I just finished doing the RSS part of this week's Blue 2.0. It was a bit frustrating as the instructions did not work they way they should have. I was able to figure it out though and I am now connected to Blue 2.0, Library News, the YoungRef Blog, and several professional blogs. Hopefully I will be more in the loop.

Picture of St. Jerome added

Kerri suggested that I add a picture of St. Jerome so I did! No one knows what he really looked like and some of the paintings show him practically nude in the wilderness! At least this one has some dignity.

Finished the First Module Blue 2.0

I successfully finished the first module of Blue 2.0 including the optional email accounts. The entire time it consumed for all activities was about 1 1/2 hours. Everything was pretty straight forward (except for the "chat box") and I was able to complete the tasks in no time at all. It was fun and I intend to begin using some of this in my daily work.

Chat Account Set Up

Setting up the AIM account was easy, finding the "chat box" was not. It did not occur to me that the band down the right side of the screen under my buddy list was the "chat box". It did not look like a box. Anyway after several attemps to find the "chat box" on different days, I threw in the towel and emailed Jen Bartlett. Jen made a housecall and showed me the "chat box". It was easy once I knew where it was. Jen and I then chatted a bit which was also pretty easy to do.

My screen name for AIM is ToniGreider -- not very original but something I can remember. Here's chatting with you.

Template changed

Success! I found that it is easy to change the template. This looks more like something St. Jerome would write on rather than the pink thing. This really is an easy program to use.

Blogging is easy

Creating this blog was pretty easy. The only issue I have is I looking at one template but chose the wrong template. I would like to change the template but I am not sure I can. This will be my first questions about blogs.

St. Jerome Goes E!

The St. Jerome Tattler was published weekly by me for about a decade. It was a pre email communication device to let the staff of the Agriculture Library know what had happened and what was going to happen in the next week. This publication was done on a word processor, printed out on a dot matrix printer on paper with pin feed holes, and circulated to the staff. It must have been given reading priority because it made its way back to me by mid week. All of these "Tattlers" were collected and put in a binder and last I saw them they were on a book case in the AIC. The paper has probably disintegrated by now.

St. Jerome lived from approximately 347 AD to September 30, 420 AD. He translated the Bible from the Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin which was the common language of the time. He is credited with perserving our Biblical heritage. St. Jerome is also designated as the patron saint of librarians in the Book of the Saints.

This e -Tattler is intended as an informal communication tool and place to have some fun. I would like to think that St. Jerome had a sense of humor (I am not sure he did though) and will look favorably on this blog.