Lesson 11: Wrap Up

I enjoyed most of the 11.5 Cosas.  A few of the linked articles we had to read were not very good, I think it would be nice to find some better resources that cover those topics.  I can see that the 11.5 Cosas will be very beneficial for those coworkers who have zero technical savvy.

Lesson 10 Challenge

I live in Schertz.  This morning I noticed that there is a pothole developing on the street, in front of my driveway.  I decided to explore the City of Schertz's website to find out how to report the offensive pothole.  I started at www.schertz.com.  There was link to the 311/Customer Service department on the front page.  From there, I was able to find a phone number I can call to report the pothole on my street.  There was also an online link to report my problem.  I clicked on the link and I was able to fill out a form to report my problem.  It took about two minutes.

texas.gov was my next stop.  I wanted to see what type of information I could find on Medicare Information Sessions.  After doing a search, the first link referred me to the Employee Retirement System of Texas website.  Although the site did point me in the direction of some Medicare Information Sessions, they appear to be only for Texas state employees and not the general population.  After searching for several more minutes, I gave up on Texas.gov and just used Google. I found some of the information I needed on the AACOG website.

Lesson 9 Part 2- Zinio

While using Zinio, I looked at three magazines.

1.  Cloth Paper Scissors
2.  Games World of Puzzles
3.  MacWorld

The Zinio App is available for the following seven devices/platforms:

1.  iPhone
2.  iPad
3.  Android
4.  Windows 8
5.  Mac
6.  PC
7.  Kindle Fire/HD/HDX

Lesson 9 Part 1 Hoopla

Three of the titles in the Audiobooks Top Titles section were:

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems

I think that services like Hoopla are changing libraries in the sense that more patrons are taking advantage of digital resources.  In my day to day time on the Reference desk, I mostly assist patrons with OverDrive.  I am sure that as awareness of Hoopla grows, I will see more people asking about it.

Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge - eAudiobooks

All three search platforms were fairly easy to use.  I think that as a patron though, it would be easiest to search for a specific title in the OPAC, which would then point you to the right service.  For example I searched all three services for any of the Sammy Keyes audiobooks; I was unable to locate them on any of the services.  A catalog search would have shown me that they are only available as physical audio books, there are no electronic copies.  I was eventually able to locate a Rick Riordan book on each of the services.  OverDrive had The Blood of Olympus, OneClick carries all of his adult titles and Hoopla had some of the 39 Clues series.

Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge

Overdrive

I chose to check on the availability of Divergent by Veronica Roth.  SAPL owns both the eBook and audiobook versions of this title.  SAPL owns 97 copies of the eBook and there are currently 38 copies available for checkout.  The audio book has 15 copies in Overdrive, with no available copies for checkout.  There is currently a waiting list of 28 people.

Next I checked on Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney.  SAPL owns both the eBook and audiobook versions of this book.  SAPL owns 2 copies of the eBook and 1 copy is available for checkout.  SAPL owns 1 copy of the audiobook, it is currently checked out and there are no holds at this time.

Lesson 7 Part 1 Challenge