I’ve been reading about Learning 2.0 programs for a while, so when the chance to join a program came along I grabbed it! I am very excited to be part of what looks to be a global program.
About me: My name is Warren Cheetham and I work in a public library (Thuringowa Branch of CitiLibraries Townsville) in North Queensland, Australia. I look after all of the technology ’stuff’ for our library. I have worked mainly in public libraries, and I am very interested to see how the development of web 2.0 tools has enabled people to use and re-use information in completely new ways. I am fascinated and excited about the implications this has for libraries.
I’ve blogged before and played with some other online tools like Flickr, but I am very aware of all the things I don’t know about, which is why I’ve joined this program. For instance, I’ve never used WordPress before, and here I am using it and learning about all the features it has.
I hope to learn heaps, to have fun trying, to ‘meet’ some new colleagues, and to share what I learn with the people I work with here.
July 23, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I just wanted to say that I love the name of your blog. How did you come up with it?
July 23, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Hi Molly,
My first job was as a library assistant at the Burdekin Library in Ayr, North Queensland. It has a beautiful 2-storey stained glass window designed as a waterfall. You can see a picture on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stainedglasswaterfall/292769411
I have many special memories from my time spent at the Burdekin Library as a child, student and then staff member, so naming my blog Stained Glass Waterfall constantly reminds me of those special memories, where I came from, the wonderful people I worked with there and the valuable lessons I learned at that library.
July 25, 2008 at 10:36 am
What a fabulous picture Warren. No wonder you have such beautiful memories. Wouldn’t it be great if one of these themes allowed a pictorial sidebar so you could add it as your motif?
Have tried to tag and categorise my stuff but am beginning to think it is not a feature of the theme I have chosen.
July 25, 2008 at 10:39 am
PS I just had a look at your photos on flickr and noticed the one of Upper Riccarton. That used to be my local library when I was a kid and it did NOT look like that. I hardly remember visiting it in those days so it must have been a very insignificant place!
July 29, 2008 at 1:39 am
Hi Barbara,
I think tags and categories are a general feature across WordPress, and is not dependant on the theme you have chosen. Being new to WorkPress myself, I can’t offer a specific pointer, but have a search around the “manage” or “design” links in your blog’s dashboard.
The current Upper Riccarton library is beautiful, and a credit to the people who designed it!
Warren