Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Overdrive
This was the first time I've been able to successfully access and download from this site, since high speed is not available where I live. It appeared difficult to download the program on this computer since I kept getting the message that I had to close out everything before completing the download. Finally I just tried to download a book and it worked. Frankly, I didn't find my favorite authors nor subjects (gardening and carpentry.) However, on a whim, I checked out my most favorite book, "What Do You Care what Other People Think? by Richard Feynman and it had just been added today!
I'm not a personal fan of audio books, since I tend to read much faster than just listening so I won't be downloading books in the near future. However, at least I can now explain to people how it works, at least patrons who live where they have high speed Internet access. I didn't download any videos or music, but I assume it would be similar. One of our elementary school teachers tells me that he downloads some of the children's books to play in class occasionally. He is very pleased with the service.
I'm not a personal fan of audio books, since I tend to read much faster than just listening so I won't be downloading books in the near future. However, at least I can now explain to people how it works, at least patrons who live where they have high speed Internet access. I didn't download any videos or music, but I assume it would be similar. One of our elementary school teachers tells me that he downloads some of the children's books to play in class occasionally. He is very pleased with the service.
Delicious
I rediscovered my del.icio.us account that I had created after a workshop over 1 1/2 years ago and never looked at again. I had set up tags for various woodworking plans and projects and it was great to take another look at them. http://del.icio.us/lindalee
I also added the bookmark and tag buttons to my toolbar so it won't be another 2 years before I use it.
I can see where this would be a great way to keep track of research, especially for students who utilize lots of websites. I haven't figured out yet how to delete the bookmarked sites, but I am sure it is probably not too hard. Otherwise this will just be another site that gets too cluttered. At this point I use the favorites with folders for sites I use regularly and I can access them from any SI computer. The big advantage with tagging is that I could also use it from home. (if I had high speed service available.)
I also added the bookmark and tag buttons to my toolbar so it won't be another 2 years before I use it.
I can see where this would be a great way to keep track of research, especially for students who utilize lots of websites. I haven't figured out yet how to delete the bookmarked sites, but I am sure it is probably not too hard. Otherwise this will just be another site that gets too cluttered. At this point I use the favorites with folders for sites I use regularly and I can access them from any SI computer. The big advantage with tagging is that I could also use it from home. (if I had high speed service available.)
Monday, May 19, 2008
Wikiing around
What did you find interesting?
That there are so many different wikis. I had played with pbwiki for the past year, but I never did set it up as a way to network with other people.
What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki?
It would be interesting to try to set up staff meeting agendas, especially in larger buildings where staff don't see each other very often. It would be fun to set up a quasi book discussion wiki for either our own book groups or for those of us who facilitate book discussions in our branches. We would be able to get some fresh perspectives on the books we have already discussed or are thinking about discussing, expecially those titles which we personally didn't like.
That there are so many different wikis. I had played with pbwiki for the past year, but I never did set it up as a way to network with other people.
What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki?
It would be interesting to try to set up staff meeting agendas, especially in larger buildings where staff don't see each other very often. It would be fun to set up a quasi book discussion wiki for either our own book groups or for those of us who facilitate book discussions in our branches. We would be able to get some fresh perspectives on the books we have already discussed or are thinking about discussing, expecially those titles which we personally didn't like.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
YouTube, Hulu and Fancast
Youtube
Look for videos about libraries. - I watched a video from Calgary Public Library.
I looked up Darrington and found a video taken from a motorcycle traveling 530 to Darrington. Now I'll just tell people to watch that when they want to know how far it is.
Hulu and Fancast.
Would you use either or both of these sites? Why? No. I have only dialup at home and I don't have time to watch tv shows or movies at work.
Would either of these sites be useful for libraries? I'm sure that patrons would be interested in watching movies at the library. Some patrons are probably already utilizing these sites.
I tried to embed a video from YouTube in this post.
Look for videos about libraries. - I watched a video from Calgary Public Library.
I looked up Darrington and found a video taken from a motorcycle traveling 530 to Darrington. Now I'll just tell people to watch that when they want to know how far it is.
Hulu and Fancast.
Would you use either or both of these sites? Why? No. I have only dialup at home and I don't have time to watch tv shows or movies at work.
Would either of these sites be useful for libraries? I'm sure that patrons would be interested in watching movies at the library. Some patrons are probably already utilizing these sites.
I tried to embed a video from YouTube in this post.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Eons
I subscribed to Eons, because I had not heard of it before, and, let's face it, it's for my generation.
I'm not keen on having personal information floating around the internet, so I probably will not use it much if any. I did enter the name of my home town and only got 7 hits. None of the 7 people had any personal information about them either, so I couldn't identify any of them by their screen name. I also searched for former college classmates, but found none.
As you can see, I'm not a fan of online socializing. I prefer to do my socializing in real time with real people. For me, being a friend is more than just communicating over the net or even phone.
For some people, that is what they only want, prefering to be incognito so to speak.
I would probably have used this alot when I was in college was still searching for the meaning of life. But now I live life instead of talking about it.
I'm not keen on having personal information floating around the internet, so I probably will not use it much if any. I did enter the name of my home town and only got 7 hits. None of the 7 people had any personal information about them either, so I couldn't identify any of them by their screen name. I also searched for former college classmates, but found none.
As you can see, I'm not a fan of online socializing. I prefer to do my socializing in real time with real people. For me, being a friend is more than just communicating over the net or even phone.
For some people, that is what they only want, prefering to be incognito so to speak.
I would probably have used this alot when I was in college was still searching for the meaning of life. But now I live life instead of talking about it.
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