Thing 12 Social Media Sites
I have never used any of these sites until now. I've receive my news from TV, Paper or Magazine, because that is all I seem to have time for these days. I perused all the sites and I liked Newsvine, because it seems so organized and possibly a good site for actual article research. This could be a good addition for researching articles at the library.
I really enjoyed using Stumble Upon. I liked setting up my own profile knowing it will help in narrowing down my search for the Websites I'm interested in. I can see this as a beneficial tool in narrowing down websites in doing research.
Both these tools take time to use, but could help make research and pleasure searching faster.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Thing 14
Thing 14 Library Thing
I Love Library Thing!! It was easy and fun to use and I can't wait to explore it some more.
How can you use LibraryThing for your library?
I Can't Wait to use it for when Children's books come in so I can post it on my Blog. The Plan is to Keep this Blog going for our patrons especially in the Storytime category to let them know what is happening at the Library. This tool will help me let them know about new books, award winners, easy readers, and more.
How else do you share book lists, etc. with library patrons? Would LibraryThing offer an alternative?
We share book lists by posters, New book areas in Library, What's coming on the Bulletin Board and handouts. Library Thing would bring our collection alive letting patrons know what we have in our collection, plus we can let them know what is coming and what is new to the library right now.
I Love Library Thing!! It was easy and fun to use and I can't wait to explore it some more.
How can you use LibraryThing for your library?
I Can't Wait to use it for when Children's books come in so I can post it on my Blog. The Plan is to Keep this Blog going for our patrons especially in the Storytime category to let them know what is happening at the Library. This tool will help me let them know about new books, award winners, easy readers, and more.
How else do you share book lists, etc. with library patrons? Would LibraryThing offer an alternative?
We share book lists by posters, New book areas in Library, What's coming on the Bulletin Board and handouts. Library Thing would bring our collection alive letting patrons know what we have in our collection, plus we can let them know what is coming and what is new to the library right now.
Thing 11
Thing 11 Tagging and Del.icio.us
As you can see in my Blog I have been tagging from the beginning. It has been a helpful in organizing my Blog. I Liked using Del.icio.us for organizing my bookmark and the ease of using it from any computer. It was easy to setup and I like that you use your own tagging system to organize the bookmarks
Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?
I can see this being helpful in setting up Research assistance in all the major groups of the Dewey Decimal System. By the Library bookmarking sites and tagging them into the different categories, it will help the patrons gain access to those sites faster and in a more organized manner.
How can your library or media center take advantage of tagging and del.icio.us?
We could set up research helps, book reviews, discussion groups, genre helps, gaming sites and more.
As you can see in my Blog I have been tagging from the beginning. It has been a helpful in organizing my Blog. I Liked using Del.icio.us for organizing my bookmark and the ease of using it from any computer. It was easy to setup and I like that you use your own tagging system to organize the bookmarks
Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?
I can see this being helpful in setting up Research assistance in all the major groups of the Dewey Decimal System. By the Library bookmarking sites and tagging them into the different categories, it will help the patrons gain access to those sites faster and in a more organized manner.
How can your library or media center take advantage of tagging and del.icio.us?
We could set up research helps, book reviews, discussion groups, genre helps, gaming sites and more.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Thing 19
Thing 19 Podcasts
1. Which podcast(s) did you listen to?
Nancy Pearls Book Reviews on KUOW 94.9
2. Which of the directories did you find easiest to use?
Podcast.com was the was the easiest for me to use. All I had to do was type in Nancy Pearl's name 12 hits came up and I could browse each one to decide which podcast to choose. I also just typed in Book reviews and found her that way as well.
3. Has this Thing inspired you to do any podcasting yourself or to subscribe to a podcast to listen to it regularly?
Thing 19 hasn't inspired me to do my own podcasting right now, but maybe someday you'll find me podcasting my storytime at the library.
I have subscribed to Nancy Pearls Books Reviews and her videocast BookLust, because she is interesting to listen to as well as informative plus in the videocast she interviews authors which are wonderful for me to see and hear.
1. Which podcast(s) did you listen to?
Nancy Pearls Book Reviews on KUOW 94.9
2. Which of the directories did you find easiest to use?
Podcast.com was the was the easiest for me to use. All I had to do was type in Nancy Pearl's name 12 hits came up and I could browse each one to decide which podcast to choose. I also just typed in Book reviews and found her that way as well.
3. Has this Thing inspired you to do any podcasting yourself or to subscribe to a podcast to listen to it regularly?
Thing 19 hasn't inspired me to do my own podcasting right now, but maybe someday you'll find me podcasting my storytime at the library.
