#6 Online Tutorials

New Employee Orientation
Kudos to the Ohio Library Council for supporting Ohio libries with the New Employee Orientation resource. I picked around the overall site, but found myself lingering behind the Classification link.

I'm reminded not to take for granted that Dewey Decimal Classification is understood by its users. I will likely refer back to OCLC's DDC (love those acronyms) tutorial link in the future, so I sent it to my Delicous Bookmarks.

In fact, I fattened up my Delicious with several new sites.

Behind the Cataloging link more information about new directions for searching options by using a complimentary browser over the OPAC interface. I'm not sure I understand this completely, but would like to experience the difference between a few of the options--proprietary or OpenSource.

I like the example featuring faceted searching's drill down system--poest filtering rather than pre-filtering. It seems to help searchers zero in to the information they need more effectiely and efficiently.

Customer Service 123
"Libraries that would like to change from "old friend" to "currently-useful-friend"! I have relied on libraries through the years as my trusted friend for advice, entertainment, company, information... I like the timeless potential of this relationship. Bring on a new mantra!

#5 Book Bag vs Signing In

It depends on what I'm doing whether I sign into my account or use the book bag. When collecting titles to do a little merchandising at the library, I want to pull the books myself. The book bag generates a list.

On the other hand, if I'm collecting books for myself or for a patron, signing in to the library account works best. The book bag in this case is too confining. I like adding items straight to the account and viewing the list in real time rather than viewing and exporting to see the collected hold requests.

I have to remember to logout though--especially if on a public machine.