21st Century Job Seeking: Social Networking for Career Development

This Wednesday, September 16 at 7 p.m.  local social networking guru and business owner Gregg Eldred will be here to talk about the use of social networking sites for professional networking and career development.  In many fields today, answering job ads and perfecting your paper resume just aren’t enough.  Professional networking takes place online and all the time.  Let Gregg show you how to get your name out there and build your reputation before and while you undertake that job search.

Second Blogoversary Today

Friday, May 8th was our SECOND YEAR!

After two years of blogging here, our numbers stand at:

1. Number of page views:  20,394
2. Number of posts:  146
3. Number of comments:  83
4. Number of SPAM comments:  3,036

Top Five Search Terms:

• alligator 970
• elf 299
• banned 284
• zardoz 265
• banned books 212

I first blogged about a very odd movie that still attracts the curious.

I would like to welcome more and more ALPL staff as bloggers, joining Cindy and myself.  The more perspectives the better, everyone who works here has one (as do our patrons and commenters).

Don’t forget….

• You can follow our updates via RSS by clicking here when in your reader.
• You can find us on Facebook here.

Take Avon Lake’s Weather With You

Did you know Avon Lake PL has a weather station?

We’ve had one for years.  We just got a new one (thank you to Avon/Avon Lake Rotary and Avon Lake Kiwanis for donating it….)

Now, you can see our weather conditions on the web — LIVE and HISTORICAL DATA, too (back to March, at least)…

Go here to Weather Underground to find us, or enter www.wunderground.com into your browser and type in our zip code, 44012.

MP3 Day at ALPL

Today, at ALPL, we put out our new Books on MP3-CD collection. They are on display together right now, and will be interfiled with the regular Books on CD when they get older. They are well-labelled.

What’s the big deal? MP3 vs. WAV means fewer discs, lower cost, less things to damage or lose. You can play them in any PC, any DVD player, most new vehicles’ in-dash CD players, most newer portable CD players — and from your PC you could transfer files to your portable device INCLUDING THE iPOD.

Yes, the iPOD.

So, you don’t have a portable MP3 player to enjoy downloadable material from Overdrive on? Or copy stuff from an MP3 CD to? Borrow one from us.

We have EIGHT players at the reference desk for you to check out for three weeks, with renewal if nobody is waiting. they are Creative ZEN STONE models. Each bag includes the player, a USB cable, instructions and an adapter to play through cassette decks.

Poetry for April 3d

Our own multi-talented Nadge Herceg, Associate Librarian in both the Children’s and Adult Services Departments, was inspired by a recent cruise to write haiku for us:

Buffet lines winding

Eating diners consuming

Bastions of delights

 Library lines winding

Devouring readers consuming

Bastions of delights

So apparently, we don’t need to spend a fortune on a cruise; we can get the same experience, without the sea sickness, right here at the Library!  Of course, if you’re one of the lucky ones who does get to travel, we have an excellent collection of cruise guides and DVDs of all the most popular destinations.

Speaking of just one more of Nadge’s many talents, she is an excellent technology trainer. Nadge offers one-on-one sessions on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint here at the Library.  Just give us a call to set up an appointment with her.

Social Media and Web 2.0 Program

This Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m., we’ll be welcoming local blogger and all-around techie Gregg Eldred for a program on social media and web 2.0.

 Want to know what the buzz is all about? Blogs, wikis, Facebook, MySpace? Want to join in the conversation or just know what your kids are up to online? Are you concerned about your company’s presence on the web or looking for ways to promote your business?

Gregg will lead us into the thicket and onto the World Wide Web.