Monthly Archive:: May 2015
28 May 2015
Reminder #347 – Give Webjunction a Try!
Okay, so this might not be the 347th time someone has advised you to use Webjunction – though Shirley B. does a great job of monthly, if not weekly, encouraging – but it is definitely a great resource for Idaho libraries of all sorts and sizes. Look, I know what you’re saying to yourself right
08 May 2015
Ingress: Location Based Sci-Fi Scavenger Game
A young adult who used to come to my Teen programs stopped by the library yesterday. He’s been playing an augmented reality, location-based game called Ingress, and he was excited to share it with me. While the game began on the Google Play store, the app now has a version available on the App store
01 May 2015
Niche Academy
After eleven years of librarianship, I nearly have a memorized script to walk a patron through database access. And while my library has detailed written instructions to assist patrons with downloading e-books, half the time we also need to do a visual demonstration. We also experience enough part-time staff turnover to wish for a more