In the beginning...

Phew! So here I am....post # 1.

Boy, this is exciting!

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So......

What now????

Well...This blog is beginning as an assignment for an online course in Library Studies. But...I hope it becomes much more than that! Having only experimented with livejournal in the past, I feel pretty green when it comes to blogging. In fact, I feel as if it is reserved for those advanced computer techie types and find the entire process rather daunting. Which is why it feels sort of strange to be here....blogging. I feel almost as if I have taken on a new persona....like Carrie Bradshaw in 'Sex and the City'...except I'll be blogging about librarianship in a small northern town instead of making poignant observations about men and shoes.

Okay...maybe I'll throw in a line or two about my shoe of the day....just to mix it up a bit!


Surprisingly, setting up this blog was a super easy experience! The hardest part was deciding on a title. Otherwise it felt as if I had simply sat down and opened up Microsoft Word in order to do some typing. In fact, it has felt so easy that I feel strongly that one of two things must be happening: Either a) I am most certainly doing something wrong or b) my lofty opinions of how tricky and advanced those techie computer guys were was greatly overrated!


In any case, it's great to finally be here! While there will definitely be a large learning curve when it comes to all the lingo and how to use it (ie. RSS feeds = Really Scary Suggestion) I hope that it all works out in the end. Gulp!

I'm also curious to explore the world of blogs for library use. Particularly for library use within a high school setting. I am currently in a new position as the high school librarian for a grade 9-12 school in Nunavut. Many of these kids are unfamiliar with written language, particularly English, yet most excel with technology. What are the implications for blogging in the northern school setting? I'm curious how this new tool can help make this library (and language) more accessible for these kids.

And who knows, maybe I'll learn enough to impress my computer savvy fiancee! Stranger things have happened in the world of blog-dom!


Stay tuned!