Lesson 11 challenge

Lesson 11 challenge
What does your PLN look like? You may already have a PLN, just didn’t realize your handful of favorite websites had a name. Share on your blog some of your online resources and what you have gained from them.


I really like working with anything from RUSA(Reference and User Services Association).  
http://www.ala.org/rusa/

I also really like following the free webinars from the  Texas State Library And Archives Comission.
. From the TSLAC I have gained a knowledge of what other libraries, such as the Talking Books Program and the Texas State Library and Archives, have to offer our patrons. 

I have gotten some really great ideas by going on to  Pinterest  and searching Library Book Displays. I will use the ideas I learned here for book displays in the future. 

Lesson 10 challenge

A patron visits your branch library and they only have $1.50 in their pocket.  They are trying to figure out if they can take the bus from your branch to the nearest McDonalds later today because they have an interview.  Practice using Google Maps directions and write in your blog about how easy/hard it would be to get to their interview by bus and about how much time it would take.

The nearest McDonald's is on San Pedro at 721 San Pedro. According to Google Maps, the patron could take the # 3 or the #4 to this location and it would take about 11 minutes. It is a little closer than the locations on Alamo Plaza and another one downtown, It is about 7/10 of a mile away. 

It was pretty easy to do this. I found it a little harder to use Google Street View to find the Subway Sandwich shop nearest the Encino Branch Library. I kept having to go back to step 1 to find the street view again. I finally found it. I also took a detour inside the Planet Fitness nearby. I have NO sense of direction, so this is helpful.