Getting Caught Up

The holiday is behind us (and what a good one it was!) and it's time to focus on the deed at hand. Actually, I have 2 deeds at hand. One is this week's Learning 2.0 assignment and the other is a pond update.

Let's start with the pond. We're still troubleshooting the leak. We tried a method we found online to put milk in the pond as it would seek the leak....so far we haven't found the leak. But we're not giving up. We had a lot of rain today and we'll keep plugging (no pun intended) until we find the culprit.

Next, Learning 2.0. Our lesson this week is on Instant Messaging - or IM as it is better known. Actually, it's the main avenue for today's Gen X...they're not so much into email but give them a cell with texting and they're off and running like the day is long. I can see the benefits of IM - although I don't use it personally. It's probably the closest thing to "real time" communication that you'll find. How much quicker can technology get for us? And how cool is it for Libraries to use IM to communicate with their customers? I think IM in Libraries is a wonderful thing. I think the demographics of those using IM to communicate with Libraries it probably tilted toward the younger side, but I'm sure there is a good share of baby boomers who are in on the action as well. How great is for something to sit at the pc at home, pull up the Library IM site and talk, real time, with someone who can answer their question? I think IM is the tip of the iceberg and can't wait to see the next wave of technology coming our way to help us provide information to our customers.