It was fun seeing a list of favorite books, movies, TV shows, written by my co-workers. I even received a lot of information about Mangos! My favorite fruit!
It was very easy to add my faves.
Next time I'm dining out, I'll try a suggestion from the favorite restaurant page!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WIKIS
I noticed that most of the library wikis were academic libraries. Students may be more familiar with wikis in their personal life so using a library wikis would be more intuitive for them than the general public.
It might be wise to have a staff member moderate the wiki to edit out unwanted “graffiti” if everyone had access to the wiki.
Wikis could enable people to write and share book reviews. Others could add their comments on the review (agree/disagree).
The library could announce and people could comment on upcoming library programs. Perhaps people could sign up for programs on a wiki.
Staff wikis could be created to share and store information among and between sections. Perhaps a log for printer problems, or a log of frequently asked questions.
It might be wise to have a staff member moderate the wiki to edit out unwanted “graffiti” if everyone had access to the wiki.
Wikis could enable people to write and share book reviews. Others could add their comments on the review (agree/disagree).
The library could announce and people could comment on upcoming library programs. Perhaps people could sign up for programs on a wiki.
Staff wikis could be created to share and store information among and between sections. Perhaps a log for printer problems, or a log of frequently asked questions.
Library 2.0
Web 2.0 is big news, and people are flocking to libraries to use public computers to be a part of this trend. They expect each staff member to know all the answers to their questions about every single page on the www. If there is an error on a webpage, they often complain to us and expect us to fix it. It takes time and patience to get familiar with all of the offerings on the web. Patrons need to take their time and explore, but that’s difficult when the timer on their internet session is ticking down. I’m glad that we have the opportunity to participate in this Web 2.0 Exploration Project. It has made me feel more comfortable with the technology, and I can better serve our customers.
I will never be an expert. As I learn each new thing, there are several more new things emerging. And the things I have learned are changing. So I will need to constantly work at it to keep up. But I hope I will always take the time to sit down and enjoy a good book.
I will never be an expert. As I learn each new thing, there are several more new things emerging. And the things I have learned are changing. So I will need to constantly work at it to keep up. But I hope I will always take the time to sit down and enjoy a good book.
Technorati
It was easy to get lost as you move deeper and deeper into Technorati. I hit a lot of errors while searching “entertainment”. Technorati has a humorous error page.
I was surprised that I could access a portion of PBCLS Web 2.0 Exploration Project – Participants without a password.
There were too many blogs linked to www.pbclibrary.org to read them all, but I read quite a few. The e-government research blog was helpful, and the Panda blog was cute.
At first I felt that searching by tag was difficult. I wasn’t finding what I was looking for because other people used different meanings for the tags I was searching. Once I got the hang of it, I enjoyed it. I discovered you don’t have to limit your search to one word. By searching “Orson Scott Card” I found some great blogs and videos about the author.
There are over 35,000 posts tagged Web 2.0. Related tags are tags that other people might use to describe the same thing such as “web 2.0” and web-20”, or subsets of the original tag, such as “web 2.0” and “blogging” or “social networking”. I was surprised to discover that most of the links to “web 2.0” were “social networking”.
I was surprised that I could access a portion of PBCLS Web 2.0 Exploration Project – Participants without a password.
There were too many blogs linked to www.pbclibrary.org to read them all, but I read quite a few. The e-government research blog was helpful, and the Panda blog was cute.
At first I felt that searching by tag was difficult. I wasn’t finding what I was looking for because other people used different meanings for the tags I was searching. Once I got the hang of it, I enjoyed it. I discovered you don’t have to limit your search to one word. By searching “Orson Scott Card” I found some great blogs and videos about the author.
There are over 35,000 posts tagged Web 2.0. Related tags are tags that other people might use to describe the same thing such as “web 2.0” and web-20”, or subsets of the original tag, such as “web 2.0” and “blogging” or “social networking”. I was surprised to discover that most of the links to “web 2.0” were “social networking”.
