Thursday, December 23, 2010

CLOUD PROUD


Cloud computing is a way of outsourcing costly(yet highly effective)services that could otherwise drive your over head through the roof and waste important time and focus.
We here at the library, already use cloud computing for a variety of reasons. Namely, MARMOT could be considered a cloud network that oversees the technical and statistical comings and goings of our library.
The website (mcpld.org) employs many different cloud networks. It is because of this innovative method of service sourcing that we are able to provide our Grand Valley citizens with an exciting host of personal, financial, and educational tools.

Friday, October 1, 2010


The LibGuides are so great! I love Betsey's cooking/baking one! However, a concise spot that is easy to navigate, and covers all of the daunting ballot issues - it's a dream come true. I scored 100% on the quiz and that is strictly because the LibGuide is so user friendly!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Augustous


Critical past is totally engrossing. I was really missing me old Pappy so I watched some Navy sailors rescuing a sunken submarine in 1939. My husband custom makes highly detailed GI JOE action figures. He loves Critical Past because it has allowed him to really observe the exact uniforms that soldiers wore throughout history. I also watched the Olympic games from 1936 and was amazed at how technologically advanced the stadium was.
Oh~ by the by, Cook yer pig till 160F or else.

Monday, July 26, 2010

The New OPAC


LOVE IT!
I love the updated look and the fact that it is a little more comprehensive than our previous options. The nice summaries really help me as I don't always have an exact book in mind that I want to read - and I need to shop around a little. For this reason I also like that you get a picture of the book that you have searched for; many times I judge a book entirely on it's cover.But that's just me. Don't hate the player. Just hate the game....

Friday, July 2, 2010

Newseum

Very interesting! I would indeed recommend this site to a patron. It's fun as far that little bit of wanderlust that overcomes me at about 2:30PM everyday....

Thursday, May 13, 2010

e-books


So, of the three sites - I would definitely have to say that I really enjoyed Googlebooks the most. It was fun to look through and I was able to find tons of titles that I was interested in, I particularly loved the old issues of Jet magazine.

The other two sites were amazing in the fact that they had so many titles - I just had a harder time finding specific items.