Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Thing 12, Wikis

Hello. I am not really comfortable making any change to a Wiki... I do not think I am expert enough to do that. I did play in the sand box to see how its done.
I am more of a jack of all trades, master of none type.
I really like the Library Success wiki and plan to read all of it over time. It will grow , but I see it as a possible resource.
As to wiki's being banned. I can understand that. For work at a certain level, we need to make sure the content was not just changed for this project or that project. And I bet some college student would do it as a joke! :)
It will take me some time to get used to these.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Thing 11

OK. I can now see myself never moving from my computer. So much information, all available for free and it just keeps scrolling across my page.
I can see our patrons using these. Once they are common knowledge, it will change the face of information.
I signed up for Mixx , just to see what I will find over a few weeks trial.
I am following the little girl missing in Palatka ( satsuma) and so I recomended one of these articles. I so hope she can be found safe. I doubt it will be so, but I really hope for it.
Maybe passing the article around will help someone spot her.

Thing 10

DE.LI.CIOUS is great! I cannot tell you how many times I have been out of town and needed my bookmarks! And could not remember the web site and was very upset!
This is a great idea and will make it much easier for travelers!
I can see how the Library could make a site for the public that allowed them to use it to find sites to gather information.
I can also see how people collaborating on projects could use this site.
This is a good item to have,
Donna

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

THING 9

Thing 9 is in ALL caps for a reason. MY little head is spinng from all these photo sharing and manipulating tools. I have accounts for zoho and slide share( and flickr) and am playing around with those. I do not have TIME to see them all.
I can see how someone with TIME could make all sorts of cool visuals for the Library website, blog or other tool.
But all these are TIME burners and with the current economic situation we are lucky to just get the materials reshelved.. and without volunteers that could not happen!
I love these ideas and opportunties , but alas , until the economy picks up, I see little chance of actually being about to use these tools.
Thank you for hearing my little whine

Friday, February 6, 2009

Thing 8

IM's, text messaging and all the rest are already a big part of my life. I have young adult children and w/o these options we would miss many opportunties to exchange information.
I facebook with a lot of folks .

http://www.facebook.com/home.php This link should take you to my facebook. I mostly use it to stay in touch with family and friends that are out of town.

It would be very cool to create a Library Facebook that patrons could use to see events, ask questions and such. For our branch, Pricilla Gorilla would be a cute "face".She has been the mascot for most of the 25 ish years we have had a library in these parts.
Also, I have used IM reference and love it.
There are so many possibilites for us to connect with patrons and draw in more patrons that are just not aware of the bounty available at the local library.

This could be a huge new look for Bookmobile, as they do not have a "location", but they do have patrons that would love a way to feel connected. And with the wireless web, it is possible.

Thing 7

Hi. I made a trading card, but cannot post it. I used all my Flickr space for this month already, playing around for this. Look for my card at a later time.
I tried a lot of other image generators. Some were very fun and cool . I can see how we could use them to make our pages more interesting. Also, ways to communicate online with patrons.