Series 2: Lesson 11

My Personal Learning Network:

I follow news leads from Twitter, and check for news from:

The Daily Show
Washington Post
Wired
The Atlantic
National Geographic
BBC
CBS, NBC, and ABC

I also like to get info from:
NPR
TED
RadioLab
Freakonomics

Although not as much as I'd like, I like to interact with UTSA professors and learn from their recommendations, anecdotes, and articles.

Series 2: Lesson 6 Challenge

In Novelist, I did a search for bestseller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and then searched the appeal factors.

The limited genres did surprise me:

The filter for Scandinavian Crime Fiction surprised me.

The search 

Mysteries, Character-driven, Intricately plotted, Suspenseful

had 311 results. 

Scandinavian Crime Fiction as the only requirement had 315 results.

Series 2: Lesson 3 Challenge

I tried to think up a sample flyer for a sample event, but I had writer's block, so I thought I'd document some of the work I've done related to marketing.

This image is from a Library Proposed Budget presentation by Library Director Ramiro Salazar.

The photo is one that I took, and the presentation used another of my photos.

I've had photos in other library materials, and I have provided video that aired on KLRN and KABB as part of SAPL-related programming.

The KLRN program Conversations used a short timelapse video of the exterior of Central Library in its program and in the promotions leading up to the original broadcast:

http://www.pbs.org/video/2255714422/

The video I shot is the nighttime exterior shot 15 seconds into the program.

The credit for the shot is 29:40 into the program.

Series 2: Lesson 9 Challenge

This is a screenshot from a Code.org lesson using Blockly, a visual programming language. This was part of the "Hour of Code" introduction.

Practical knowledge and experience with coding can be very useful personally and professionally.

Series 2: Lesson 2 Challenge

• A customer comes up to you and says they think their Facebook account was hacked, but they’re not sure.


Here are warning signs and steps from Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/help/1216349518398524

If you think your account was hacked, or taken over by someone else, Facebook can help you secure it. Your account may have been hacked if you notice:

 Your email or password has been changed
 Your name or birthday has been changed
 Friend requests have been sent to people you don't know
 Messages have been sent that you didn't write
 Posts have been made that you didn't create

Here are some tools and tips from:
https://www.facebook.com/help/379220725465972 (Links are on the page)

1) Protect your password:
Don't use your Facebook password anywhere else online.
Never share your password. You should be the only one who knows it.
Avoid including your name or common words. Your password should be difficult to guess.
2) Use our extra security features.
3) Make sure your email account(s) are secure.
4) Log out of Facebook when you use a computer you share with other people. If you forget, you can log out remotely.
5) Run anti-virus software on your computer:
6) Think before you click or download anything.

Series 2: Lesson 8 Challenge

Situation 1

You are having a virtual meeting with a colleague at a nearby branch; discussing a potential collaborative program between the two branches.

The benefits for an online meeting include reducing travel times, and allowing more productive hours per person. Challenges would include technical issues, both in setup and in meeting quality. I’ve been in some Skype meetings where time was lost in the setup, where persons had to repeat themselves because of low quality signal, and where meetings were cut off because of technical issues. In these cases, meeting quality dropped for the sake of saving time.


Situation 2

You are conducting a virtual reference interview with a patron; this is your first time meeting this patron, so you have no background information about their interests or likes.

Unlike Amazon ads, I do not see the virtual reference interview being in the near future in my job description and with the patrons questions I field. The amount of limitations, both legal and technical, that we have on phone reference make me think this will not happen in the next year.

I am not opposed to the idea, and I would gladly brainstorm if I could be of help.

Series 2: Lesson 10 Challenge

Central to the nearest McDonald's is easy to get to by bus, easy to explain, and easy to map.

Bonus:

Here are two maps I'd set up in the past:

San Pedro to Landa (a FAQ)
http://bit.ly/sHm3N8

Community Family and Resource Centers
I set this up in 2008 and emailed to DSAs at several branches because classes from the COSA's Department of Community Initiatives (DCI) was an FAQ. At the time, there was not an online COSA map showing the Community Family and Resource Centers, so I also shared it with DCI.

http://bit.ly/vwczSI