A couple of items that I forgot to mention regarding exercise 28

I did read the article about GTD, and I used the suggested Bla Bla to do list. I will continue to use this list, because it is an excellent guideline for daily tasks. I believe that the bla bla list ties in with the review principle in GTD. I can use GTD in learning to prioritize the tasks that I need to daily attend, and the future projects that have a dead line.

My work with the S, P and Z drive

I had many archaic files dated as earlier as 1999 in my Z files, and I deleted them, since they are no more use to me. I had a copy of of a standard volunteer application which I moved to my P file. This was the only file that I did not delete from the Z file. I copy one of my files from the P drive to the S drive and then deleted the file from the s drive. My P drive demanded the most organizing of all the files. I had several fliers saved from previous library programs. I deleted some of them, and made a special flier folder. I saved all the fliers that I want to keep in this particular folder. I put all my news releases for the past year in a folder. I have to submit a volunteer community report each month, and I put all of those in one folder. I made a folder for permanent forms such as a volunteer application, volunteer sign up sheet, and program sign up sheet form. I saved all my pictures taken during the summer reading program in my flickr account. I made a folder for all my young adult material such as my summer reading program calendar.

My organizing system

I begin an organizing system a month ago that works for me. I bought one large file container with several compartments where I store different types of paperwork. In this container I have a file for gift book forms, young adult material, reference librarian forms, and and news releases. I work with these catagories on a daily basis. This organizing works well for me, because I can carry the file container anywhere that I needed to go, and this is like having a portable desk. I keep a separate file for patron count week, because this is a project that only occurs three times a year. I keep the phone numbers and addresses of patron counters in this file. I also keep past patron count schedules in this file. I also keep a ring binder notebook for volunteer applications to prevent losing them, and the application are less like to wrinkle.

cleaning e-mail

This is my progress for cleaning my e-mail files. I deleted all
my 2006, 2007 and some 2008 e-mails from my inbox and trash can. I
created six folders to organize my current e-mail which are Beth Krippel,
Nancy Agafitei, Proctoring Folder, Branch Manager, Sacred e-mail and
volunteer folder. I put Monique Franklin, Kathleen Green, Bonnie Langan,
and Rosalind Alexander in my address book, since I e-mail these ladies
quite frequently. I will make it a point to either delete e-mails after I have read them, or storing them in one of my folders.

week 10 finale

I especially enjoyed learning about flicker, the social networking sites, and exploring downloadable media. I was amazed that I was able to accomplish these exercises on my own. I discovered that while I may be no technological genius I am not altogether hopeless. I believe that the podcasting and you tube would be especially useful for the library staff, because these would be good ways to share program ideas. All of these ideas will be useful to us, because we will be better equipped to help our customers in this technological age. The ways that I would like to progress further in 2.0 is to be more proficient with flicker, became more familiar with Yahoo's diverse services, and become more familiar with other search engines besides yahoo and google. I am greatful for this experience, because of the knowledge that I have acquired.

week 9 downloadable media

I searched HCPL's downloadable media site, and found some treasures that I never knew existed. I viewed the downloadable videos and found classics such as Bloodbeast Terror and Broken Blossoms. This technology is wonderful, since you can view classics that you cannot find in video stores or library collections. I find the format and organization of our downloadable media site to be user friendly. I believe that Wowio is equally user friendly as far as organization, and I also found treasures that I never knew existed such as Edgar Allan Poe's short stories "Assignation" and "Berenice". This downloadable media alerts to to more obscure literary works that are equally as enjoyable as better known works such as "The Raven" or "The Fall of the House of Usher." I wasn't too fond of LibriVox, since it wasn't not user friendly, and the media selection is not as substantial. I found the format to be boring.

week 9 podcasts

I visited the podcastnet directory and found a librarian related podcast by using the alphabetical tags. I found a podcast called the Rock and Roll librarian which was created by a young adult librarian named Tyler Rousseau who lives in Ocean City. He created a podcast where he interviewed Dave Ramon who is a graphic artist and editor for Nickelodian Magazine. He also created a cute podcast where his baby appeared to be narrating a book. He created a podcast where he attended the "American Animae awards. I saved this podcast to my bloglines. I believe that podcasts are useful tools in educating ourselves with the events of the professional world in libraries. We can also get library program ideas through this tool.