Monday, December 1, 2008
The end is nigh
Phew, I have made it to Week 12. It took a while but I have really enjoyed the online learning, although finding the time was a challenge and also having to battle through IT blocks. My name has been logged a million times for trying to access inappropriate sites!
This course has been immensely useful for me. I am now familiar with the jargon and no longer afraid.
I have retained some knowledge, if I was online at home I could hone my skills, but I'm not.
I feel proud that I have not fallen by the wayside - thanks to my work colleagues for their support.
Rotorua Public Library makes fantastic use of social networking, unfortunately IT blocks prevented me from accessing other links : (
Social networking is definitely the way of the future - a way to reach the "MySpace" generation.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Google Docs
Google Docs could be used for collaborative works between members of our library Co-op. These libraries do not share an electronic network. Google Docs could also be useful for libraries with branches. It could also be used for compiling lists for deletion of the collection as well as working up agendas for meetings.
At a later date I am going to investigate converting a file, but not today. Shelving awaits!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
MASHUPS
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Blogging in a cold climate
The "Wrap with love" blankets that our library has been the drop-off point for certainly came in handy this week, as my colleague and I worked through the Week 9 module at the public internet PCs. After an overnight temperature of minus 7 , the icy blasts coming through the foyer made us don the wraps!
It took ages for the British Library to download to listen to a podcast. I did manage to listen to the Valerie Holman "Print for victory" talk. The ABC site worked much faster for some reason. I discovered many interesting podcasts to listen to at a later time. Local (Australian) content also appealed to me on this website.
Uses of podcasts for our library could include book reviews, audio book clips from selected talking books, author visits, oral interviews to tie-in with the local Folk Museum and Family History Group.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Answer Boards
WikiAnswers was easier to navigate and looked less cluttered.
I can see a use for "slamming the boards" in our library, but we would need to advertise heavily to encourage more familiarity with the online services. When hosting live events in the library, given the cool/temperate climate of our region it is often a challenge to gather a crowd (especially in winter months!). This would not be a problem with a computer driven service however!
Currently the library has an "Ask a librarian" link from the Council's website. This attracts approximately 3-4 hits a month. Questions are mainly local history/family history based, with the occasional Census data query.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
TECHNORATI & LIBRARY THING
LibraryThing would be a fine thing if you had so many books you couldn't remember what you had, and if you really wanted other people to know what you had. Neither scenario applies to me so I will not be looking at LibraryThing again. But still I know what it is and how some people think it's terrific.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Del.icio.us
At least I managed to put the link to my Delicious account in this blog!
http://del.icio.us/corellibach
Tomorrow I am going to attempt to finish week 7...maybe