Write about the Mashup you found on your blog. I chose Flictionary http://imagine-it.org/flickr/flicktionary.htm as the Mashup I tried and enjoyed. It is a game that uses the photos in Flickr to illustrate a compound word that you have to guess. Fun once you get the hang of it. It is quite a creative way to make use of all the photos in Flickr for a challenging game.
Browse the results of a search for "privacy" in LibrarianBlogs in ROLLYO and write something about what these bloggers said about privacy in your blog. I chose a blog by Librarian in Black that was talking about Google being ranked worse on privacy. That is a concern that I sometimes have, since Google offers so much ease of use in so many areas that I ignore my normal concern about what information I am putting on the internet. The resulting benefit makes me think that it is worth the risk. I sure hope it is!
The Rollyo custom searchroll that I created is called My Family Search and searches several different genealogical databases. Here is the link if you want to try it: http://rollyo.com/infopro58/my_family_search/
Monday, May 12, 2008
Week 7 Podcasting and Online Hosted Video
Assignment: Write a blog entry discussing how you felt about the experience of using YouTube and what you think about this service.
YouTube is fun! The short videos can be found on just about any topic. It is only natural that libraries would want to be involved in this as well. The problem is that YouTube is almost too much fun--it is very easy to get sidetracked and keep looking at another recommended video and another until soon too much time has gone by. I think it may be easy to try too hard to get attention for the library with YouTube. One possible example of this is this video I found about following rules in a Medical Library
Do you see any potential uses for Podcasting in the library? If so what and why? I think there are potential uses for podcasting in the library. I thought the University of Tennessee use of podcasting for library orientation and instruction was a good way to answer common questions (FAQs) so the library staff has more time for the less common questions.
YouTube is fun! The short videos can be found on just about any topic. It is only natural that libraries would want to be involved in this as well. The problem is that YouTube is almost too much fun--it is very easy to get sidetracked and keep looking at another recommended video and another until soon too much time has gone by. I think it may be easy to try too hard to get attention for the library with YouTube. One possible example of this is this video I found about following rules in a Medical Library
Do you see any potential uses for Podcasting in the library? If so what and why? I think there are potential uses for podcasting in the library. I thought the University of Tennessee use of podcasting for library orientation and instruction was a good way to answer common questions (FAQs) so the library staff has more time for the less common questions.
Week 6 Online Photo Sharing and Uploading
Assignment--Blog about the process on your personal blog for this course and share how this concept might be used in your library.
I have had a personal photo album on Google for quite a while and use it to share photos with family and friends. I've really enjoyed the availability of these services, though, when my daughters use a photo sharing service so I can view the pictures they have taken of their activities at college. It is a good way to be aware of their lives without obviously hovering! As far as using this concept in the library, though, it would be nice to have a virtual tour of the library with photos or maybe photos highlighting staff or services. Pictures add interest and people love to "tag" themselves in photos, so maybe just taking random pictures of library users would get them coming to the Library web site to see if they can find themselves. Maybe they would discover some type of info while they were there!
I have had a personal photo album on Google for quite a while and use it to share photos with family and friends. I've really enjoyed the availability of these services, though, when my daughters use a photo sharing service so I can view the pictures they have taken of their activities at college. It is a good way to be aware of their lives without obviously hovering! As far as using this concept in the library, though, it would be nice to have a virtual tour of the library with photos or maybe photos highlighting staff or services. Pictures add interest and people love to "tag" themselves in photos, so maybe just taking random pictures of library users would get them coming to the Library web site to see if they can find themselves. Maybe they would discover some type of info while they were there!
Week 5 Web Office Tools
Question of the Week--Is this the future of all software products? What do you think?
I believe Web Office Tools are the future of all software products. It seems that more and more we are on the go all the time and want to be connected all the time. Mobile phones, blackberries, PDA's, laptops, GPS, OnStar--most people want to be able to access whatever information they need wherever they are and whenever they want. Web Office Tools is ideal for this. In my work experience, I would have loved to have this available when several librarians in several states were trying to work on the same document. Emails with revised drafts were flying fast and it was not always easy to make sure we were working with the latest version. If we had been able to use Web Office Tools, it wuold have been so much easier. Unfortunately, at this time in the VA, these sites are filtered so we cannot access them. My understanding, though, is that this may change, and I certainly hope it will.
I believe Web Office Tools are the future of all software products. It seems that more and more we are on the go all the time and want to be connected all the time. Mobile phones, blackberries, PDA's, laptops, GPS, OnStar--most people want to be able to access whatever information they need wherever they are and whenever they want. Web Office Tools is ideal for this. In my work experience, I would have loved to have this available when several librarians in several states were trying to work on the same document. Emails with revised drafts were flying fast and it was not always easy to make sure we were working with the latest version. If we had been able to use Web Office Tools, it wuold have been so much easier. Unfortunately, at this time in the VA, these sites are filtered so we cannot access them. My understanding, though, is that this may change, and I certainly hope it will.
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