Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Second Post: How blogging can be used in libraries

The idea of Blogs are great, because organizations as libraries can reach people of different backgrounds, race, ages, incomes, and interests to inform about new services, community’s news, reading group’s discussion, and much, much more from the comfort of their homes. This is an ingenious alternative that everyone in the community can afford, especially in this changing world that demands more money to fill a tank of gas to get to places as libraries. Neither “fight” nor “flight” offers much promise of a lasting solution to the situation.
The secret is surrender …of going with the change rather than against it.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Seven and 1/2 Habits

QUOTES FOR THE SEVEN AND ½ HABITS...
1: The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. --Benjamin Mays

2: "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." --Malcolm Forbes

3: "Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty." --William J. Bennett

4: One important key to success is self-confidence.An important key to self-confidence is preparation. --Arthur Ashe

5: "Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all." --Arthur C. Clarke

6: "A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.
--Douglas Noel Adams

7: "By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand." --Latin Proverb

7 ½: “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” --Mary Anne Radmacher