Blog Reflection #2

Being part of the “Echo Boom” generation (a new and exciting term for me), I feel pretty confident with using most technology. However, I’m still “blogger illiterate” (another new term), so please bear with me.

The information we’ve covered over the past couple of weeks has opened my eyes to the “invisible work” and commitment of a reference librarian. I didn’t think that the internet would replace the librarian, but now I KNOW it can’t. The internet is an amazing virtual tool, but the librarian is the one who manipulates that tool, and helps others to use it to be as successful as possible.

The library I usually go to (Cerritos Library) offers so much more than one would expect. And the various librarians are always available to assist with every aspect (Children’s Young Adult, Movies, Magazines, Computers, Reference, etc.). The information I’ve gained this week has given me insight to why librarians ask the questions they do and spend varying amounts of time with each patron.

Looking for ward to week 4!

Ready to begin again! Blog Reflection #1

Wow! I almost forgot about having this. I set up this blog for a previous LIB class, over 3 ½ years ago. It was my first experience with blogging (and actually, my only experience). I’m not very technology savvy so it was a huge accomplishment for me. I still don’t completely understand all the ins and outs of blogging, but I’m ready to learn.

I do not read any blogs on a regular basis. I have logged into tumblr.com a few times, but that was a long time ago. After reading my own information, I wish I had gone back and continued with it. However, my wish is about to come true with the beginning of this new class.

I believe content sharing is a great thing. Looking back on one of the subjects I researched in 2008 (Organ Donation) it reminded me of something that was very important to me, and could very well help someone else too. The value of posting true and accurate information is priceless, and including reference sources can save someone else a lot of time and effort.

Although this class is only a few days old, I am already looking forward to learning bigger and better things. Now that I’ve had a kick-start to my memory bank I remember how useful my previous intro class was and I would be very surprised if this one isn’t as good, or even better. Let’s do this!