Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wrap Up, Social Networking
Thankyou to NSWPLN learning 2.0. It has been a wonderful adventure.
I found it hard at first to post to my blog but in the end was quite looking forward to it.
Social Networking would be a good way to promote the library to teenagers who like spending time in front of their computers!
Second Life .....well the idea of being able to "teleport" into a virtual world was a bit scary. It is a language of its own.
Online Aplications and Tools
I found Google docs relatively easy to use. I liked that you were able to upload a document you already have on file and then choose whom to share the document.
Learning 2.0 has opened up a whole new world for me in the land of cyberspace!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mashups
Now we can really get creative with our promotional material for the library.
Podcasts and Audio
Answer Boards and Social Searching
Also shopping on line - have used the 'customers who bought this item also bought' which I found really helpful.
learningblogs' favorites on del.icio.us
Well after this little exercise I am totally brain dead. I had a lot of trouble linking the delicious favourites to my blog....still not sure I have done it correctly. The tags do not show on the blog but can click on the link and it will take me to the tags I have selected. Im guessing there is something I havn't done right.
Could not see the point of technorati for me personally but yes, can see it could be helpful if you wanted people to track your blogs for business purposes.
shelfari and widget
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
mosman library - Google Video
Also enjoyed the advertising video "Now your Library is Open Late night too" and "How long has it been since you last visited the Library?" great ways to promote the library I thought.
I did find it quite easy to post a video but agree with a few comments made - 'it's easy when you know how'....
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Wikis
I looked at Book Lovers Wiki - great for book reviews but not sure if it is easy to find a book review for a particular book especially if it is new.
SJCPL Subject Guides Wiki - info on just about any subject that interests you, even local scholarships. I clicked on Gardening and was interested to find new books on shelves listed and gardening tips etc. In the craft subject there was info on knitting web sites and projects with instructions. Only thing is I would spend so much time reading all this information I would never leave the computer to do anything!!
Editing wikis was a bit scary....especially something like your own area wiki..but could see that adding useful info from a reliable source would make for a very informative site.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
RSS Headache
I think I agree with "Annieshomework" on this one, although I can see the benefit for narrowing down a search on a particular subject..I'll keep practicing.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Learning.....well we can never really have enough! In the world of computers we need to keep up!
Blogging could be very useful in the land of Libraries - bookclubs, local history and upcoming library events. I enjoyed reading the other blogs - very informative.
There - I've done it! My first Blog - Cant wait for next week!