During the (almost) three semesters I've been working on my master's, there have been a handful of times that I've been able to immediately apply something I did in class to something I need to do at work. Today was one of those times. I worked a shift on Ask Here PA again today, and found myself using Google Scholar to try to find the information the patron was looking for. (I finished an assignment over the weekend that required I use Google Scholar.) It was a helpful tool, although I didn't find exactly what he needed. I guess some things may not be available on the internet, even using Google Scholar.
Last week I used Google Sites to start a website for resources for my staff (another case of applying what I'm learning...) My reference assistant and youth librarian will both contribute info to the site - so it functions as a wiki. I think that will be more effective (and certainly more efficient) than trying to maintain bookmarks on each of our circ desk computers.
2 comments:
Using Google Sites to do the list of web resources is a great idea. It definitely sounds more efficient than bookmarking, especially when physical computers can break down or be swapped out. I don't have any experience with the tool, but it sounds like something that could be used at home, so you might even have staff members using it for their own school or personal interest projects. Will you allow circ desk staff to suggest sites for the list?
I'd like to have circ staff suggest sites - then we'll put the links on. I'd like to limit who makes changes at this point. We'll also put the sites that we cover in staff meetings on there. I think they'll be able to access it from home as well - they'll just need to log in? I have to play around with it.
Post a Comment