Looking back over the 27 Things excercise, my overwhelming feeling is one of gratitude. I've so appreciated having this little push to try out new technologies and things that I may have been curious about before, but often intimidated by. It has made me feel good, in that the system believes in the capabilities of its employees to learn and grow, and is encouraging us to think in new ways. It has sometimes made me feel breathless, at all the possibilities out there, and daunted thinking about what choices will have to be made to keep libraries relevant in this flood of new outlets and connection points.
My favorite part was looking at all these different technologies and coming up with creative ideas about how to use them with libraries. I enjoy the problem solving aspect of that, and look forward to finding ways to use these, not just in theory, in my work.
I would totally do this again, and hope to see simular programs in the future to update staff on what is new. Plus it is also really fun to connect with coworkers in a new way, by reading their blogs. I think it would be awesome of the staff directory had voluntary links to people's blogs, for those of us interested in building community. I kinda wish not so many people went annonmous, though I do understand why they did.
This was the most exciting and satisfying, plus intellectually stimulating thing we have been offered in a long time. I am glad I participated and that it was offered.
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