Google Calendar

So I decided to "google" my calendar. Now everyone can see how busy I am (not) somedays! :) I put it at the bottom of the page, though, because I didn't know where else to put it! I also had to resize it. My question is, if I make changes, do I have to save it to my blog everytime? Or will it automatically upload the new items?

I'm too tired to try it out right now.....maybe before the end of the week!

RSS - Thing #8

RSS is fantastic! It's quick, easy, and a way to stay connected to the things that interest you without wading through tons of paper or online fluff.

I like the fact that I can stay in touch with what my brother is doing on his blogs (both professional and personal), keep up with new trends in the library world, and even get some comic relief with Opus the penguin and library comics. It's a great tool for making those connections all from one place without having to search for them daily. Also, I can easily see if there is anything new, or if I can leave a site alone because there are no new postings. That saves TIME!

I'm trying to think of how I could use this in the library setting, but I'm not sure what we can do with kids. I could open a public page for teachers to view.....and I guess I could do that for students as well...with ideas, information, further studies, etc. on subjects we are covering at school. It might be a good method of communication. However, the problem is always going to be getting the teachers and students to USE what you give them.

If you want to see some of the things I've found interesting, you can look at the "Check these out" links under my avatar, or view my public page. (I'll add this link when I get on my pc...my Mac doesn't allow the "link" option.)

Finding Books on Google

Finding Google's different pages isn't hard when you know where to look. When you open the main page of the search engine, there is a list of various choices at the top left of the screen (Web, Images, Video, News, Maps, Gmail, more). Choose the more button and you will get a pull-down list that opens a whole new world! (Blog Search, Blogger, Books, Calendar, Documents, Finance, Groups, Labs, Orkut, Patents, Photos, Products, Reader, Scholar). I could spend my entire day on Google!

Librarian Trading Card

This was fun! I think I could get the staff to make these and post them on the school website....wouldn't that be cool!?

If everyone put a quote that means something to them, or describes who they are we could learn new things about each other. I think the kids would really get a kick out of it.

Did you notice the book I'm holding?

Speaking of Google.....

Am I the only one who didn't know that Google has a book page where you can search for books and READ them online? Hello! Where has this been? I mean, really! I could have been reading Janet Evanovich instead of working (I mean during lunch)!