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Library:: Sandusky Library

About Me:: I have been the Reference and Museum Services Administrator at the Sandusky Library in Sandusky Ohio since 2001. I was the head of the Cody Branch of the Flint Public Library from 92-01. I spend a lot of time at the reference desk and since our public computers are nearby much of that time is spent helping patrons with their computer issues. My hobbies include playing guitar, drawing, online poker, reading and exercise.

Website:: http://www.sandusky.lib.oh.us

Blog:: http://sanduskyref.blogspot.com

Interest in Library 2.0: I am interested in Library 2.0 from the perspective of a reference librarian. Are any of the 2.0 tools useful for answering reference inquiries? I find Wikipedia to be invaluable but that's about the only 2.0 tool I use at the desk. As a professional I find delicious, blogines and digg, helpful in keeping me informed and up-to-date. For my personal entertainment I enjoy Youtube and flickr. I listen to several news and political podcast a week on my ipod. I also really love my Mac Powerbook G4 .

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At 5:01pm on February 19th, 2008, Ronald Wayne Davis said…: A matter of fact, If I had a choice, I would leave the library field and pursue other opportunties in the field of education. I do not want to be sexism, the field has too many women; there is no opportunity for growth; and women are too emotional.

At 1:47pm on February 14th, 2008, Kevin Griffith said…: Dennis,

Yeah, McCloud’s books are great, especially his first one and his most recent one.

Create Your own Graphic Novel Using Digital Techniques by Mike Chinn and Chris McLoughlin is also a good book for anyone who wants to understand what it takes to create comics, and like McCloud’s books it’s visual approach is very appropriate to the topic.

I’d also suggest you check out these recent books if you haven’t already.

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk

Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s by Bart Beaty

The System of Comics by Thierry Groensteen, Bart Beaty, and Nick Nguyen

The Wolk book is very good, the Beaty book is excellent so far (and check out the archive of his Euro-comics columns at http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/euro_archives/ while you’re at it), and the System of Comics has been interesting so far but is quite academically dense.

Let me know what you think if you read any of them. And thanks for the invitation!

At 7:41pm on February 10th, 2008, Dennis McMullen said…: Hi Stephen: My twitter project is only 2 days old so no feedback yet. I would be very interested in opinions, useful, useless, I'm not sure myself. I presently do not notify patrons that their questions may be twittered. I have read the ALA privacy & confidentiality info and I'm confident that I've built enough anonymity into the project. I believe the main point is to avoid personally identifiable information, so I avoid names and times. I even try to state the questions in the broadest terms possible. Let me know what you think and tell people to take a look. Comments are always welcome.

At 9:34pm on February 8th, 2008, Stephen Francoeur said…: Dennis, thanks for friending me and for your comments about my last two blog posts. I was wondering how you notify your patrons that their reference questions might be put out via Twitter. Have you found anyone who has noticed yet or has an opinion about it? It would be great to hear how this project of your progresses.

At 8:03pm on February 4th, 2008, Dennis McMullen said…: Yes, we're excited about the upcoming program. Sandusky was a stop on the underground railroad so that's the link to inviting Mr. Burroughs.

At 3:30pm on February 4th, 2008, Laura Minor said…: Nice local history blog! I'm sure your genealogy librarian is excited about the upcoming Tony Burroughs seminar. That's a major event at your library.

At 6:44pm on February 1st, 2008, Dennis McMullen said…

At 5:23pm on January 31st, 2008, RefLibrarian said…: Dennis, I am glad that you enjoy reading my blog. I agree with you that technology is an impediment now for older adults interested in e-books - especially for the "greatest generation" - the boomer generation is starting to get much more comfortable with technology. That is why I liked the idea of the Kindle - there is no need to have a computer and an internet connection to download the books. It uses cell phone technology and seems like it might be easy to use. However, I am not sure how hard the Kindle would be to use if a person has arthritis, though.

At 10:47am on January 11th, 2008, Vickie L. Kline said…: Dennis,

I think tagging and recommendations are the most obvious addition. I just came across a LibraryThing app that looks promising: http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/

We're just now starting to explore Library 2.0 at my site.

Vickie

BTW, my dog is almost the spitting image of Abigal. Is she a purebred or mix? My Jonathan is a poodle-something! :-)