Stephen Abram

Back in September, Stephen Abram began a series of essays called Waiting for Your Cat to Bark-Competing with Google and Its Ilk (part 2, part 3). These essays were published in the SirsiDynix OneSource e-newsletter. Another interesting essay is from the December issues of OneSource. Abram's Reconstructing the Reference Team: 6 Ways to Sunday is a motivational shopping list of sorts for how to grow and develop technologically as our patrons do. Although, in a way, we have a chicken and egg experience of sorts. In some locations, our patrons may be ahead of us and in others, we are are teaching them. One of the best examples of a library system ensuring that its staff is technologically proficient is the Learning 2.0 program at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. If you really like the idea of Learning 2.0, PLCMC Technology Director, Helene Blowers conducted a SirsiDynix webinar called "Learning 2.0: Make "Play" Your New Year's Resolution." Grab an instrument and get on the bandwagon!