So since we have to think of something technology related I was thinking about how we could incorporate some of these little gems of technology with our current library system.
I was thinking that we could use a blog to post fun, informal staff book reviews on the web site. Staff members could take turns writing up a short synopsis and review of a book that they are reading for themselves that they enjoy. I was thinking that this would be interesting for patrons who are looking for something to read, and useful for other librarians who might be exposed to other writers or genras they are not familiar with or in which they have no personal interest. It could also be a fun way to personalize the staff to the public. One of the reasons we can often offer such great customer service to our regular patrons is because we have personal connections to them.
Or we could just create a blog for the reviews that are already being written for the paper ( If I remember from training Morgan was writing reviews for the whig?). This would require little extra effort for staff (Set up blog and integrate it w/ website, copy and past review) , but would make the website more technologically edgy.
It would also be interesting if we could find a way to inform patrons when we have gotten a new book in by the author they select or in a particular item type (large print, DVD, etc. ) (although we do have the new materials section). I know that at some websites you can request e-mail updates about a brand or news topic. I don't know what kind of technology is required for that or if you could somehow use an RSS feed to the same end but it would be an interesting service to offer patrons. (It will be less and less feasible to do this personal for our patrons as the system grows.
There I think I earned my gold star for that 'thing'.
-M
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