Monday, June 23, 2008
del.icio.us
It was fun to discover what other people had tagged with "library", "librarian" and "web 2.0" on del.icio.us. I created my own account, you can check it out at http://del.icio.us/IAMPlibrary
On blogspot.com I created a blog of websites relating to medical ultrasound and radiolography. I am entering those websites onto my del.icio.us account. This will be much more helpful because the websites will be sortable, not stagnate as they are on blogspot. I am tagging them with "radiology", "ultrasound", "associations", "images", "certifications" and "jobs". Now I can see who else tagged each of these websites, and I can look at what they are saving. They will lead me to more websites on a topic I am interested in
It was easy to do, and now I can access it from anywhere!
On blogspot.com I created a blog of websites relating to medical ultrasound and radiolography. I am entering those websites onto my del.icio.us account. This will be much more helpful because the websites will be sortable, not stagnate as they are on blogspot. I am tagging them with "radiology", "ultrasound", "associations", "images", "certifications" and "jobs". Now I can see who else tagged each of these websites, and I can look at what they are saving. They will lead me to more websites on a topic I am interested in
It was easy to do, and now I can access it from anywhere!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
WebFeat
On WebFeat I was able to find many articles on the current mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. He has been indicted on several counts of perjury, yet he refuses to resign. He recently appeared at a parade to honor the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He was offering free beer, yet he was stilled booed. Click here to read the article. He has been an embarrassment to the city of Detroit since his inauguration.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Library Thing
I have been using NoveList for many years to organize my lists of “books to read” and “books I have read”. Then I discovered Shelfari where I can share my book lists with my friends.Now I’m using LibraryThing. I’ve only listed a few books, it will take me a long time to transfer all of the books I have read just in the past year!
Daphne de Maurier
Image generators
There are many image generators on the internet to have fun with. I like the “Garbage Pail Kids” one. It reminded me of the 1980’s fun, but the images are too gross to display on this blog site.Introducing the book
olafthemythic gave me this video. He has learned much now that he can open and use books. I hope you enjoy the video.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Really Simple Syndication
RSS Feeds are a great way to have news sorted and digested for you. I added feeds on a wide variety of topics including gardening, humor, news, entertainment and education. This will allow me to keep up on the latest news on these topics without having to search for news myself. This will save time. If the library creates an RSS feed from their website, users will be able to keep up on the latest library news even if they don’t have time to visit our website. This is a way we can reach out to our library users, be where they are, and bring them to us.
Genealogy on the Web
Genealogy on the Web
Since the 1970’s I have been the family historian. Nearly every year I traveled to Minnesota and North Dakota to visit family and have long enjoyable conversations with older members of my family to obtain genealogy information. I spent many pleasant hours walking through cemeteries and obtaining information.
I would spend the rest of the year following up on the information by writing to city clerks offices for birth, death and marriage certificates; writing churches for baptism records; joining historical and genealogy societies in areas where my family had lived; and writing to other family members for more information. This took a lot of time and postage. After the work was done I would neatly type all of the information on heritage charts.
Today, with the use of the internet, the work is not as personal, but much faster and more complete. Census records, public records and genealogy and historical society websites are available online. The heritage carts can be done on the computer using software that allows you to quickly and easily make corrections and store print reports listings a person’s ancestors, descendants, and other pertinent information.
Since the 1970’s I have been the family historian. Nearly every year I traveled to Minnesota and North Dakota to visit family and have long enjoyable conversations with older members of my family to obtain genealogy information. I spent many pleasant hours walking through cemeteries and obtaining information.
I would spend the rest of the year following up on the information by writing to city clerks offices for birth, death and marriage certificates; writing churches for baptism records; joining historical and genealogy societies in areas where my family had lived; and writing to other family members for more information. This took a lot of time and postage. After the work was done I would neatly type all of the information on heritage charts.
Today, with the use of the internet, the work is not as personal, but much faster and more complete. Census records, public records and genealogy and historical society websites are available online. The heritage carts can be done on the computer using software that allows you to quickly and easily make corrections and store print reports listings a person’s ancestors, descendants, and other pertinent information.
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