Google Alerts

I caught up with the things Saturday afternoon. Just before hurrying out for the last half hour on the floor I signed up for Google Alerts and Social Mention and checked out Addictomatic. I was impressed that Addictomatic pulled up so many things about our neighborhood right away. I was even more impressed when I checked my email this morning and Google Alerts alerted me to the fact that someone had "helpfully" posted what she thought were the coming week's events at our library. Unfortunately, she had picked up June, not July events. There is no puppet show or museum-sponsored craft program this week. I posted a correction and am hoping we won't have a lot of unhappy kids showing up for a nonexistent puppet show on Wednesday.

Starting at last

I've been on vacation and then struggling to catch up again with Summer Reading and a revised schedule now that we're only open five days a week. Possibly it would have been easier to take this course at some time other than summer, a children's librarian's busiest time. Still, I really want to do this, so I'll find time to catch up and keep up.