Bag of Tricks

Pwned. Yup, it is a word, not a typo. It is a word from an informal language used on the internet called “leetspeak.” Another example …

The other day a friend of mine who is the director of a small rural library in another state emailed me. She was hoping I …

I have always been a video game player, way back since Pong, Asteroids, and Pacman as a matter of fact. Which is one of the …

Ah, summer… it is a busy time for libraries! Between the Summer Reading Program and the extra kids utilizing the library, keeping things manageable and …

Budgeting, finding the right solution, finding the person with the expertise to help, having the hardware, creating the plan…these are some of the issues libraries …

I am amazed by the speed at which technology develops. I really am. New developments in capacity, speed, and materials lead to smaller, faster consumer …

Habitica is an online task management application that, as its name implies, helps you build habits, end bad habits, and manage your daily, and weekly …

Valentine’s Day, LOVE, or as the quote in the movie Princess Bride goes, “tweasure your wuv”. While the Children’s Librarian has probably already accumulated lots …

Ah January, the season of snow and reports! Often January is a month of getting your taxes together,  making reports for the Board, and otherwise …

I do a bit of photo editing for websites and I have used a program called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) for almost 20 years. …

Have you heard the phrase, “the internet of things”? The Internet of Things is the network of devices, vehicles, and home appliances that contain electronics, …

The other day, my 12 year old niece sent me a pdf of a story she wrote. 100 typed pages. It ends not exactly on …

The internet is quite the thing. Since I have been alive, the internet has not only come into being but really changed how people interact …

Basic financial literacy can be a great topic for a library program or class. But sometimes it can be intimidating to help patrons with financial …

Looking for unbiased and legitimate news sources on the internet can be a vexing task even for experienced reference librarians. A new resource I recently …

“Augmented Reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment whereby the objects that reside in the real-world are “augmented” by computer-generated perceptual information.” …

Picture this request from a patron: “Excuse me, I am looking for information on Excel. I have the file on my flash drive, but it …