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Pear Deck: A fruitless endeavor
Though I am especially fond of eating pears, I have never been good at growing any sorts of fruit. More recently, I found that my absence of green thumb also mirrors my lack of skill in creating a Pear Deck. One of the most challenging things about working with Pear Deck initially was that I…
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Create curate
This week, we developed our own curation pages and had to compare them. I explored the list of curation sites very minimally and more or less chose at random, avoiding Pinterest, because I am very familiar with that one. I like trying new things and being surprised. Here are my observations: Scoop.it— This was the…
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Let There Be Blog
For our assignment, we had to look at different blogging platforms, choose one, and then make a blog. I knew right away that I wanted a blog that was in a written word form, not an audio form. That ruled out podcasting. I examined the available platforms and then watch clips of YouTube tutorials for…
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Libraries and Mental Health Initiatives: A literature review
Abstract The coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has increased the mental health needs of communities acrossAmerica. Public libraries have responded by utilizing the existing resources they developed such astraining staff in Mental Health First Aid and employing social workers and nurses. In addition, librarieshave created new targeted programs to address mental health during the covid-19 pandemic. Thisliterature…
