I was just wondering...

I wonder if there is a place online where you can log a list of places you'd like to visit before you die? I'd also like to create a "Bucket List" sort of deal. I think it would be cool to have one online, similar to a blog, but not... you know what I mean? Like where other people could add suggestions or help you to extend and modify your list.

Oh, and a list of books to read... I want to do that too. This really has nothing to do with technology. Well, it kind of does since I added the online/blog-type element to it.

I'll add another blog this weekend... maybe then I'll have a sample "Bucket List".

What I'm thinking...

Why can't I come up with a catchy title for my blog?

I wonder if this new MSU 199 (new employees) class is going to be as fun today as it was yesterday? The lecturer was the Assistant to the Provost, Bruce Maxwell. No one really wanted to talk, so I talked a little. They split us up into these small groups and had us "brainstorm" together. It was odd. There were some awkward technical difficulties with the MSU website and Powerpoint, and we ended up staying 5 minutes late because of that. Oh well. I guess you'll have that at times.

I am hoping that the Beaker Bucks machine is working today. I had to call in the repairman yesterday because a guy had gotten a half-torn dollar bill stuck in the machine. I didn't realize when I gave him a dollar for his change that it was half-torn... so I had to give him a dollar out of my money for the mistake. I felt that was the right thing to do. Besides, he needed to print something.

I can't think of any technology-ish thing to say today. Maybe something will come to mind later in the afternoon.

I hear we're supposed to get some high winds and storms later. I wasn't happy with that news... my MSU 199 class which we are *required* to take (the one I mentioned earlier) is in another building.

A Day off from Technology!! :)

Well, Morehead State University called off all classes and offices today due to inclement weather! That means a day off from work... and a day off from technology! No e-mails, no telephones (cell or otherwise), no copiers (or other copy-related issues and repairs), no printers, no scanners... no technology whatsoever! It's weird that sometimes we need days off from technology which was supposed to make our lives that much easier. At times, it seems as if things become more difficult when all of these "pleasures" are added into the equation. Just yesterday, I was having a nice lunch at my desk. I was all caught up on my work, and was looking forward to some down time. Almost at that exact moment, I received an e-mail forward from a co-worker about a problem that a patron was having and needed me to solve. So, there went my lunch and my relaxing second half of the day.

Oh well... today will be better, because at least I can use my technology at my leisure. :)

Happy Snow Day!!

Measuring Quality in Chat Reference Consortia

I read an article today by Deborah L. Meert and Lisa M. Given entitled "Measuring Quality in Chat Reference Consortia: A Comparative Analysis of Responses to Users' Queries." I thought a lot of it really applied to this class, since new digital technologies have allowed many libraries to develop online chat reference programs.

Our library at Morehead State University has just recently begun promoting our chat reference program called Meebo, and for a short time it will be located on the Camden-Carroll Library Homepage. I think this was done mainly so that its use will grow and we will have a larger variety of reference sources. Check out the link (above) if you'd like to look at Meebo!

More to come...

Blog Numero Uno

So, this is my first time doing the whole blogging thing. However, I do think it's a really neat way to keep a type of online journal, except one that everyone else can read. Kind of neat. We learned about this in an undergraduate LIS class that I had at MSU, but I never set up an account. So, here I am! :)