Rockin' in the library!

Big day at Cicero today! We had several events happening-- live music, our community garden, the summer reading kick-off event, and a genealogy meeting. Although the rain made us come inside (boo) we all still had a great time. I took a couple pictures for everyone to enjoy:

Our impromptu stage :)

A big thanks to our garden volunteers!  

Top news at my fingertips

It's a quiet Saturday morning here at Cicero-- the perfect morning to explore the realm of RSS feeds for Thing #3. Although familiar with RSS and how it works, I never actually subscribed to one before. Overall, I found the process easy. The hardest part? Deciding which of the millions of feeds would grace the homepage of my Google Reader. The options are endless!

I settled on USAToday's top headlines and entertainment feeds. With my background in film and journalism (I studied film for two years and worked as a reporter/news designer for three), these areas are always of interest to me. RSS feeds are a powerful tool. I can't wait to find more feeds in which to subscribe.

The importance of social media [in a nutshell]

With the start of the 23 Things, I decided to do a little research about the use of Web 2.0 in libraries. I stumbled across a blog that particularly interested me and thought I would share. Information Tyrannosaur is the blog of Andrew Burkhardt, an Emerging Technologies Librarian at Champlain College in Burlington, VT.

In his post, "Four Reasons Libraries Should be on Social Media," Burkhardt provides four bullet points on reasons why the library industry should look to Web 2.0 as its future. I really enjoyed perusing his blog-- he has a lot of interesting ideas on multiple topics regarding libraries. I'll definitely be a regular visitor of his.

Just another reason I am extremely excited about NOPL's 23 Things!

(And I'm having great fun commenting on everyone's blog :) )

Welcome!

Hi, I'm Adrienne. Welcome to my blog for NOPL's 23 Things program. I'm looking forward to exploring Web 2.0 in-depth!