Create your questions for the challenge that people can do in the training room! --We will have two or three "floaters" in the lab who can help people with basic stuff related to doing these challenges.

BLOGS/RSS

Make a comment on a blog of your choice. (Don't know of a blog? Try the Open House blog at hrlctechopenhouse.blogspot.com or comment on a book Mary's been reading at http://whatmaryisreading.blogspot.com )

Set up a Bloglines account (or an account with another aggregator)and subscribe to an RSS feed

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS

IM/YouTube

Set up your own IM using AIM, Yahoo! or other.

Add us to your IM "buddies"

Go into Meebo.com and use one of the new "Meebo Rooms"

Search for videos of libraries/librarians on YouTube

Sign-up for an account and "favorite" a video

Share a video with someone using e-mail or another way

SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS

"Friend" us on Facebook. Sign up for Facebook and "friend" one or more of the HRLC tech committee people (Kurt, Amy, Mary and Jackie are all on Facebook, others may be as well. Send us an email when you've got your Facebook account set up. You can find our emails here: http://www.hrlc.org/technology/technology.htm#committee )

Go to Flickr and look up the groups "bookshelf project" (see what people have on their bookshelves) or "library display" (see how other libraries use displays in their libraries).

WIKIS

Add your name to the list of attendees on the HRLC Tech Comm Open House wiki (which you are viewing right now!)

Visit www.libsuccess.org, which is the "library best practices" wiki, and visit one of the sections that interests you. There are tips on how to do reader's advisory better, how to market your library better, how to use technology in your library, and much more.

WIRELESS

See if your library is listed on the HRLC Wireless Technology Members page (http://www.hrlc.org/technology/wireless_access.htm ). If it isn't listed but you do have wireless, contact Joanne Roukens or Karen Boyer via email (their emails are listed at the bottom of the HRLC Wireless Technology Members page) and ask them to add your library.

OTHER POSSIBILITIES

Sign up for Google News Alerts or Yahoo News Alerts for "public libraries"

Learn to use at least one of the following: LibraryThing, GoogleMaps, Delicious, Squidoo