Task 10: Probably the best task ever

I use Masterfile Premier quite often at the information desk and it's usefulness is made apparent after completing the second portion of this task. Sometimes a patron will come in looking for Consumer Reports and I will walk them over to the periodicals, however, he/she may want a specific article dealing with solar powered food processors and there is no index. This is when Masterfile Premier comes in. We can use this feature to look up articles dealing with a certain subject and limit it by publication and date. This makes things much easier than the patron having to thumb through issues to find what they need. For the assignment I was looking for Consumer Reports issues with the keyword "restaurant" that was published between 2001 and 2004. I wanted a article on cheese but couldn't find something I liked. Anyways, I found an article comparing American sized restaurant portions to European portions and how this can affect a person's personal life. I was able to find a pretty cool biography on one of my childhood heroes, Rickey Henderson. This leftfielder from Chicago became the all-time stolen base leader and at the same time blessed us with many quotes that only he could come up with. Here are some... “If they want to pay me like Mike Gallego, I’ll play like Gallego.” “Whose ugly car is on the field?.” “Ricky’s the best.” “Don’t worry, Rickey, you’re still the best.” “Listen, people are always saying, ‘Rickey says Rickey.’ But it’s been blown way out of proportion. People might catch me, when they know I’m ticked off, saying, ‘Rickey, what the heck are you doing,Rickey?.’

And here is a quote from Henderon's former teammate, Jeromy Burnitz:
"(Henderson's) the most original guy I've ever met. I love it."

Henderson was recently inducted in the Hall of Fame and I loved it.

Task 9: My website is up and running

The date is September 23, 2009. A young adventurer by the name of Isaac Andrew Rakiecki makes plans for the most enticingly extravagant website on this planet. He begins by mentioning himself only in third person, but the story does not end there...

Isaac is busy connecting neuron to neuron fusing neutrino to neutrino.

Suddenly darkness falls.

Minutes seem like 60 second periods.

Suddenly.....

A website is quickly set up using Weebly, you should totally check it out. Anyways, as soon as Isaac made his website, he grew tired of talking about himself in third person. I have not gone into all details of this story, some things have wait for the movie(s).

Until next time.

I was impressed by Creative Commons, I am always trying to find weird and or funny pictures for these reasons:

1. Finding pictures for my blog (specifically this one).

2. Editing funny pictures, for example, my parent's dog Lucy appears in a scene from Return of the Jedi.

3.Other things not dissimilar from the above 2.

The neat thing about Creative Commons
is it allows me to do these things without
worry of a lawsuit being directed towards
myself. I never knew that
CC (Creative Commons) existed until this
summer and already I have achieved a
quasi-intimate relationship with it. CC
definitely has plays a role in our work at
the library.

I was not too impressed by the music
section, most of the bands seem like the
Pineapple Crackers. They are all so obscure
that putting their work on CC might help
their fan base, I appreciate their drive to
make music though.

Trent Reznor is the man-ager!

Task 7:

Okay folks, I checked out each site and chose Shelfari, partially because I had heard Josh talk about it a few weeks ago (I am a little behind) and it looked cool. I have set up my virtual "Shelf" and have added most of the books that I have read recently. It is cool to be able to look at my reading history in a visual manner. It makes me realize that I read alot of non-fiction and have read more sci-fi in the past than I do know.

The Boulder Goodreads account was pretty cool and MCPLD would probably benefit from doing the same thing. It would be another way to connect with our patrons.about it a few weeks ago (I am a little behind) and it looked cool. I have set up my virtual "Shelf" and have added most of the books that I have read recently. It is cool to be able to look at my reading history in a visual manner. It makes me realize that I read alot of non-fiction and have read more sci-fi in the past than I do know.

I think I would use Shelfari to update my reading, but I haven't made any online "buddies" from it. I have not tried using Shelfari as a dating site though.

Task #6

Both of these tutorials were very useful, as a new public library employee the orientation was especially interesting. Of course, I know everything there is to know and therefore it was just a brush up. Honestly, it was useful and similar to the Library 101 orientation that I participated in a few years ago when we did the scavenger hunt. On a different topic, the Customer Service tutorial was very detailed and I think any time we can gain information from another library it is a good idea. MCPLD offers excellent customer service by the way.

Task #5: Cake

It has been a few days since my last post. But I am back on track, even if I missed out on the gift certificate. I was going to spend my saturday afternoon doing a bunch of tasks but realized I had more exciting things to do, like eating fish and chips....



Anyways, back to the blog. I have obviously used OPAC many times to place holds for patrons and myself here at the library and from remote locations. Placing holds on Millenium has it's advantages but most of the time the OPAC is my selected weapon. I have never used the book bag feature but I see that it could be useful in certain instances.

See you guys in a few