The Challenge Completed!

Thursday night I coached a staff member in starting a blog. Leticia was amazed at how easy it is to get started. We discussed establishing her profile and embellishments like photos and labels. The most fun with this exercise was seeing the enthusiasm become contaigous. Leticia is one of our bilingual staff members and she has been instrumental in extending and profecting our service to the Latino community. She is planning to use her blog to aid in this crucial area of library service. She made me very proud. #22 is completed.

The 23 Things Challenge has been very time consumming. It has opened new dialog between the professional staff. Our enthusiasm has trickled down to other staff. One Library Assistant (LA) and our Head Clerk have taken a Web.20 class provided through the training department at Orange County Public Library. Other staff have asked more questions about Web 2.0 and some of the 23 Things. I think this will be the buzz at our branch for many months. The LAs have been more curious about the Challenge and I expect most of them will be checking out the Challenge list and trying some of the 23 Things on their own.

Personally, I feel my technological knowledge had grown by leaps and bounds. There have been many, many things I have wanted to learn or explore on the computer and Internet. Committing to the Challenge has proded me to take steps in this area. I have even had my neice teach me how to text message. I don't really have a need to text message or I would have done it sooner, but it is something I needed to know and understand. I'm learing about digital photography and some of the Challenge has stirred me a little further in this area. The more I learn, the more I need to learn, the more I will continue to learn. #23 is complete.