I always feel like working at a library is just like the Matrix because everything we need to do our job is right here for us at our fingertips. Anything we want to learn from languages to marketing to budgeting is available to us at all times on our shelves. So it always surprises me when I see that libraries are not at the forefront of technology, innovation, and design. I think its time that we, as librarians, take the responsibility to take the time to learn everything we need to do our jobs better. After all, how can we expect our patrons to learn when we don’t do it ourselves. So this is my challenge to all librarians – find out what you need to learn to do your job better, then learn it.

Of course, I might be totally wrong here. If I am, take the time to comment, criticize, and don’t forget to subscribe, and let me know how you feel. Thanks Team.

And as always, if you have a couple bucks laying around…. Why not donate it to the Coastal Education Project and give the gift of education to coastal communities around the world. http://www.coastaleducationproject.org

I’m still amazed at the number of libraries that don’t have websites. Websites are key to the access of information for our patrons, whether librarians like it or not. This means that every library, no matter how small cannot afford to not have a website. While I don’t believe that iWeb is the only way to create a library website, it does allow for many interesting features that are easy and fun to use. It is also fairly inexpensive. If you would like to see how we have created our library website using iWeb, please feel free to visit our website at http://www.libraryatlincoln.org. As always, please feel free to comment or criticize, but don’t forget to subscribe. If you have any extra cash, you can always donate to the California non-profit – http://www.coastaleducationproject.org and make education and literacy a real possibility for everyone on the coast.