It has been 10 days since the last post.
In that time I have investigated the possible
addition of a "teen night" to our library events.
I also toured the Rochester MN public library.
WooEEE. They even have an automatic book sorter
connected to the book drop-off.
When visiting a social networking area for library
2.0 stuff at NING I found this little video "mash-up"
that reinforces our commitment to keep learning
how Web 2.0 and other up and coming information
devices can be integrated into library services!
The text for this video was originally written
back in November 2006 by Laura Cohen in her
blog,"Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective".
Another video "mash-up" of the text was done
by the Pickering Public Library in Ontario.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
THING 23
Thing 23 was an online survey.
For me, the thing least liked was
the wide-openness of our wiki entries,
but I must say reading other people's
comments was enjoyable. I don't
think we are tapping into a wiki's
utility for collaboration.
Then again, I joined the Pioneerland
library group because of something
posted on that wiki!
It is very fun to network with
other librarians! And it is interesting
to view the history pages of that wiki
to examine how our librarian entries
formed a sort of template each of us
mimicked.
Onward and upward.
For me, the thing least liked was
the wide-openness of our wiki entries,
but I must say reading other people's
comments was enjoyable. I don't
think we are tapping into a wiki's
utility for collaboration.
Then again, I joined the Pioneerland
library group because of something
posted on that wiki!
It is very fun to network with
other librarians! And it is interesting
to view the history pages of that wiki
to examine how our librarian entries
formed a sort of template each of us
mimicked.
Onward and upward.
THING 22
Now this thing I can do!
I PLEDGE TO KEEP WRITING
AND KEEP HONING THE SKILLS
LEARNED IN 23 Things on a Stick!
I am off to add more resources
to my RSS aggregator.
WOO HOO!
I PLEDGE TO KEEP WRITING
AND KEEP HONING THE SKILLS
LEARNED IN 23 Things on a Stick!
I am off to add more resources
to my RSS aggregator.
WOO HOO!
THING 21
Recently, someone I met in Guatemala
asked me to join a social networking group
called Good Tree. It appears to be a place
where non-profit organizations can get
support, recognition and money to
carry on. I understood 12.5% of the site's
revenue is donated to charities. All
they ask is that you use GoodTree as
your start page.
Gather seemed user friendly. It
was sort of like a magazine
with networking. Definitely felt
more sophisticated, for grown-ups.
asked me to join a social networking group
called Good Tree. It appears to be a place
where non-profit organizations can get
support, recognition and money to
carry on. I understood 12.5% of the site's
revenue is donated to charities. All
they ask is that you use GoodTree as
your start page.
Gather seemed user friendly. It
was sort of like a magazine
with networking. Definitely felt
more sophisticated, for grown-ups.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
THING 20
Facebook definitely feels "tighter" than MySpace.
I am giving Facebook a trial.
Nieces, nephews and relatives will befriend
me, right, by sympathy vote?
Had about a 50% success rate sending
friend requests . Succeeded in getting a
few "friends!" Joined a couple networks.
Went to some of the MySpace library
sites. My goodness, these sites can get
covered with busy-ness. Would be a
good place to practice graphic and
page design! Or maybe that's what we
are doing.
Is this ever good for associative thinking!
I could get lost and loose track of time
in a social networking
space, because of curiosity.
One thing leads to another and before
you know it, you can't remember your entry
place, except for the "back" button.
I am giving Facebook a trial.
Nieces, nephews and relatives will befriend
me, right, by sympathy vote?
Had about a 50% success rate sending
friend requests . Succeeded in getting a
few "friends!" Joined a couple networks.
Went to some of the MySpace library
sites. My goodness, these sites can get
covered with busy-ness. Would be a
good place to practice graphic and
page design! Or maybe that's what we
are doing.
Is this ever good for associative thinking!
I could get lost and loose track of time
in a social networking
space, because of curiosity.
One thing leads to another and before
you know it, you can't remember your entry
place, except for the "back" button.
Friday, April 11, 2008
THING 19, PODCASTING
A couple years ago my brothers and sisters
gifted me an 8GB Mp3 player. Shortly
thereafter I tried subscribing to podcasts with
an open source software called JUICE.
Google reader and the Firefox live bookmark
are more recently tried aggregator tools.
I looked into the podcast directories
listed in 23 THINGS. Here is an example
of an EASI podcast offered at Barrier-free IT
(this one is very serious, don't expect entertainment)
Does Course Content Need to be Accessible?
At the EASI web site I saw the word "vodcast"
which stands for video podcast. It looks like
the word "podcast" includes vodcasts.
Despite the fact that some aspects
of the EASI web site didn't
work right from my end, I found so
much useful information, I didn't care!
Case in point; look at this page! Most
useful for librarians who want to know
more about library accessibility issues
and solutions!
A vodcast uses the RSS concept but is
like TV on demand. It works on computer/TV
and players like iPod touch.
Look at FireAnt or iTunes to subscribe
to internet TV channels and podcasts/vodcasts.
Here's a link to a free 2007 BBC Newsnight
podcast at FireAnt.
gifted me an 8GB Mp3 player. Shortly
thereafter I tried subscribing to podcasts with
an open source software called JUICE.
Google reader and the Firefox live bookmark
are more recently tried aggregator tools.
I looked into the podcast directories
listed in 23 THINGS. Here is an example
of an EASI podcast offered at Barrier-free IT
(this one is very serious, don't expect entertainment)
Does Course Content Need to be Accessible?
At the EASI web site I saw the word "vodcast"
which stands for video podcast. It looks like
the word "podcast" includes vodcasts.
Despite the fact that some aspects
of the EASI web site didn't
work right from my end, I found so
much useful information, I didn't care!
Case in point; look at this page! Most
useful for librarians who want to know
more about library accessibility issues
and solutions!
A vodcast uses the RSS concept but is
like TV on demand. It works on computer/TV
and players like iPod touch.
Look at FireAnt or iTunes to subscribe
to internet TV channels and podcasts/vodcasts.
Here's a link to a free 2007 BBC Newsnight
podcast at FireAnt.
THING 18
The YouTube Norwegian Medieval
Help Desk IS a hoot!
As mentioned in an earlier post,
I want to make a video/YouTube
to demonstrate how to use our
library catalog. Did try to make
my own animation and a banner
but couldn't get them to upload
into googlevideo. More to learn.
Here is a little puzzling adventure
"Under Giant Trees" Puzzle cards:
Isn't it incredible how well
the cards fit together? Did
they use a computer program
to design or did they do it
by hand?
Help Desk IS a hoot!
As mentioned in an earlier post,
I want to make a video/YouTube
to demonstrate how to use our
library catalog. Did try to make
my own animation and a banner
but couldn't get them to upload
into googlevideo. More to learn.
Here is a little puzzling adventure
"Under Giant Trees" Puzzle cards:
Isn't it incredible how well
the cards fit together? Did
they use a computer program
to design or did they do it
by hand?
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