96 Greeter

I would like you all to meet Krypto. He is a friendly bassett hound that lives next door to the 96 library. I consider him to be my little greeter because he is always there wagging his tail and watching every move as patrons visit the library each day. He brings a smile to my face, I hope he will to yours as well.

End or Beginning?

My staff development experience has come to an end, for now at least. I have completed the twenty exercises and have my blog to document my efforts. What I have learned is that there was no right or wrong way to accomplish these tasks. I have found that everyone has their personal favorite websites and that there is always more than one way to search, download or save what is of interest to you. My favorite site was librarything.com and my biggest frustration was that user names and passwords do expire when not used.

I am very grateful that I was given the opportunity to participate in this exercise. I can say that this is the end of this learning experience, but the beginning of my continued exploration of what is available with the click of a mouse.

Bookmarklets

This could be useful for someone who is doing research or uses the web often. I added a bookmarklet to my favorites that highlighted links. When I called up the GCL home page everything was highlighted in yellow! I guess I didn't exactly do something right. I quickly deleted it and am back to normal. I wasn't exactly thrilled with the tip jar!

MP3

I chose to go to iTunes to download some music. I was able to complete this task after a lot of trial and error. I downloaded a file to my home pc and into one of the library's MP3 players. I look forward to receiving my own MP3 player when I complete this assignment so that I may try to download an audio book.

Wikipedia

I do not wish to become a wikipedian! Wow, there is a lot of information here, but you would expect that in an encyclopedia. I spent a lot of time at the help desk. I did not edit an article but did experiment in the sandbox once I found it. I browsed the wiktionary and quickly left this site before I couldn't find my way out.

MovieFlix & Blinxx

I am sorry to say I was not very successful with these websites to view free movies or cartoons. I signed into MovieFlix and saw the listings of various movies, cartoons, commercials, etc., but I was not able to view them at work or on my home computer. When I searched around blinxx I kept getting security alerts and popups. I see how you have the options to view various video formats, but at the present time I prefer not to. I spent a great deal of time and felt I gave it a good try. I will discuss this with other staffers and see if they had similar problems. Perhaps someone will be willing to give me a demonstration.

Firefox

Karen had already downloaded Firefox here in Ninety Six so I didn't do it again. I spent time with it, but because I am a creature of habit I prefer Internet Explorer. However, if it were not for this learning experience I would never have known about Firefox or Netscape.