Wordle is Fun!

It took a while to come up with something to paste into Wordle but once I thought of something it was fun to play with the different combinations.  Here is the Wordle take on New Brunswick Heritage Week.

Images

Even kids that have difficulty reading enjoy reading to a dog.  Here is a shot of a girl participating in a Reading to Dogs event at U.S.Marine base Lejuene in South Carolina.

Courtesy USMC via Wickmedia Commons

Social reading with Bibliocommons

This was fun.  I already use my Bibbliocommons account but it was good to have a refresher in how to make lists and comment on books.  It took me a while to find someone to follow, but I did finally find someone with lots of good suggestions.

Twitter

It's harder than you would think to come up with a comment that's short enough for a tweet.  Thankfully one of my co-workers came up with a helpful suggestion.  It is sort of like reading the headlines on newspapers.  You get an idea of what is happening but no details. 

"Spotlight On" Display

Our "Spotlight On" Display has been popular.  Last week we featured Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult and this week we have Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel.  One of our staff members picked these titles because she liked them and she could get ten copies quite easily.  They have been going out  quickly.  The display has been also been useful when a patron asks for a suggestion of something they should read. 

Welcome!

Welcome to the Corner of Spring and Summer!

Here in the Kennebecasis Valley in New Brunswick we are in the depths of winter and I can't help counting the days until Spring!  We have all been busy this week creating our new blogs.  It's good that we have been able to help each other get started.   This will be a good experience for us to learn about using social media. 

Another new thing we are starting this week is a new Display at the Circulation Desk called "Spotlight On".  We are highlighting a different book each week.  We have brought in multiple copies of the same book and so far they have been moving well. We have also had fun picking the titles of the books.