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Hi Beth, I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read. ...

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Library:: University of Minnesota - Rochester

About Me:: I am the at the University of Minnesota in Rochester, Minnesota. I come to the library world after tours in sales, management the brokerage industry, and higher education. My husband and I are originally from Milwaukee, WI.

Website:: http://www.r.umn.edu/

Blog:: http://impromptu.wordpress.com

Interest in Library 2.0: I'm interested in any tool that will enable us to better serve our patrons. The idea that we can be sharing best practices with people all over the world in real time is mind-boggling.....especially for someone who actually used a main frame computer and punch cards once upon a time.

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Second Life, Ad Nauseum

I’ve been hearing, ad nauseum,
about Second Life. Everyone and their brother is involved: flying
about, chatting with folks, even answering reference questions at the
library. I really didn’t get the appeal, but decided I should give it a
try on general principles.

So I jumped in. Made an avatar who looks like I’d like to, dressed her, and wandered around.

This is not at all a user-friendl

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Posted on March 14, 2007 at 12:01pm — 6 Comments

Realtime chat

There's a thread on this topic in the forum; for anyone interested, I can be reached via IM at:

Yahoo - mbsam

AIM - mbsam58

Chat with you soon!

MB

Posted on March 7, 2007 at 2:30pm —

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At 7:08am on May 26, 2009, Mike McQueen said…: Hi Beth,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.

Sincerely,
Mike McQueen

LET'S NETWORK HERE TOO (request me as a friend):
My FACEBOOK Profile
My TWITTER Profile

At 3:01pm on March 30, 2007, Janice Banser said…: Thanks Mary Beth for your advice on my blog, I will check it out :)

At 9:22am on March 8, 2007, Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran said…: Hi Kathryn,

I do miss seeing "real" people on a daily basis! One of my job perks is the ability to get out to our member libraries and visit, but I'm afraid I don't do that as much as I'd like to. Something always seems to preempt the visits....but when I do get out, it's great.

Of course, we keep in touch via email...and we have a corporate blog that keeps folks updated (as well as my personal blog, should they be interested.) We haven't gotten any of them into IM yet, but we do use it in the building with each other.

At 9:13am on March 8, 2007, Kathryn Greenhill said…: Hi Mary Beth. I worked as a Community Information librarian about 10 years ago and LOVED it too.

I was a little frustrated, however, that my desk responsibilities didn't let me get out and mix with my community physically. Do you find that new web tools help you out with that - or do you have time scheduled in to actually get out there and meet the real folk?