It is hard to believe that the 10 week challenge is finished. I posted the March Cornerstone electronic letter on the Parker Public Library's facebook page. This page is also new, as it was started to be used for our ebook downloads. So much new technology, so quickly, with no tech staff at our library. Yikes!! Thankfully the South Dakota State Library offered this 10 week course to help us become more familiar with their electronic sources. I know that I have a confidence in using the resources that I did not have 10 weeks ago. I am so glad that Laurie also did this challenge. There will be two of us in Parker to help patrons with this information.
I cannot give one big discovery. I made many discoveries along the way that made me search longer than time really allowed. I enjoyed finding out about George Washington's "Golden Pheasants", which are still being viewed today at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I did an enlightening search on the "swastika" after seeing it on a 1909 picture of the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
I used The SIRS Discoverer, CAMIO, ArchiveGrid, Ebooks on Ebsco Host, The Gale Virtual Reference Library, and Sanborn Maps for the first time. I now know what they have to offer.
I have used the different World Book's, Learning Express, Proquest, Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and WorldCat in the past. I was never as familiar with them as I am now. I do know that using them is the only way I will remain familiar with them.
I need to remember that these electronic resources are there!!
They are at my fingertips and ready to help my patrons!!
I never thought that I could set up a blog!
Thank you, Jane and Julie and the South Dakota State Library!!
You did it, gram!!!!! We are so pleased for everything you've learned. Thanks for joining us on this session of the SD State Library E-Resources Challenge. CONGRATULATIONS on completing it!!!! Now, take a bow!!!
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