Friday, December 30, 2011

Getting Started

Well, I must admit I don't know a lot about the electronic resources we have available.  I use Worldcat for Interlibrary Loans if I can't find a title in ALEPH.  I direct patrons to the Ancestry information, but have never used it myself.  I am proficient using Overdrive and teaching patrons how to use it to check out e-books and audio-books, but I don't know anything about e-books on EBSCO. 

I hope by taking this challenge, I will force myself to take time to play around with the different electronic resources.  I would love to be able to show our patrons how to access and use the resources that are right at their fingertips. 

I just hope I will stay on-track with the classwork.  I'm afraid I'll get carried away with the day-to-day activities in our library and get behind.  Oh well, anything I learn from this course will be that much more than I know now.  I'm looking forward to this opportunity.