I explored YouTube and enjoyed Riverdance with Michael Flatley at http://youtube.com/watch?v=IrP9anxy0pY, posted by Kinky4Depp . I choose to mention this video in my blog because it is such a fun, exhilarating performance. I went to see Lord of the Dance in San Jose last year and enjoyed it immensely.
It is amazing the volume of videos available in YouTube and other video sites. As with all types of information available, there is a lot of worthwhile material as well as junk.
Information literacy tutorials and instruction would be a great use of this application in a library website.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Thing #19
I created an account in LibraryThing and added 5 books to my library. My library is at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/rainbow12
Blink has over 3000 copies and 61 reviews in LibraryThing.
The Kite Runner has over 5500 copies and 138 reviews.
Blink has over 3000 copies and 61 reviews in LibraryThing.
The Kite Runner has over 5500 copies and 138 reviews.
Thing #18
I created an account in Zoho Writer. This is a great tool for those who only have access to public computers. I like the fact that I can create documents, access them online, and collaborate with others.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Thing #17
I added my blog to the the favorites wiki.
A "tips"and "mentoring" wiki would be great way to provide information to new (and not so new) librarians and staff. I might use this as a tool to create a collaborative document with other team members.
A "tips"and "mentoring" wiki would be great way to provide information to new (and not so new) librarians and staff. I might use this as a tool to create a collaborative document with other team members.
Thing #16
I looked at several examples of wikis and saw a variety of ways that they are used. It appears that any shared information or collaborative writing endeavor can be "wikified." The applications that interest me most are library instruction wikis and reference wikis.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Thing #15
To better bibliographic services . . .
This is a great direction for Library 2.0. It expands both the pool of resources and the means to deliver information. It simplifies and unifies what is generally seen as complicated and segmented.
This is a great direction for Library 2.0. It expands both the pool of resources and the means to deliver information. It simplifies and unifies what is generally seen as complicated and segmented.
Thing #14
The turtle will continue to drag itself towards the finish line.
I did some exploring in Technorati. It's overwhelming. There's so much. It's also scary - - how people write all sorts of personal stuff in language that one might not particularly care for. Of course, there are good interesting posts too.
Tags certainly help to keep the posts you get to within topics you are interested in. However, an item could be assigned an unlimited variation in tags by different taggers, not necessarily what you yourself would use.
I did some exploring in Technorati. It's overwhelming. There's so much. It's also scary - - how people write all sorts of personal stuff in language that one might not particularly care for. Of course, there are good interesting posts too.
Tags certainly help to keep the posts you get to within topics you are interested in. However, an item could be assigned an unlimited variation in tags by different taggers, not necessarily what you yourself would use.
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