Yes, I'm done. What have I learned this summer.
1) I have learned that it IS time consuming but sometimes in order to reach certain audiences, you need to put in the time.
2) I do see the marketing/publicity aspects of this challenge and will use several things/tools that I have acquired. I will me making a Facebook and Myspace page for the library. I think a wiki would be great for our building project. I also would like to start Podcasts of program info and interview our visiting authors and bookclubbers.
3)YouTube is addicting and fun. Can find some library stuff on there. I had used YouTube in a program before. We had an "Austen-tacious Tea" focusing on the works of Jane Austen. It was fabulous. We had several videos from YouTube that we played. The older generations loved it. And yes, we had a hat contest.
4)I will keep up my blog
5) I learned that I really hated having to set up so many accounts. I realize because different organizations own different sites it would be impossible to link them all together. Google tries, but I really hate my info out there for anyone to have. The great thing is that I can control how much or what info I put out on the web. I will close most of my accounts after this challenge.
I am really glad I took this challenge and I found the most difficult part and the most challenging thing was to find the time to do this. Time is valuable to everyone and it all comes down to how you want to spend it.
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