Are you the health inspector?

This is the question I was asked this week when I visited one of the newest SELCO online member libraries. I guess the young man (I think he was in 2nd or 3rd grade) figured that a man wearing a tie and taking pictures was obviously inspecting something and taking pictures as evidence. The librarian explained that I was not the health inspector but the Assistant Director for SELCO. That seemed to satisfy his curiosity.

Health inspector. Well, that certainly was a first for this librarian and provided quite a chuckle. Of course, it makes me wonder if I dress like a health inspector. Maybe there's some health inspector attire that I've purchased and not even known about. Maybe it's a sign that I am to become a health inspector.

I think I'll just make the assumption that this was one of those opportunities to add to my list of funny stories to share at the appropriate moment.

Thing 6, Take 2

OK, so I gave the trading card thing a try. No, not that creative but I did try it. One thought that libraries might do with this is create trading cards for each of their staff members and use it as a way of marketing what I think is an important part of any library - the staff. I can see lots of uses, either fun or serious, with the trading card thing. How about a trading card for different pieces of hardware in the library? What a way to document that old reliable photocopier or that unreliable PC that continually crashes!

Well, will you look at that - a little creative thinking on a late Friday afternoon!

Thing 6

OMG, here's some bling for this thing:



This just makes me happy ;-)

I'm still working on Thing 6, as I see that I have to create a trading card. Honestly, I'm not all that excited at first glance but I'll give it a chance.

Warhol-izing me (Thing 5 4 23 things)

(Created at Big Huge Labs)

OK, I decided to try out Warholizing a photo, so I took my photo that was used the 1st day I started as Assistant Director at SELCO and put it to the test. Marliyn Monroe it isn't, but it sure was fun!

I think of the great things about Web 2.0/Library 2.0 are the little applications that are out there that allow those of us who want to expand our creativity to do so.

Thing 4 for 23 Things on a Stick - My friend Dale

I decided for Thing 4 to add this picture of my friend Dale Prince, a librarian with the Southeastern/Atlantic Region of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. This picture came from Gabinator's collection on Flickr, though the picture is courtesy of Dale Prince himself. Check out the But I'm a Librarian librarian just over Dale's right shoulder. Love the shirt Dale!

Link to the photo here: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/522722919_4a60cca718.jpg

RSS Feeds (Thing 3)

I've actually been using various RSS feed readers for awhile. I did start with Bloglines but abandoned that when I moved from one job to the next. Then, moved on to NewsGator, which as a member of the Special Libraries Association, you have access to as part of your membership. Now, I'm using Google Reader.

OK, these 3 sentences aren't really that interesting by themselves but here's what I see happening in them: I forget that I already started using a feed reader and start using another. Which leads me to my biggest challenge with an RSS feed reader: I have to remember to actually open the thing up and read it!

I'm going to work on it and see if I can't figure out a way to keep up with my RSS feed reading (plus I may even try and find my accounts on Bloglines & NewsGator.) If you've got ideas, please let me know!