Library Stuff

I haven't blogged in quite some time. My genealogical research has crawled to a halt while we did major home improvements during the spring/summer. It feels a bit too late to get back into the research mode before the holidays. I can already see that things are going to be as hectic as usual.
Now for a change in topic - a bit of Library Stuff. I attended the CODI Conference in Pittsburgh last week and came away with some interesting training ideas. A program called Learning 2.0 demonstrated success in a novel training idea - motivating and empowering library employees to participate in Web 2.0 technologies on their own rather than having to lay it all out for them in the training lab. A wonderful way of engaging them and it would certainly be a far more efficient use of my time. Traditional classroom training would take a long time to not only reach every staff member, but also not offer in the depth experience with each tool. It sounds fascinating!