This was truly a wonderful way to introduce a great many of our staff members to the new technologies out there. At Prince George's County Memorial Library System, the 23 Things program came in the middle of our busiest training season. But, nevertheless, staff were enthusiastic about the exciting new technologies. Many who started in 'high gear' seemed to hit a snag after the first 13 Things - and indeed some are still stuck on that number to this day!
I loved the idea of weekly e-mail reminders to participants, and kept them up until last Friday. The shared experiences from many participants across the state was great. Overall, our staff had a fun time with the program.
The greatest complaint that kept coming up was the constant requests to create online accounts in order to access many of the 'Things' that participants wanted to attempt. Even for those of us who created these accounts, keeping up with the many Usernames and Passwords was difficult. Otherwise, this was an exciting project with a clever 'hook' to introduce new technologies to library staff.
I thank Nini and her wonderful team for all their efforts in organising this fun project; and especially for keeping it open beyond the initial deadline - who knows(if it stays up), maybe in late December, or sometime in January, some of my friends (still stuck on #13) could still complete the program.
Albert Kazooba
PGCMLS - Training Coordinator
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