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I work in the Adult Services Department. My responsibilities include working at the Reference desk and the Public Service desk. I handle library card accounts; assist with ILL and I also order audiobooks for the collection. |
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Cold Case, Bones, CSI, Criminal Minds, Ugly Betty, Top Chef, Supernatural, Gilmore Girls, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Grey’s Anatomy, Drop Dead Diva, |
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Maggie Ryan's Activity
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Maggie Ryan wrote a new blog post: Independent Study – Post #5 1 week ago
As my Independent Study moves along, I continue to read relevant literature and evaluate other public library websites. This past week, I created a small survey with which I plan to informally survey the patrons of my local public library to learn what services would benefit them. I distributed the survey to a group of
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Maggie Ryan wrote a new blog post: Independent Study – Post #4 1 week, 6 days ago
There are many public libraries that are currently utilizing Web 2.0 tools to provide readers’ advisory. Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis, MN is one of these libraries. In the article, Building a Community of Readers: BookSpace, authors Glenn Peterson and Sharon Hilts McGlinn talk about HCL’s readers’ advisory website, BookSpace.
In 2006, according to Peterson and
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Maggie Ryan wrote a new blog post: Independent Study – Post #3 3 weeks ago
Part of my Independent Study this semester involves researching relevant literature for information about readers’ advisory in a library 2.0 world. During the last few weeks, I finished reading the David Weinberger book, Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder and Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay
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Maggie Ryan wrote a new blog post: Independent Study – Post #2 3 weeks, 6 days ago
This past week I read the book, Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirkey. Shirkey’s work, like Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous examines the impact of the digital revolution on each of us individually and on society as a whole. But where Weinberger discusses how the digital age has revolutionized how we organize information, Shirkey looks at
