This is my wrap-up post. I finished just an hour or so past the original deadline, but I see this morning that the deadline was extended, so I guess that, barring this post, I DID technically finish on time! Yay me. The timing of the glitch in the 23 Things blog made finishing those last few things a little bit frustrating for sure. I was able to unearth the instructions with a Google search but it was more challenging. It took me awhile to even think to try finding them another way. I convinced myself it was Karma paying me back for not finishing earlier, or for not doing the lessons in order :)
Participating in this program was a great way to force myself to get in there and explore some tools. There were a number that I had already dipped my toe into, but the lessons gave me the incentive to go a little deeper and try more than I would ever have gotten around to on my own. There were some challenges along the way, but most of it was relatively easy to do on a basic level. I feel more confident now, and have a better understanding of how some of these tools work and can think better about how they might adapted to library purposes.
I'm really glad the State Library took on this program. We had wanted to do something similar at our library level, but it was a little too much for us to take on on our own. The support of the State Library and the excellent collection of mentors made this a successful effort--Thank you!
It's been an eventful year, both professionally and personally, so I've included a happy personal photo to wrap this thing up.
