Saturday, April 26, 2008

April 26, 2008

Last December, we conducted a patron satisfaction survey as part of our strategic planning process. One of the questions we asked was intended to gauge interest in podcasts of library programs and local history topics. The responses were favorable, so we are launching our first podcasting effort. I agreed to be the guinea pig, but we promise to provide more interesting content after this! Here's the link . Let me know what you think.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

April 24, 2008



I thought I would add some pictures of our new family reading area. I wrote about it a while ago, and someone actually posted a comment asking to see pictures. It was fun to know that at least one person is reading this.

One of the projects we've been working on at the library is to introduce all of our staff to web social networking applications. Yesterday I took the 4 hour class that Anita Johansen and Kate Mossman have been offering to staff members over the last several months. For my homework project I decided to start another blog. This one has nothing to do with the library, but it has been entertaining (to me, anyway) to put together. You can check it out at by clicking here.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

April 23, 2008



When I first came to Everett almost nine years ago, I remember driving north on Hoyt to get to the library for a job interview--passing the plasma center, a tattoo shop, and a dilapidated strip of shops. The tattoo shop is long gone, the plasma center burned down, and there's an amazing amount of construction either recently completed (the Imagine! Children's Museum), in progress (Library Place and the new Elks building), or in the planning stages (ArtSpace).

It's been interesting to watch the project next door. It looks like something my son would have loved when he was young--lots of dirt and large trucks. I took some photos the other day to post here.

Friday, April 11, 2008

April 11, 2008


When I started this blog, I planned to keep you informed about some of my experiences with technology. So here's a progress report. I have a Flickr account that I opened last summer for my photos. Last week I got an email from someone named Emma at Schmaps asking permission to possibly use one of my photos for an online east coast guide. I almost deleted it, thinking it was spam, but I scrolled down and saw a photo I had taken in the Arnold Arboretum whe we were visiting Boston last August, and subsequently posted on Flickr. I gave my permission for them to use it if it makes it past their selection committee. I was surprised at how pleased I was that they had found my photo, and were even considering using it. Now I want to try adding some photos to this blog--starting with the Arnold Arboretum photo.