Library Learning 2.0: Week 2, Task 3: Mini-Me

Look at me - I'm an avatar! Creating a virtual image was a lot of fun. The export process was a lot of frustration. I copied the html code and then couldn't get it to paste. This turned out to be (as usual) a case of 'operator error'. I had selected the code for my avatar but not copied it. Of course I had closed each window as I went along (tidy me) so that I had to re-open each one, re-enter my password, search for where I had been and what I had saved and then repeat the process correctly. We all learn from our mistakes, right? (I think that may be in my notes on lifelong learning...yep, Habit #3: view problems as opportunities to learn!)

Library Learning 2.0: Week 2, Task 3: Lifelong Learners

Libraries and lifelong learning go hand in hand - each brings you to the other. Those of us who love and live in libraries are both learners and facilitators of learning. The more we learn, the better we can facilitate the learning of those who use our libraries. My goal for Library Learning 2.0 is to expand my knowledge of new technology available to libraries and select those tools that will work best for my library and its users. I will learn new skills; my school community will receive expanded services; we will all learn together.

I am a natural lifelong learner: I am curious, self-motivated, organized, persistent, patient and resourceful. The first seven habits of highly effective learners should be the proverbial piece of cake. My greatest challenge is the last 1/2 habit: to play! Along with being a lifelong learner, I have also been a lifelong 'straight man' (or, in my case, woman). My greatest challenge will be reminding myself to play and finding ways for others to play with what I have learned.