Biggest Discovery

Archive Grid and CAMIO were my biggest discoveries. I was very impressed with the amount of information that can be found in Archve Grid. CAMIO was amazing. In rural communities art is appreciated but usually a substantial drive. To have access to these resources without leaving your community is invaluable.

In our library, I would like to develop a handout for patrons. A trifold handout listing each database and its primary function would be very helpful for both the staff and the patrons. The handouts available online for each database can be printed and available in a binder located by each computer. In addition to these ideas, the best form of spreading the news of the resource is through verbal encouragement from the staff. The staff will be trained to offer the appropriate database to  patron requesting information not available in the library. The training for the staff will begin at our next monthly staff meeting. It would be very helpful to our library if the Library Challenge could remain available for training and review purposes. It would not be necessary to have the blog segment; however, to access the challenge for reviewing would be great. I would be interested in adding it to new employee training. There are so many valuable resources. Without revisiting the databases on a regular basis, the new information will be lost. To encourage and ensure constant review, I may put one database per week on the schedule. Each staff member would then be responsible for reviewing that database during the week it is listed. Thank you for taking the time to develop and implement the challenge.