step #12...#13...okay and # 14 too...

step #12 was to add an entry to the 23 things blog. it had to be something that was your favourite. i added a few of my favourite movies like run lola run, amelie, charlies angles, everafter, etc. i probably should have added some of the classics like the princess bride or holiday inn. That was a pretty easy one…once i got logged in.

step #13 was making use of free online office software like google docs. for some reason i was a little hesitant about being able to retrieve and share documents with the program. there was really totally no justification for my hesitation and in the end it worked totally like a charm(thanks bittersweet librarian). this concept has the potential to create quite an easy way for interactive paper writing and collaborative works. I kind of like…i have no idea when i will personally have the need to use it but i can see it being very useful for students…perhaps easier then the currently used and sworn at quickplace?

step #14 was really nothing new for me. I read the background lit. provided but chatting is something i use every sunday with friends and family. it is the bane of my husband’s computer existence because every time he logs in on our computer someone wants to chat with me not him. It is a fabulous way to keep in touch. when i was a student and when i worked for a university with chat reference it was also a very handy function. as a student you can be helped while you’re at home working on your assignment and as a librarian you can us the chat function to really hone in on what the question is rather then just having to relay on a sort of one dimensional email where you have the potential to give the right answer to the wrong question because the question is so vaguely formed. i’m not sure it is something that can be implemented at the library where i work now…perhaps the info. email address could make use of it but the standard reference I don’t know simply because the questions we get are more concerned with the copiers and the catalogue then actual reference questions but it could be a chicken egg questions…if you build it they will come concept…if we make use of iming in our library we will get real reference questions…i don’t know…there are too many variables at this point and i am no expert. but in my private life iming is a must…right amanda!

okay…onward and upward to step #15...how many do i have left now? 9 things, 4 weeks...should work don't you think?