In addition

When Helene Blowers spoke she gave concrete examples of how libraries are using Library 2.0 right now. One of these examples is the meebo widget being utilized in a catalogue. How does this work? Well, David Lee King of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library has a meebo widget set up so that anytime a patron searches the catalogue and gets the "sorry not found" window there is a meebo widget there along with the library's hours and telephone number. Patrons may make easy contact with a librarian. Check out David's blog post and on the blog post he invites you to contact him directly (davidleeking at gmail dot com)

Helene Blowers comes to Suffolk

Yesterday (Dec 4.) we had the pleasure of again listening to Helene Blowers speak, but this time here in Suffolk at SCLA's CATS annual meeting. Ms. Blowers reiterated and went into greater detail over what web & library 2.0 actually is. For those who were unable to attend and are interested here is a slide presentation by Ms Blowers :

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Helene also blogs at: Library Bytes...at yesterdays presentation she reiterated her mantra which is "give yourself and others permission to play"...

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The Graying of the Internet

One of the sessions that I didn't have time to blog in Monterey had to do with seniors and their use of the Internet. Allen M. Kleinman from the Old Bridge (N.J.) Public Library put on a good show at the conference discussing serving and training seniors. Check out his postings on Web Junction under Patron Services, Services to Older Adults: http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=7763

22% of people 65 and older use the Internet.

Some web sites he suggested:
Cranky.com--popular with users over 45. Clean, simple, nonthreatening results.

SeniorNet--the first site to say that seniors should get on the net. It's a pay as you go training site.

Thirdage.com--a social networking site for seniors.

Allen will soon be hosting a seniors WII tournament at his library. Way cool!!

WE ARE ROAD WARRIORS!!!

YEA!!! Now off to eat breakfast...it's tuff but someones got to do it....

FOGGED IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So no one told us that Monterey is prone to fog. Actually, it shouldn't be happening this time of year. It was all fun until we got to the airport and were told that we wouldn't be traveling tonight. At that point, Sam got the phone call from United Airlines telling us the same thing. How efficient of them!!! So, tomorrow we're going to try to fly standby and hope for the best. At worst we'll be arriving Friday morning. Will I make my 12:00 ferry to Bridgeport?

We're at the Comfort Inn which rocks with free WiFi!!!!!!

Library Chic signing off for now.