March Madness in the Library

It's March, and that means it's time for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament! It also means that I'm preparing for the second blog class here at the Sunnyvale Public Library, scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, from 6-8 p.m. The class will be entitled Blogs and Blogging.

I'm really excited about this go-around, because I got a lot of really great feedback and ideas after teaching the class the first time. Most notably, the class will be held in the evening this time, to accommodate those people who weren't able to attend last time due to work or school restrictions. I've also blocked out 2 hours for the class this time, because I definitely want to be able to include a Q&A session which we weren't able to include last time because I rambled too much and ran out of time. I've also completely re-worked the outline of the course to pare down the "me talking" portion and increase the "me showing" aspect. Finally, I expect to have more time to be able to discuss RSS and newsreader subscriptions. I recently came across some statistics that suggest that we might soon be hitting a ceiling in terms of growth in actual blogs created, while readership is expected to climb without an end in sight. This of course would put a premium on the finding and reading aspect of the blogosphere as opposed to the publishing and our courses should naturally reflect this shift. I'll try to track down those numbers and include them in the course.

In the meantime, enjoy this post from the Dewey Blog, which informs us all that the complete DDC number for March Madness is 796.323630973.
025.431: The Dewey blog: March Madness

And incidentally, the class will be the day after the tournament ends, so you have no excuse not to be there!