Ebooks and ePub

This proved to be a bit frustrating. When I tried to download the Adobe Digital Editions, I kept getting a message about an administrator password. Aaaaaaargh! Thanks to Cari, I discovered that MARMOT no longer allows downloads on our computers, so I can't download any books using ePub. However, I visited Project Gutenberg, Google Books, and ManyBooks. Results: Found one of my favorite books, Mark Twain's "Adam's Diary" on Gutenberg (which I couldn't download) and Google books, which I could as a PDF file--actually it was "excerpts from"--so that worked out. On ManyBooks, I browsed "Recent Additons" and found "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Ralph Sholto, which looked interesting, but I, of course, couldn't download it. I doubt I'll use this much--still like having a book in my hand--but I can see how a lot of our patrons would "eat this up."

Optimal Resume

This is a great site. Really helpful in all areas of job searching. Not just the resume help, but cover letters, interview skills and job searches. Was a little disappointed that Library wasn't listed as one of the areas for resumes, but oh, well. Can't have everything. The job search was very interesting. You could really narrow it down to the area you wanted to look in. This will be an excellent tool for our patrons.

Learn-A-Test

This one was fun!I decided to see if I could pass the citizenship test. I was really proud of myself. I'm guessing I would have scored between 95% and 98%. Keep in mind this was the end of the day and my brain was tired. (A couple of things just couldn't be retrieved from that vast filing system in my brain on a Friday afternoon.) I recommend everyone look at this test--see if you can live up to the title "citizen." As for recommending tests to someone, I've done that several times, particularly the GED test. At the Palisade Branch, a young man comes in every Wednesday morning when I'm there to receive tutoring in math so he can attend college. I showed him the practice ACT and SAT tests and he was thrilled. I'm extremely glad we have this particular database.

E-books--Okay already

Did the e-book thing on Overdrive. Checked out "Emma" as that was one of the few titles available. Downloaded the software and voila--a book to read from my computer. If I were going to do e-books, I would definitely get a Nook or something comparable instead of trying to read something from my computer, but at the moment, I can't bring myself to spend $259 plus tax for the reader. I can see its advantages if you travel a lot (which I don't), because the Nook would be easier to pack and use on a plane. Ahhh, technology...it's amazing.

Task #23

Completed the survey. Glad it's done for a while, but I learned a lot. Hope I can remember even half of it. Didn't have a favorite blog, as I didn't have time to look at the others. Had a hard enough time keeping up with mine.

Task #22

Not much into blogs--just don't have that kind of time to keep up with them. Jane Heitman Healy that used to be the ILL person at MSC and used to volunteer in the children's center has a nice blog. You can access it at http://www.readlearnandbehappy.blogspot.com

If I liked to cook, the tastespotting would be great, and I loved the "How to polish your shoe with a banana!" I'll have to try it.

Task #20--Picnik

Used my twin grand- daughters' photos of their first fishing trip. What fun to work with the photo and make it better! Neat tool.