Pushing Myself Along (Oh, and Transforming Our Image, too)

I typically get turned on to books through written reviews (especially on GoodReads) more than anything else, including tv or ads or book trailers or whatever. Usually, only if a book trailer is SUPER cool and/or innovative do I end up seeing it (and that's because it makes it onto several of my favorite, often non-library-related blogs). Sometimes I think they're neat publicity tools and then sometimes I wonder if they're not...I don't know...I don't like the ones which use an iTunes feel or a lot of animation or too much wackiness to sell a book because...well, books are great for letting kids make pictures in their head, decide characters' voices on their own, fill in the gaps with their imaginations.

That last sentence was definitely one of my worst ever. Anyway, are any of us gonna take Shelley up on her dare to make our own book trailer? Could we do a better one for Pete the Cat than the one on Mr. Schu's site? Surely one of us owns and can play a guitar, right?

OH GEEZ, Anne, that Questions of the Heart post made me cry. At my desk. Thanks a lot. (P.S. I'm also a "Digital Collaborator.")

I'm also a bit dubious about webinars--I always think they're just going to be PowerPoint-like, and impersonal--but I'm trying one out later this month: "Transforming Our Image." ALA is producing it, so here's hoping it will be quality. And useful. Just checked out Library Webinars (I love a good index) and Firefox crashed when I tried to open a webcast from Mt. Everest.

I mentioned this in a recent department meeting, but the only thing I would change about our Tech Adventure wouldn't be a change--just an addition: I'd love to talk more about the units face-to-face!