Thursday, June 24, 2010

#23

This was a very interesting training. It was good to learn about different technologies and how they might be used for or in libraries. However, many need better tutorials or better instructions for their use by those with little or no technology experience. Also a number of the websites were not user friendly. Obviously I am one of those who needs to have someone walk me through most of these technologies because I had a great deal of difficulty and frustration using many of these things. Also I am one who has to constantly use a technology for a while to be able to remember what it is and how to use it and what it can be used for.

#20

I did the OverDrive tutorial since I could not access the NetLibrary tutorial. This technology is fantastic for someone who is willing to use a device or computer to read their books or for those who want to listen to a book. I however prefer to hold my book and read. I looked at our catalog under Net Library offerings and found only: 112 audio and 319 ebooks under the search term fantasy and 56 audio and 575 ebooks with science fiction as a search term. Under Digital ELibrary there were only 456 science fiction/fantasy selections but 1351 mystery/suspense selections.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

#21

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/feed.rss

This is a podcast I found on Podcastalley.com (which is the only one xthat worked). It is a podcast written by Mercedes Lackey a well known fantasy/science fiction writer, the author of the Heralds of Valdemar series and many other series.
The Yahoo tutorial did not work.

#20

This was a lesson I thoroughly enjoyed. I did some nostalgia surfing and saw some actual footage of Jan and Dean singing plus enjoyed some Monkees clips. The library dominoes was great. I look forward to doing some more surfing at home. I could see this tool being used in the library for footage of interviews with famous people and etc.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

#19

I explored Biblio.com under the books category. It did not have the specific book I wanted but did list others by that author. I liked this awards list and look forward to exploring more. For a patron looking to find a copy and willing to buy the book this would be a most helpful site.

#18

I tried Zoo Writer after signing in and creating an account. I could not find a tutorial but it seems simple enough. However when I printed what I wrote it printed as a web page with the website on the bottom and pagination and etc. This would be okay for some things but it might create problems if you needed to turn this in to an authority. Maybe there is a way of eliminating those thiongs but it is not easily accessible. Also one of the notes about this lesson said that we would see things as we wanted it printed but I did not find that to be true. Again maybe with some more instruction. I also looked a the trial for Google Docs. Again the same printing problems. And the trial had no spell check that I could see. I see uses for these 2 online productivity tools.

Friday, June 18, 2010

#17

I finally joined the Sandbox Wiki after trying several times and then clicking on forget password and finally found a place to click on create an account. Then after joining I was told that I don't have access to workspace. I tried to join a workspace and got a message that include charges like $99 for signing up. So this particular activity did not work for me.

#16

It is interesting that you can have a website that can be added to from a variety of locations. I liked the idea that one library system set up a book discussion wiki but they didn't keep it going longer than 1 summer but still have the info available for people to look at. Wikis for MCPL might be used by the A and J Steering committees for some of their work. Possibly we could work on the summer Reading book lists using one and then get more input than from just one library. Librarian boook discussions groups could use one so that those who couldn't attend in person could participate and the info would be available to others.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

#15

Web 2.0 links people to people as well as to inofrmation. the principle is simplicity, rich interactivity, user participation, collective intelligence, and etc. The first iceberg that is talked about is the "just in case collection". The author has some good points but there are still too many people who do not deal well with computers and still need priont. Also until "authority" of websites and the information given can be established, researched, and documented as true and reliable, people are still going to use prinjt sources for things that they need to be sure are correct and reliable and not just what someone entered who may or may know nothing about the subject. Those in secondary schools now may eventually rely on the web for most of what libraries provide now but that is still some years in the future. And not even all of those students can use the web. the other comments on the other icebergs are also interesting but who says the librarians have the ability to teach everyone everything and to make it simple to use the web and to get all materials onto the web for access. We do not own the websites nor do we own the books or have the resources to put everything on the web.
I think someone has a misconception of what a librarian is. Managers and library directors and rlibrary researchers and library doctorial candiadatesetc may be able to expand Librarian 2.0 but the librarian on the floor does have the time, the experience, or the money to do so.
all of the info on Web 2.0 and where is is and can go is great and hopefully there will be those who will eventually take us there. But I have been hearing for most of my thirty years in the library business that books are on the way out. Hasn't happened yet.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

#13

I tried 2 different computers and could not access the tutorial. I will come back to this one if there is time.

#9

I have subscribed to Shifted Librarian, Book News, Library Bytes, and etc. Subscribing to different feeds is reality easy so this Thing was was not too difficult.

#8

The hardest part of this assignment was getting to a computer where I could actually view the tutorial. I subscribed to 15 different rss feeds and then added several more as instructed. This will be a useful tool to go quick and easy to the websites I like to peruse.

#14

I explored Technorati. The favorites was down at this time. Learning 2.0 search in blogs brought me to something that was learning 2.0 but looking for posts I got American Journey 2.0. There are 1876 blogs on books, 4864 on food, and only 45 on pets. Looking at tags: sierra club had 6 articles in the last month, fast food had 2 articles and food had 2 articles. For someone into blogging this would be a good tool.

#12

I have just spent quite a bit of time searching Rollyo, setting up an account, and then adding a personal search thing. This tool could come in handy but it takes time to set things up and then navigate it. Plus it is another login to remember. foir someone who spends a lot of the time using the computer this would be a worthwhile tool.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

#11

I have just finished exploring Library Thing. It would be a useful tool to keep a catalog of your personal books on. My entry is www.librarything.com/home/meredithsassy.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

#10c

With the help of someone else I was finally able to post my avatar. I like her the way she is cause you'll never see me wearing anything like that.
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