Monday, July 30, 2007
Week 8 - Thing 19 - Web 2.0 awards list
After looking at a variety of categories, such as Travel, Fun and Music, I concentrated on Library Thing. Within the groups category, I found non-fiction, adult fiction and YA fiction. These can be very helpful for Readers' advisory as well as personal use. I am planning to let more patrons know about this site and ask them to give me their feedback.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Week 9 - Thing 20 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9qcDCFeVI
I watched "Create a Lemon Battery" among many other short pieces of various French Chansonniers and humorists. A great way to watch and listen to old favorites like Edith Piaf.
Libraries could use this tool for short "how-to" instructional videos, especially when introducing a new electronic feature or other new feature at the library.
I watched "Create a Lemon Battery" among many other short pieces of various French Chansonniers and humorists. A great way to watch and listen to old favorites like Edith Piaf.
Libraries could use this tool for short "how-to" instructional videos, especially when introducing a new electronic feature or other new feature at the library.
Week 8 - Thing 18 - Online productivity
With my existing Google account, I explored Google docs and created a document, listing all my 23 Things accounts with IDs and passwords.
I found this site easy to use and like the idea of having documents available online, without the need of a floppy or other device to save my documents.
This is certainly a great tool for teams and other cooperative efforts and projects.
I found this site easy to use and like the idea of having documents available online, without the need of a floppy or other device to save my documents.
This is certainly a great tool for teams and other cooperative efforts and projects.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Week7 - Thing 17 - Sandbox Wiki
Not too hard. I signed up at maryland sandbox, followed the prescribed steps and - voila - my blog is added to Favorite Blogs.
Now, if you will excuse me, I will go and play some more in the sandbox.
Now, if you will excuse me, I will go and play some more in the sandbox.
Week 7 - Thing 16 - Wikis
What is a wiki?
According to wikipedia, a wiki is: "A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it."
A wiki is a community-building, social and interactive tool.
As a person interested in languages, I was pleased to find out that "wiki" means quick in Hawaiian.
At CCPL we have been using wikis to share information among teams and committees.
Other library applications could be: Reader's advisory, Book clubs, Patron feedback about books or databases, to support a specific event, or develop a community project.
According to wikipedia, a wiki is: "A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it."
A wiki is a community-building, social and interactive tool.
As a person interested in languages, I was pleased to find out that "wiki" means quick in Hawaiian.
At CCPL we have been using wikis to share information among teams and committees.
Other library applications could be: Reader's advisory, Book clubs, Patron feedback about books or databases, to support a specific event, or develop a community project.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Week 6 - Thing 15: The Future of Libraries
My previous blog leads directly to the U Tube video, "The machine is using us". Let's turn it around and use the machine to our advantage. This concept is not new and applies to all aspects of the technology revolution of recent decades.
The same exciting revolution is happening in libraries. I particularly appreciated the statement in the article "Away from Icebergs", stating: "if our services can’t be used without training, then it’s the services that need to be fixed—not our patrons."
The future of libraries includes not only technology, but an integration and collaboration of various communities. As a passionate traveler, I see the librarian of the future as a tour guide who can use technology, communities, human interaction and a sense of adventure to guide our patrons through a satisfying library experience wherever they are.
Finally, I liked the Santa Monica Public Library website with various links for visitors, residents, business, city hall and city services. One stop shopping for information.
The same exciting revolution is happening in libraries. I particularly appreciated the statement in the article "Away from Icebergs", stating: "if our services can’t be used without training, then it’s the services that need to be fixed—not our patrons."
The future of libraries includes not only technology, but an integration and collaboration of various communities. As a passionate traveler, I see the librarian of the future as a tour guide who can use technology, communities, human interaction and a sense of adventure to guide our patrons through a satisfying library experience wherever they are.
Finally, I liked the Santa Monica Public Library website with various links for visitors, residents, business, city hall and city services. One stop shopping for information.
Week 6 - Thing 14
After viewing the Technorati tour, I explored the Popular Feature page. What a growing wealth of blogs and information.
The exercise with the keyword search "Learning 2.0" demonstrated the huge variety and number of results obtained by searching blog posts, tags or the blog directory. Going back to blog posts a few minutes later, I experienced the growth from 24,732 to 24, 737.
I also searched PLCMCL2 and mdlearn2 blogs.
The lesson I took away from looking at the top 100 favorate blogs is this: You have to develop a very discrminating search method to quickly get the information valuable to you, or you will be sitting at the computer for hours.
The exercise with the keyword search "Learning 2.0" demonstrated the huge variety and number of results obtained by searching blog posts, tags or the blog directory. Going back to blog posts a few minutes later, I experienced the growth from 24,732 to 24, 737.
I also searched PLCMCL2 and mdlearn2 blogs.
The lesson I took away from looking at the top 100 favorate blogs is this: You have to develop a very discrminating search method to quickly get the information valuable to you, or you will be sitting at the computer for hours.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Week 6 - Thing 13
After all the Fourth of July fun, it's time to get back to more play time.
After listening to the tutorial and reading the habits of wildly successful users, I signed up with http://del.icio.us and started tagging.
There is so much, one can get lost. The trick is to zero in on specific areas of interest. My tags so far are: travel, oregon (for planning a future trip), and free Spanish lessons. I will need some more time to stalk users in these categories.
Another trick will be to manage, consolidate and weed the tags. With these skills, I can see the site becoming useful and time-saving instead of just playing the time away.
After listening to the tutorial and reading the habits of wildly successful users, I signed up with http://del.icio.us and started tagging.
There is so much, one can get lost. The trick is to zero in on specific areas of interest. My tags so far are: travel, oregon (for planning a future trip), and free Spanish lessons. I will need some more time to stalk users in these categories.
Another trick will be to manage, consolidate and weed the tags. With these skills, I can see the site becoming useful and time-saving instead of just playing the time away.
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