dance dance

DDR at the workshop.

A Picture Share! Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian

I attended a presentation at MLS by Erin Helmrich & Eli Neiburger from Ann Arbor Library District today. Very cool. We all should be doing programming like this!!!

To really get that hands-on feel for how it all works, Eli & Erin had planned a mini-tournament. So...the room full of librarians quickly turned into an atmosphere of (friendly) competition! You could feel the energy increase in the room as some players ended up with their own cheerleaders/advice givers. I can only imagine the energy when its a room full of people really into the game!

Interview & IM news

Ivan Chew of Rambling Librarian contacted me last month to interview me about our IM reference service. He's just posted the interview on his blog.

I'll take this opportunity to mention I've also added a section to our website to educate our patrons on IM and RSS.

And a high-five to one of our board members (you know who you are) who used our IM reference a few weeks ago! Glad to see the Board embracing the new technology!

Link to the interview: http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/lansing-pls-im-reference-service.html

Ivan also took the time to chat with the "front line" and here's his take on IM reference, based on his chat with Patty: http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/im-chat-with-lansing-pl-adult-ref.html