A brief look at librarian land

Alright...update time!
My little 11-year-old poodle passed all three days at the IKC at McCormick place and obtained his Companion Dog title in one weekend! Who said old dogs couldn't learn new tricks? Eat your heart out Lassie. Trek did well, although you could tell his rear leg was starting to bother him by the third day. We're going to lay low on training until we can get this all figured out with a vet. Trek also received his TDI certification in the mail and we have already started to visit some assisted living communities.

Library Land
Our library recently held its DDR finals and we had over 50 participants, plus family members. It was a great success!

In case you didn't know, I recently moved to the children's department at my library. I have also been asked to head a seminar for the teens about podcasting this summer. I was a little scared about this since I only had learned the equivalent of the tip of an iceberg in my LIS 753 (Internet fundamentals and design) class with Michael Stephens. No worries...I quickly emailed Michael in the form of an SOS, and he sent me back some great articles having to do with starting a podcast. And then divine intervention occurred! Sonia Bodi, the teacher of my LIS 724 (media and design) class gave us fliers about an upcoming seminar for the ICE-COLD organization. Guess what happened to be covered? You guessed it, podcasting. The seminar took place at Lisle Junior High School on April 21st from 9-1 pm.

Ann Penstone presented on the podcasting portion and words cannot describe how wonderful she was. Her upbeat attitude coupled with her vast knowledge of technology made for a wonderful presentation. Ann will be retiring this year, but she is keeping up a sort of consulting service that will specialize in helping educators and librarians. Her website and the step-by-step handouts from the podcasting seminar can be found here. If you are ever contemplating creating a podcast, her step-by-step articles details the basics to the advanced on both PCs and Macs.

Our library is also preparing for the summer reading program and school visit to market the program itself. Stay tuned for updates!

This week is finals week and then I only have two classes to complete for my degree; Public Relations and Storytelling. I can see the light!