Thing#23

Hooray! Its over but there are more questions, always more questions. I learned so much, colors, blogs, feeds, sandbox, wikis. My brain could explode if one more 2.0 comes my way.

Favorites: Probably #18 & #19....I think that they are useful. I liked 19 because you can find great sites that have been pre-reviewed. #18 could be very useful for joint projects. They sort of tied as my favorite. My least favorite is #9, I guess, or anything bloggish. Or possibly #11? I'm not sure that I see the need for #11.

I haven't shared any of the services. My daughter lives in Iowa, my husband is busy and the cats just aren't interested. The cats primarily use the internet for shopping.

I have been thinking about library involvement and I'm not really sure. Its a complicated issue. As in my blog on #15/Librarian 2.0 "what part of this technology should we be implementing"? For the use of staff? For the use of the public? I think that it is an interesting and complicated issue. #13 has been implemented by other libraries and seems to work very well.

Thing #22

Well it appears that I am "lucky". When I sat down at PC Plus to do Listen NJ the security upgrade had already been done. Although looking through the help section of Listen NJ was very "helpful". The instructions are there so you can accomplish this at home if you are willing to spend the time. The over drive console had a lot of nice features, speeds, bookmarks, help etc.
You can also burn a CD if you are one of those commuters who listen to books and while speeding along the Parkway.

I'm not sure how positive I would be if the software on our PC Plus had not been already upgraded.

Thing #21

Podcast Eastern Shoshone Powwow

This was interesting the first Podcast that I tried would not open. But I did manage to select one which you can click on....It seems that the best use of this type of technology would be music but I did notice a number of informational choices when I was browsing by subject. If you are one of the many people who doesn't like to read (yes they exist) you could just listen to a podcast.

I chose this link because my husband, daughter and I lived in a town in Wyoming surrounded by the Wind River Indian Reservation and attended an Eastern Shoshone Powwow. It was our first powwow but we have enjoyed many others since.

Thing #20 YouTube Video

A Letterman Top 10...George Bush movie rejected titles!

I looked for something more serious but I think that YouTube works better (for me at least) if the subject is humorous. Somehow the Lincoln Assassination reenactment just didn't do it for me.

Thing #19

The first place winner under genealogy is MyHeritage. It is free, doesn't have spam and won't give out your email address. You must register (not unlike Ellis Island) but it is still free. It is multilingual and has its own search engine. It has a Family Tree Builder and general information on genealogy if you are a beginner. You can create your own family site and family members from around the world can participate. You can make the site private, with registration required, or public so everbody can add content. I am very impressed with the site. Web 2.0 awards is like using an article on the best reference books, or sites, for collection development...someone else does all the work.

Thing #18

I think that Google Docs could definitely be useful although I would need to consider where I might currently use it. I can see that it might work when writing a very involved grant. You could let your mentor or experienced grant writer add useful comments. It could be used in the annual budget preparation where many staff have assignments. Also a committee could assign sections of a report to various members to work on and then contribute to the document.

Thing #17

WOW colors, who knew? The Sandbox was actually kind of fun and not TOO! complicated. There is potential because it is a restricted blog (if staff doesn't reveal the password). It could be used by staff in the same way that we use OceanNet, for communication. Of course it would be just one more thing to check everyday......certainly more colorful that OceanNet.

Thing #16

Wikis are "knowledge sharing tools"...but many can be updated by anyone. Depending on the source this can make for very unreliable information. Wikipedia for example is information that is sometimes unreliable BUT many times it has a list of sources that will take you to a very reliable site. Library Success, which requires registration to add information, actually is quite useful and qualifies as a "best practices" site. It has very useful information on subjects that interest librarians such as collection development, training etc and bibliographies for pursuing the topic more fully.

Thing #15

Comments on "Into a new world of librarianship".

The author starts with a definition of Librarian 2.0: a stategy guide for helping users find information, gather knowledge and create content. Although I may be Librarian 1.0 (or on a good day Librarian 1 1/2.0) I think of myself as a stategy guide for helping users find information.......... To get to Librarian 2.0 we just add technology and stir. We have always based planning and proposals for services, materials and outreach on user needs. The trick of it is to assess user needs. This is never easy and always the most difficult part of providing services. If technology makes it easier to assess needs lets use it. But lets not buy technology for the sake of technology. This I agree with completely. Funds are always tight so lets make sure the investment in technology is based on user need.

I found all of the articles interesting and some actually "thought provoking".

Thing #14

If you are into blogging this is the place to be. It you go to the political section you can have access to many blogs without going to each media site. I wasn't all that impressed with the search function. I don't think that I will use Technorati all that much.

Thing #13

The way that the Nashville Public Library and TCNJ used del.icio.us is the way we have traditionally used "link to a topic" on our home page. If you click on "college" on Nashville's page you go to a list of sites about financial aid etc. For students/teens it might be easier to get to than our method. One plus for del.icio.us bookmarking is not being tied to one PC. But it also could be a excellent tool for research. "Tags" or subject headings helps you organize the sites and in a much easier way than the folders in favorites. The sharing aspect is also nice if you are doing research, it could save you time by looking at other researchers finds. I found the Ytube explanation of del.icio.us much easier to undertand than the 8 minnute explanation from Otter.

Thing #2

I seemed to have missed #2 the first time around. For me the easiest of the 7 1/2 Habits is number 7, teaching and mentoring. The hardest is number 4, having confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner.

Thing #12 WorldCat

I used the book Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich which actually had very little information under the tabs. It gave a brief summary of the plot and a few subject headings. There were no reviews or table of contents. For tech savvy patrons this could be a good resource. They can put in the title, check if OCL owns it, read a review etc.

For I.L.L. use it might save time. If you use WorldCat for the search you can check our holdings and Amazon.com at the same time for bibliographic information.

Thing #12 Netlibrary

I think that it is rather "awkward" with some of the books. If the patron isn't all that tech savyy "opening" the book and "turning" the pages could be a bit tricky. Most of these books do not seem to be geared toward reading the entire book online. Instead they seem to be more useful if you are just looking for a section, answering a specific need.
LM

Thing #11

It is interesting that the most popular book that I listed was a history book. I must have peculiar tastes in fiction. The comments from other reader's were interesting, if not honest. I thought that one comment was very phony, someone trying too hard to be an intellectual.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/lmonroe50

LM

Thing # 10

I understand why we are doing the Web 2.0 exercises even if I grouse about it. We need to be up on any technology but I wonder how useful it really will be and how much staying power it will have? Although the fathers of Web 2.0 promote there baby as the "new improved" use of the Internet is it really? I do not worry about it replacing those factual and reliable sources on the "old" Internet.

Thing #9 Part II

I found a archives blog feed by going through Bloglines!

Thing #9

I used Technorati and Syndic8.com. I found the topics list did not help on Technorati but I did find a blog of interest by using search. I have added an archives blog. In Syndic8.com I found something in my area but in the UK. Although I'm pretty sure that there is a digital archives blog available I could not locate it.

Thing 8

I think that the feeds can be useful for me in terms of local news events. The problem is that the APP Ocean county link would not work. I did sign up for the NYT New Jersey feed. I'm not too optimistic that I will really get into this (so much to do so little time) but I' ll give a go.

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