Week 7 - No. 17 Technology

When I began took classes for the Masters of Library Science at Emporia State University in Kansas 1978-79, we were told that libraries would soon be computerized to deal with the Information Revolution already in progress. It was actually 10 years after this when I worked for the Lee County Library System in Ft. Myers, FL, that we brought up the first DOS based version of Dynix to manage circulation. We still had separate stand alone computers that were only updated periodically to search for materials for customers. We have "come a long way, baby" from those humble beginnings. Even the sky may not be the limit for technology and its applications!!

I just finished adding my comment to beatlelover-nancy.blogspot.com. What is scary is that I can see the future she predicts where we are "all watched over by machines with loving grace" just as Richard Brautigan did. Will librarians be needed--or will be become lovable dinosaurs?!

Week 7 - No. 15 Wikis

I looked at several Library wikis. What I found interesting is the quick way a community wiki could be mounted. This would help a great deal to have one place to add answers to questions frequently asked in the local community. For example, at North Channel, we could list the contacts for English as a Second Language classes.

I just added my blog to the iHCPL favorite blogs.

Week Six - No. 15: Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

I read several of the listed articles on Library 2.0. I think that Web 2.0 and its offspring Library 2.0 have much to offer libraries. I also agree that as institutions, the best libraries are already user centered. I also agree that we should not rush to new technology just because it is available, but that we should review what's available and what these technologies can help us create. I entered this profession because it is customer centered. Library 2.0 gives us new and creative tools to link to our customers and serve them better.

Week 6 - No. 14 Technorati

I created a Technorati account and claimed my blog. Using Advanced Search, I used blog posts, blog tags and the blog directory to search "Learning 2.0" and found results on all.
I also used "brautigan" as my search word for blog posts, blog tags and the blog directory. In blog posts, this yielded an article on the CIA--which made me wonder, but this article did include a quotation from one of Brautigan's poems. In Blog tags, only blogs on Richard Brautigan appeared; no CIA articles. I really liked the blog directory search as this yielded "the brautigan pages" blog for all fans of my favorite author.

Boing Boing yielded a post on Creepy Michael Jackson fright masks. Neither Boing Boing or Lifehacker yielded any articles on author Richard Brautigan.

Week 6-No. 13 Tagging

I explored Del.icio.us bookmarks. I tried to view the tutorial video, but it would not work and was blurry. I toured the iHCPL bookmark, looked at comments and tags. As a former cataloger, I am glad that the tagging is simple and does not use one and only one thesaurus for subject terms. The main use I will make of this is to create an account so that I can have my favorite bookmarks when I travel to other locations and use other computers.

Week 5-No.12 Library Elf

I easily registered for a Library Elf account. I have overheard staff discussions about the security and privacy of this account. From what I read, it is best NOT to use an RSS feed on bloglines as even private RSS feeds are treated as public. I was pleased to see in the Library Elf FAQ that NO list of books read is kept for each account. I was also pleased to see that this is a Canadian based organization that will only reveal private information upon being served with a court order.

Week 5-No.11-Library Thing

I used Library Thing to create an account and added 5 books by my favorite author, Richard Brautigan. This was easy to use--and makes me wonder if small, private schools might be able to use this as a cataloging tool.

Week 5-No. 10: Avatars, etc.

I created an avatar for my yahoo e-mail account. I also used meez to create a dancing avatar and post it to my blogger account.

carolynsihcpl

Week 4-No.8-Added iHCPL Blogspot: Kathy's blog

I added Kathy's blogspot blog to my rss feed on blogger.

kcgsblog.blogspot.com

Week 4-No.9:Finding & Using Feeds

I used Topix, Syndic8 and Technorati to search one of my favorite authors, Richard Brautigan. All produced results, usually referring to his poem, "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace." Technorati took me to a link that includes indexing of most of his poetry. I enjoyed seeing his work and refernces to his work online.

Week 4-No.9: tried to use Feedster to add Widget

I tired pasting the Widget code into this post, but blogger will not take it.

Week 4-No.8: Created RSS feeds with Bloglines

I established RSS feeds on my blog, on fields of my interest, using Bloglines.

Week 1-No. 2: Learning Style

I am a note taker. I do not learn well in classes where everything is online and you just click, click, click. I prefer to have handouts to look at that detail all the steps in new procedures. I can then make my own notes on the handouts. If you do not see me take notes, I have not learned the new skill--and I cannot replicate the skill at a later time.

Week 2-No.4-Online Safety

Online safety is an important topic. I reviewed the materials linked to iHCPL. From personal experience, your info. can be "fished" off the Internet. I used YahooTravel to buy an airline ticket. This site is NOT secure.

Week 3-No. 5: added photo from Flicker

I added a photo from Flicker that showed autumn fall foilage. Since this photo was already tagged--and likely copyrighted--the tag portion was grayed out and would not let me add my own tag.

Week 3-No. 6: Used TripPlanner & mashup FDToys

I used TripPlanner to create a mock Caribbean cruise. / I also used the mashup FD Toys to create a card with a family photo and added a message to it.

Week 3-No. 7: used Picnik to add photo & caption

I used Picnik to add a photo to my blog and add a caption to it.

autumn contrasts

autumn contrasts
Originally uploaded by slider5

Week 3-#5: I posted this autumn photo from Flicker to my blog.