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		<title>Step #9: Social Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made up a fake person for LinkedIn and found it extremely easy to use.  I was able to pull up all the graduates from a specific university, specific major and specific year and see their photos and whatever personal info they wrote.  Having all that information and real photos so readily accessible is really creepy.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=12&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Step #8: OverDrive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve practiced downloading a couple of audiobooks here at the library and it&#8217;s not hard if you follow the steps and have a few minutes.  I don&#8217;t have an ipod or mp3 player but I love my books on CD and daily sit parked in my car to finish a chapter &#8211; so I&#8217;m really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=11&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/step-8-overdrive/</link>
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		<title>Step #7: IM and ask Librarian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Dara&#8217;s help I was able to open my meebo account in my gmail -which makes everything much more convenient.  I can see using IM to talk to staff in other depts &#8211; especially if you don&#8217;t want others to hear.  I IMed Brandee and Lori in Reference and my son (who&#8217;s always plugged in).  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=10&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/step-7-im-and-ask-librarian/</link>
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		<title>Step #6: Wikis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally search for things in wikipedia - but I do read the wikipedia entries if a better match doesn&#8217;t come up and I can&#8217;t find what I&#8217;m looking for.   I&#8217;m a little concerned that it lacks credibility &#8211; although they claim to have built-in protection.  I think the library&#8217;s entry is great &#8211; I love all that old history.  
I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=9&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/step-6-wikis/</link>
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		<title>Step #5: OneStop Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OneStop turned out be very interesting.  I searched for an obscure British author and found not only book reviews but marriage records, various home addresses, father&#8217;s life story &#8211; all sorts of revealing details.  I can see how this would be a valuable and powerful resource tool for reference searches, while also leading the fiction reader (book groups) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=8&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/step-5-onestop-search/</link>
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		<title>Step #4: RSS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a couple of personal fun-type feeds that I really enjoy, but I can see this becoming way too time consuming if you don&#8217;t watch it.  I also signed up for a couple book blogs that I try to check out regularly &#8211; so it&#8217;ll be nice to have easy access to them.  At first I thought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=7&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/step-4-rss/</link>
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		<title>Step #3: YouTube</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My very, very favorite youtube is Paul Potts&#8217; first tv performance.

We went hiking in Zion Utah over spring break and I found a cool one of the scenery we saw on one of our hikes (there was no music playing when we were there).

Some possible library use ideas -
Last Week at the Library &#8211; clips of some of our great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=5&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/youtube/</link>
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		<title>Step #2: Flickr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In theory flickr sounds easy, but having never used it, I didn&#8217;t find the directions that user friendly.  I can see the library using flickr to highlight special exhibits (upstairs lobby), seasonal displays, active and interesting adult programs, special services (that might be unknown), new locations and additions to different departments (i.e. moving the DVDs).
Possible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cthompso.wordpress.com&blog=3059903&post=4&subd=cthompso&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://cthompso.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/flickr/</link>
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		<title>Step#1blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing this blog is new to me - although I&#8217;ve recently spent way too many hours searching decorating blogs for the perfect paint color.  I guess we&#8217;re not gonna share BM paint colors &#8211; but I&#8217;d love to know what everyone&#8217;s reading &#8211; great way to booktalk!
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