! RT @LJSLJebookSummt: Early Bird Registration for the 1st ever LJ SLJ ebook summit closes July 30th http://bit.ly/9xVaT2 #
@beccamunson today/this week is #libday5 Day in the Life of a Library http://bit.ly/12ayjv you shld definitely participate w yr progress 🙂 in reply to beccamunson #
pple doing sales pitches, be aware of how your customer wants to use the product, and demo those features! #
once this demo is over, i'll be trying to not be grumpy; seriously, pple need to be aware of their audiences while presenting, esp vendors! #
RT @wizzyrea: Oh hey, the EFF skewered DRM, gets govt to allow jailbreaking of phones, mashup artists to break DVD DRM. http://ke-we.net/1rl #
RT @jdscott50: Public Libraries Nourishing the Mind http://ff.im/-oj0oA #
fax machines are of the devil. and then some. #libday5 #
@beccamunson np; good luck with the settling in! how many weeks till school starts? in reply to beccamunson #
tracking week on paper 4 #libday5 will try 2 blog thru the week; but also tracking what I'm reading online: http://bit.ly/bFX9oT #
@helgagrace round up; i vote 6-7 #deepquestions #libday5 in reply to helgagrace #
do any of your libraries have a website comment policy or social media policy? if you do, could you send me a link? Thx! #
@erindowney ok since when is moving this dangerous?? BE careful! in reply to erindowney #
Walked 1.67 miles in 32 mins and felt good. I didn't want to go at all. Ended up venting days frustration & tirednes… http://bit.ly/bwn2M8 #
Ran 0.3 miles in 3 mins and 18 secs and felt good. Ran three times during the walk. Thinking it's getting close to t… http://bit.ly/9zxd9q #
@kellymhall thx I need all the encouragement I can get right now. What is it, 3 weeks to a habit? 🙂 in reply to kellymhall #

Twitter Daily Digest for 2010-07-26

@kellymhall wow. Ok. That does sound doable. Thx for the encouragement! in reply to kellymhall #
Twitter Daily Digest for 2010-07-25 http://ff.im/-ofOAw #
Walked 1.44 miles in 28 mins and felt alright. Walked with dad tonight while at parents house. His walking route has… http://bit.ly/d2bq5W #

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