Image Generators Galore

I don't have a car, but if I did, this is how I'd display my ex-new yorker pride on it. If I could fit "New York is too expensive, but Minneapolis is just right" on a license plate, I would.

The trading cards are pretty great, but I think they would work better as something aimed at ironic hipsters than kids. I am more familiar with the former than the latter, however, so I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's used trading cards for any kind of kids promotions!

Spell With Flickr!

I would be dying to tell my graphic designer friends about this site, except that I'm sure they've already heard about it. Strikes me as a great way to put together a ransom note?...

Vassar College Library on Flickr

Photo by Dalboz17
















Photo by nyc_babytiger







Wow, I was spoiled. This is my alma mater's library- where I shelved, worked the circulation desk, studied, researched, and, um, flirted for four years. The first picture is a view of the lobby across from the circ desk, and the second photo with the stain glass window shows the wing where I usually studied- the first table on the left. You can see Library 2.0 at work here- the first year I was in college, 1999, the lower level of this wing held the reference section. By 2000 or so the wing was renovated, the reference books shifted to an adjacent addition, and the entire lower level was filled with computers. The reference librarian's desks remained in the wing, as they increasingly fielded computer and database related questions.

Flickr is a great resource- I'll probably use it eventually to post photos online, but I'm still stubbornly dedicated to my 35mm SLR camera. Tres analog, I know. For now, I'll keep using it to fuel the occasional trip down memory lane.

RSS Feeds Rock My World

Oh, my. Where have RSS feeds been all my life? Every morning I visit the same half dozen or so websites to look at news, comics, blogs, etc, and now I can just look at one! Since I like to read news from all over the world, and I'm extremely research-oriented, Google Reader is going to be my new best friend.

Library 2.0

My knowledge of Web 2.0 tools is probably more advanced than I think, since I grew up using computers and am quite proficient at using the internet. However, I do find that more and more customers at my library are asking questions about internet-related tasks and problems, and neither I nor the other staff there have any idea what they are talking about. I'm hoping that participating in 23 Things on a Stick will give me more tools to help my customers, and to help me keep up with the ever evolving model of the library (or Library 2.0).

I am curious as to how we can keep up the traditional library services and atmosphere that older patrons have come to expect, and keep the interest of younger people who are more and more computer-oriented.