I have subscribed to Nancy Pearls Books Reviews and her videocast BookLust, because she is interesting to listen to as well as informative plus in the videocast she interviews authors which are wonderful for me to see and hear.
Thing 7
Thing 7 Web 2.0 Communication
Describe how your library uses email. We use email to communicate with the other libraries in our system as well as with those patrons that choose to communicate with us in that manner.
Has it improved productivity? At this moment we use it as needed and is not our preferred way of contacting our patrons.
Share your thoughts on online reference using some of the other Web 2.0 communication tools. These are great tools for college or large school campuses that have the staff to man these tools.
Are you an active user of text messaging, IM, or other communication tools? No, I am not, but I do know how to use them if I have to in pinch!
Which OPAL or MINITEX Web conference (Webinar) did you attend? How was it? What do you think o this communication tool? I Love the Webinars and have attended live a couple times. For this exercise I attended an archived Webinar ar WebJunction: 10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008 via Web 2.0. It was interesting although not live you could still add comments.
Describe how your library uses email. We use email to communicate with the other libraries in our system as well as with those patrons that choose to communicate with us in that manner.
Has it improved productivity? At this moment we use it as needed and is not our preferred way of contacting our patrons.
Share your thoughts on online reference using some of the other Web 2.0 communication tools. These are great tools for college or large school campuses that have the staff to man these tools.
Are you an active user of text messaging, IM, or other communication tools? No, I am not, but I do know how to use them if I have to in pinch!
Which OPAL or MINITEX Web conference (Webinar) did you attend? How was it? What do you think o this communication tool? I Love the Webinars and have attended live a couple times. For this exercise I attended an archived Webinar ar WebJunction: 10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008 via Web 2.0. It was interesting although not live you could still add comments.
Thing 18
Storytime with Mercer Mayer
Just A Secret
What did you like or dislike about the sites you explored?
I've already used these sites and they are lots of fun. I used YouTube to choose the video I chose, because it was easy to place it on my Blog. Google Video was interesting, because it draws the videos from other sites as well as its own.
Why did you choose the video that you did?
I chose the StoryTime video, because I'm the Story Lady and I take care of Storytime
Can you see any ways to use video--YouTube or other sites--on your library Web site?
If you make a video tour of your library facilities and services or of the activities going on at your library you could post that on your website use for marketing
Things 9 &10
Thing 9 Web 2.0 Collaboration
Which of these tools is easier for you to use?
Google Docs was easier to use than Zoho Writer
How do the features of each compare? Does one have features that would make you choose it over the other?
With Google Docs when invited to edit page it was like being in Microsoft Word. I could find all the editing tools and could edit right away. Zoho writer I thought was difficult to use because I didn't know what to do and i just stumbled upon some ways of editing.
What would the Founding Fathers think?
I think they would approve this is a great way to work on documents for committees, Boards, and all other kinds of groups that can't always get together .
Thing 10 Wiki's
What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
Ease of adding and editing the Wiki and how we could use this at our Library
What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?
It would work for Class discussions on subject matter, coordinate student event and meetings.
Library use could be Patron reviews of books , coordinate Friends of the Library, poll library patrons for suggestions, coordinate library programing efforts, and more.
Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
I wouldn't agree on a ban because it is a good jumping off point for research, but it shouldn't be the only thing used. Students should be wary because you don't know if all the information is true.
Which wiki did you edit?
I edited 23 Things on a Stick wiki
Which of these tools is easier for you to use?
Google Docs was easier to use than Zoho Writer
How do the features of each compare? Does one have features that would make you choose it over the other?
With Google Docs when invited to edit page it was like being in Microsoft Word. I could find all the editing tools and could edit right away. Zoho writer I thought was difficult to use because I didn't know what to do and i just stumbled upon some ways of editing.
What would the Founding Fathers think?
I think they would approve this is a great way to work on documents for committees, Boards, and all other kinds of groups that can't always get together .
Thing 10 Wiki's
What did you find interesting about the wiki concept?
Ease of adding and editing the Wiki and how we could use this at our Library
What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki?
It would work for Class discussions on subject matter, coordinate student event and meetings.
Library use could be Patron reviews of books , coordinate Friends of the Library, poll library patrons for suggestions, coordinate library programing efforts, and more.
Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format?
I wouldn't agree on a ban because it is a good jumping off point for research, but it shouldn't be the only thing used. Students should be wary because you don't know if all the information is true.
Which wiki did you edit?
I edited 23 Things on a Stick wiki
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
