Lesson 9 Part 2- Zinio

Three of the titles available through SAPL's Zinio website are American Craft, National Geographic Traveler, and Vegetarian Times. The Zinio reader app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows 8, Mac, PC, and Kindle Fire.

Lesson 9 Part 1 Hoopla

In Hoopla, three of the top Audiobook titles are The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, and Orange is the New Black. Services like Hoopla are making the library more accessible for some of the populations we serve - those with fast, reliable internet at home and a device with which to access content. They can be very convenient, but they can also cause significant confusion and often necessitate specialized library programs to help users learn to use and navigate the services. Some libraries are circulating devices and tools (like WiFi hotspots) to make these services accessible to more of their patrons, which I can certainly appreciate and understand. I'm looking forward to seeing how these programs work.

Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge

I searched OverDrive and Hoopla for eAudiobooks on the topic of electricity. There was only one nonfiction title in each platform on the topic. Overdrive: The Boy who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba Hoopla: The Story of Electricity, by Professor John T. Sanders Both were fairly simple to search, but I liked that Hoopla suggests categories to search within, as you can see in the image below.

Overdrive's advanced search has the functionality of searching within formats. If you do a basic search for a term, you can narrow your results using the limits, which is easy enough. I have to say, I vastly prefer Hoopla's browsing interface. I like the Netflix-style scrolling covers within categories as well as the large number of categories.

Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge

In the library's Overdrive catalog, I searched for the titles below, and these are my results. Nora Roberts – Chasing Fire Formats available, copies owned/available: eBook - 17/15, eAudiobook - 2/1 David Perlmutter, MD – Grain Brain Formats available, copies owned/available: eBook - 14/11

Lesson 6 Part 2 Challenge

Social media can certainly have unintended negative effects. If you watch the news regularly, you'll see people (from celebrities to police officers to corporations) enduring and responding to negative reactions from the public because of social media gaffes and missteps. One's public social media presence can be limited with privacy settings, but it's best to always keep in mind that what you post online may very well be seen by someone you didn't anticipate. I've posted a link below, as an example of what can happen if you don't consider your possible audience when posting on social media.

Lesson 6 Part 1 Challenge

I use social networking in my personal and professional life. I keep up with family and friends using Facebook and Instagram. I follow blogs and Twitter accounts of other librarians, educators, authors, book reviewers, etc.

Lesson 3 Part 2 Challenge

3 Public Libguides: Job Guide It's not uncommon to have a teen ask staff questions about what sort of information to include on a job application or where to look for jobs. Of course, we're more than happy to help with this sort of thing, but the Job Guide is a useful resource to recommend for further research or information when the library is closed. What Do I Read Now? Teens can be voracious readers, and often ask for recommendations based on genre or favorite authors. While staff can most often assist with readers' advisory questions using their knowledge of the collection, our readers' advisory tools can come in handy when dealing with an unfamiliar subgenre or when the teen would rather do the digging on their own. This libguide links to a variety of print and electronic resources for finding something new to read. Teen Volunteers One of the most common questions we get, from students, teachers, and parents, is about our volunteer program. We've got a spiel about the program down pat, but if the patron wants to pass the information along, this is a great reference. 2 Staff Libguides: I regularly find myself referring to the Circulation libguide to make sure I'm doing something right (like entering a name). I'm sure many of my coworkers do, too, but I figured I'd mention it anyway. By contrast, I very rarely look at the Self-directed Learning libguide, but I did for this exercise. There's a lot of useful information and links to be found there!