Know what's really spooky? How many libraries are available at your fingertips. (Maybe not spooky...but cool, isn't it?) I personally have an Anoka County card, but frequently go into Forest Lake and use the Washington Cty library, or stop at the Ramsey Cty library by Har Mar Mall. I'm a member of the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library and enjoyed the trips I made to the Franklin library and the North Regional library with pre-K students this summer. The ITS staff has made us of the meeting room at No Regional for a quiet work session and I am always reserving books that I come across and want to read.
What next? I know I don't utilize the online resources very much beyond reserving books, but here I go! In my next post I will go into what I learn from the public library.
I will be developing an online resources class that I'm going to deliver through Moodle. That is a new experience for me.
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I went the grand opening of the Forest Lake library on Saturday. What a lovely facility. I like the reading loft. And lots of natural light is nice, too. Different concept of information, too--no forbidding reference desks, just smaller, more informal spots for people to ask and talk to the library staff. Very nice. But no coffee shop:-(
You're right, it is a true revolution happening before our eyes. Now if Hennepin County will open up the 3 closed libraries in Minneapolis I will be a very happy camper.
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