Finished

Well I have taken longer to finish than I anticipated, between being sidetracked by WORK and my computer not being my friend I have had a spell of not blogging. Some of the area's we looked at had great potential and some not so much in my opinion, now remember that is only my opinion and those that know me know I like to hand it out free. I have learnt a great many things doing this course and hope if anyone asks me for help it will all come back to me and I will be fountain of knowledge. Thank you to the organisers for all of their hard work and also to all the participants who left comments to make us laugh and to give advice for those of us who were struggling.

Geocaching

Well, I am not sure if I have the right idea about this, I was thinking if you had a reading group you could have different finishing points and where you finished would define which book you read that month. It would be an opportunity to introduce people to books they may never have picked up to read. Of course you would have to have the funds and the staff to put this into practice but it could make for an interesting way to discover new authors. Maybe it could be a holiday activity for the young adults whom we sometimes over look in those holiday programs, lets be honest anytime a teen is not inside with a game controller in their hand is worth the effort.

Podcasting

Maybe libraries could share guest speakers with other libraries, it would allow for a wider variety of subjects to be available to our patrons. It is almost imposable to please all patrons with the choices we can make in services we make available to them. As with book loans, we can't possibly have every book all patrons want to read on our shelves. (Thank goodness for Inter Library Loans) Maybe this same line of thought can be used with talks on all kinds of subject and especially talks from authors.