Hello All! Great news. Cyd is back! Hopefully I didn't screw up too many things in her absence. It sure is nice to have the expert back though. Our Summer Reading Program is off and running with a full head of steam. Our opening program featured Markie the puppeteer. We had an unbelievable 62 kids. Our second program featured Doc Wild and we had 64 kids. I don't know how many more kids we can squeeze into our little library. I hope all is going well with everyone elses' programs!

We just had our Summer Reading Program kick-off with "The Quest for the Junk Yard Dragon". It was absolutely wonderful! We had 62 kids participate today. Markie was terrific. If any of you are in need of a puppeteer, she is the person to get! She kept the kids engaged and on the edge of their seats. It really was a treat to watch her! We have the three new laptop computers up and running. They couldn't have come at a better time; school just let out, and out community pool isn't open yet. Needless to say, we have been quite busy around here.

Even though I still feel technologically challenged, I have to say, I have learned a lot from these Web 2.0 lessons. I have tried things I never thought I would try (setting up a facebook page). Doing the GoToMeetings and twittering are probably my favorites. My pledge for this year is to attend at least 1 of the Opal Meetings a month, play with twitter at least twice a week, and to post a blog at least once a week. Thanks to all of you out there that offered advice and set up these lessons. You guys are great! Hope to continue to hear from you all. Until next week...

I have been working on the Web 2.0 tools section. I tried the google calendar app., as well as the tweetdeck app. on my twitter site. I think the calendar app. was extremely easy to use as well as being being something I will use many time over. I am not much of a calendar person, so having the calendar "ding" me and remind is a really cool bonus. Setting up the tweetdeck was not difficult, but in all honesty, I wasn't as enamored with it as I was the calendar app. There are a few other apps that I am now wanting to try out, but I thought I would get my feet wet with these two first. What's everyone else out there doing?

Hello, All! Hope your summer has started off well. Boulder Community Library has set up its Summer Reading Program schedule. All programs run from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.. Our start-up date is June 15th and our first presenter is going to be Markie-The Puppeteer, followed by:

• June 22nd Doc Wild
• June 29th Franci (childrens author)
• July 6th Mr. E
• July 13th Mr. Tavery (art instructor)
• July 20th Dan McCarl & Friends (musicians)
• July 27th Dusty & Lynn (musicians)
• August 3rd Pizza & Prize Party

We are hoping for a great turn-out this year! Our friends of the library group have donated books, 2 digital cameras, and 2 apple i-pods for prizes to be given away to the busiest readers. Can't wait for it all to get underway!

Hey, all you out in Cyber World! Just wanted to let you all know, Boulder Friends of the Library are showing the movie "Tale of Desperaux" at the library. They will be hosting the "Tale" party on May 23rd, at 4:00 p.m.. They will also be supplying drinks and snacks! It is bound to be a great day at the library.

Just returned from MLA. It was a wonderful experience. I have to say, librarians and their staff, are about the most welcoming people I have ever come across. They made me feel as if I was one of them right from the start. They were very helpful in giving me ideas for increasing our monthly circulation. Best of all, these people truly know how to laugh and have a good time. I definitely will not forget this experience any time soon. If anyone out there has not ever gone to MLA, I highly recommend it!

Step #11 for #mtlib20

Super Cool Stuff, but I am beginning to feel as though my brain is about to explode! I have looked at several different libraries/librarians and it appears that a majority of them use their twitter sites to update people on upcoming events (closures, conferences, book discussions, etc.).
I also used twittering yesterday to get the word out about our "Twilight" party last night. I have to admit even though I am a techno-phobe, this is a very useful tool for libraries. It gets the word out quickly with little effort on our parts and takes very little time. So, I will give "Twittering" an "A". Way to go "sreymer" you made me a believer.

Wow! I never realized just how much I didn't know, until I took this challenge! I am now trying to figure all the finer points of twittering. I told my 17-year old daughter that I was learning about twittering, she seems to think I will never really catch up to the 21-century. This probably has something to do with the fact I refused to get a cell phone until 4 months ago and I am still using "abc" when I text instead of using "word". She has unknowingly thrown down the gauntlet!!

Assignment #2 of Lesson #1

I chose to attend an OPAL event for this part of the assignment. There was nothing on the calendar before this assignment was due, so I attended an archived event. It was a presentation on Wikis. This was really cool since I know next to nothing about Wikis. One of our library board members has a wiki site for Jefferson County Library System, but since I didn't understand how it worked, I wasn't all that interested in it. But the session I attended explained Wikis and their uses so well, even I understood it. I have to admit, it would be easy to become addicted to this OPAL website. The amount of information and ease of the site is amazing!! This is definitely a tool I will be using in the future.

Boulder Community Library doesn't use e-mail for patron questions. We primarily use our e-mail account to keep updated on what is happening with the state library, msc group, bvf group, that sort of thing. I think it would be interesting to see how many patrons would actually use an e-mail account; set up specifically for patron questions. I have enjoyed using the Webinars, but I have to admit, I am still somewhat intimadated by some of the technology. Oh well, I guess I it's time to catch up with the twenty-first century! Many of Boulder's patrons use our library because they do not have home computers, so I am not sure if we would have many remote users for online reference. I do love the idea though. I am new to the texting world. My teenagers have convinced me that I absolutely cannot get by without it. I have found that I do like it. I think it would be wonderful for patrons to have the ability to text librarians with their questions. Kids love texting about everything, so why not use what they love, to actually teach them!

New Challeger 2.0

Greetings All! I am very new to this technology, so feel free to give me any pointers.

I have just reviewed the 71/2 Habits of Highly Effective Learners. I love the positive attitude in this lesson. I feel the hardest habit for me is going to be- 4.) Having confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner. I am a mother of four children. I spent most of the last 20 years being a stay at home mom. It has been quite some time since I focused on learning things that interested me. I also feel quite out of the loop as far as today's technology is concerned.

The easiest habit for me is 7.) teach and mentor others. Teaching and mentoring others is what I have spent most of my life doing, so I am feeling great about accomplishing this habit!!