Week 12, Lesson 26, Tell us what you think

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It’s hard to believe I’m at the end of the program.  Even though I’m a big believer in this training, I found it hard to find the time to do the exercises and so had to “catch up” for the whole program.  I did all the work at home as there was just no time at work.  I think that this might have been a problem for many people-not enough time at work.  Though I also think if they really wanted to do it, they would have.  The perception was that it was just too hard, too time consuming-at least this is some of what I was hearing.  So, how could we improve?  Perhaps the next similar type of training will be shorter, not so many lessons so it won’t seem so daunting.  I do think we should try to do some similar training.  We’ve been talking about library learning 2.1, but I think that will almost have to come from the participants themselves.  Perhaps we’ll focus on one new technology in the future and try that.

I would always tell myself to participate in a program like this.  We need to keep learning, to keep up with what’s going on technology wise and keep up with our patrons.  We want the library to evolve and stay relevant, especially with the new users coming up.  This program was the impetus I needed to actually go out and experiment with new stuff out there.

I don’t know that I had a favorite, though LibraryThing is up there.  As I said before, I always wanted to catalog my own books and maybe now I will.  But, I’m also very interested in how LibraryThing will be accepted and used on our catalog.

The RSS was cool too.  I like that I can suggest various “lessons” to friends that I think might be helped by them.  Sort of like me being on my reference desk.  I liked the web 2.0 awards because I was exposed to so many more technologies and could think about how they would be useful.  Isn’t all learning somewhat of a surprise?  A good surprise?  And fun.  The training was fun.  You’d start to do a lesson and get caught up and spend hours, sometimes, just looking and trying things out.  Help was there and available.  For me, I would rather actually have a conversation with someone when I have a question, the back and forth and immediate followup is what I prefer.  But, again, the help was terrific.

I’m glad Sunnyvale took the time to devote to setting up and administering these training lessons, and I’m especially glad that so many people at least started/or finished.  It can only be good for them and for the Library.  Thanks.

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