Joined delicious, added some of websites and tags- very easy
http://del.icio.us/mangotoko
See previous entry for thoughts on library applications...
On to Technorati
None of the popular searches appeal to me!
398 results for "bookmobile"
In advanced search- did a tag search on "bookmobile" as suggested in the comments for this week and got 32 results, mostly from bapl.org. Clicked on one of them and got more details in technorati along with ads for meeting beautiful sexy babes, the secret of getting rich and debt reduction. Still finding it a bit too confusing on Technorati.
Cannot find any posts tagged nswpln2008 either in search or tag search or keyword search??
I had a good look around LibraryThing earlier on. Getting tired, enough for now. Might come back to this topic later or might move on to the next one, this one covered quite a lot.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Tagging, delicios, Library thing
Lots of reading for this week-tagging, folksonomies, delicious and Library Thing. I spent a lot of time looking at the sites.
I found Technorati hard to read and am not interested in the sex life of some celebrity...
Library thing was also hard to read at first, but I could see it would be useful for applications such as book reviews/ recommendations. Perhaps if a patron asks for a book that is not held in the library we could still help them by offering something similar. I looked at the Kingston Library catalogue, I had to do a few searches before finding something with tags.
On del.icio.us I liked the example of the National Library's Ask now program and can see that keeping a list of reliable sites would be good for the Reference desk and also remote users could use it as a way of accessing reliable information. Better than typing in keywords in Google. Reminded me of Yahoo when you could search things from broad categories down to narrower one. I also started to feel a bit more comfortable with tags, with the idea of suggested tags such as those used previously by yourself and others. Still not keen on the uncontrolled vocabulary though! Also can see that tags are more flexible than folders as many tags can be applied to a website rather than filing it under one category.
I had a look at the SLNSW delicious account. I am guessing that the bigger and bolder tags are the more common ones?
I had a look at Sutherland Libraries tags- found it a bit confusing as the page was divided in two. I could see the groups of tags on the right but wasn't sure how they connected to the left hand part. Cleveland Public Library had a much clearer site until I clicked on a link and back to del.icio.us.
Will leave the "explore" section and technorati for another time. Enough of looking at a computer screen, time to lie under the doona and look at a BOOK!
I found Technorati hard to read and am not interested in the sex life of some celebrity...
Library thing was also hard to read at first, but I could see it would be useful for applications such as book reviews/ recommendations. Perhaps if a patron asks for a book that is not held in the library we could still help them by offering something similar. I looked at the Kingston Library catalogue, I had to do a few searches before finding something with tags.
On del.icio.us I liked the example of the National Library's Ask now program and can see that keeping a list of reliable sites would be good for the Reference desk and also remote users could use it as a way of accessing reliable information. Better than typing in keywords in Google. Reminded me of Yahoo when you could search things from broad categories down to narrower one. I also started to feel a bit more comfortable with tags, with the idea of suggested tags such as those used previously by yourself and others. Still not keen on the uncontrolled vocabulary though! Also can see that tags are more flexible than folders as many tags can be applied to a website rather than filing it under one category.
I had a look at the SLNSW delicious account. I am guessing that the bigger and bolder tags are the more common ones?
I had a look at Sutherland Libraries tags- found it a bit confusing as the page was divided in two. I could see the groups of tags on the right but wasn't sure how they connected to the left hand part. Cleveland Public Library had a much clearer site until I clicked on a link and back to del.icio.us.
Will leave the "explore" section and technorati for another time. Enough of looking at a computer screen, time to lie under the doona and look at a BOOK!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Revision
Today I have the help of my younger (Gen Y?) sister in law and brother in law (who works in IT) so I am going to try and do the things I had trouble with earlier.
I want to put a Flickr image into my blog rather than just a link and embed a video.
For Flickr I was cutting and pasting the address at the top of the web page rather than right clicking on the photo, going to properties and getting the URL from there to paste and pasting it in the box provided on the blogger toolbar.
So here is my image!
Lets try another one too...
Embedding a video was a bit harder. First I had to select the whole link next to "embed video", but when I tried pasting it in only some of the link was copied across so no video. SIL used the "edit HTML" tab in Blogger to paste the whle thing over. I selected this video as my garbage truck obsessed daughter said "it's the best thing ever"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Wiki week
Discover
Well I thought Wiki=Wikipedia, I didn't even realise anyone could set up a wiki or there were so many out there. The problem of false information is still a concern though there are benefits such as being more up to date than printed resources.
I liked the wikis for Rochester NY and SJCPL subject guides. Better than a traditional catalogue and great for community information. Groups could update their information to include more than just contact details anda brief description; the public could add book or restaurant reviews.
The Library Success Wiki was great to find out what other libraries are doing or for learning about current issues in libraries
Not interested in the Star Wars wookieepedia though!
The BookloversWiki was great too, similar to an online book club and patrons/ staff could suggest books to increase loans.
I could see wikis being useful for coordinating library activities- perhaps cut down on meetings??!! Set up a wiki for upcoming library events, policy changes, even a roster (ha ha- no more Friday night shifts with someone you don't like!)
Well I thought Wiki=Wikipedia, I didn't even realise anyone could set up a wiki or there were so many out there. The problem of false information is still a concern though there are benefits such as being more up to date than printed resources.
I liked the wikis for Rochester NY and SJCPL subject guides. Better than a traditional catalogue and great for community information. Groups could update their information to include more than just contact details anda brief description; the public could add book or restaurant reviews.
The Library Success Wiki was great to find out what other libraries are doing or for learning about current issues in libraries
Not interested in the Star Wars wookieepedia though!
The BookloversWiki was great too, similar to an online book club and patrons/ staff could suggest books to increase loans.
I could see wikis being useful for coordinating library activities- perhaps cut down on meetings??!! Set up a wiki for upcoming library events, policy changes, even a roster (ha ha- no more Friday night shifts with someone you don't like!)
Flickr is not a horse
Want to have another go at uploading a photo from Flickr - I asked my husband if he knew anything about Flickr. His reply "Flicker the horse?" I took that as a "no". I think the horse must have been on a TV show and I don't know about that (spent my childhood reading rather than watching TV!)
I still don't know what I am doing wrong- I can see a box but no picture in it.
I feel I am falling behind so want to move on to the next topic
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
RSS
Another day, another acronym...
I am not sure if this would save time or take up more time, everything you want right there on one page, more time on a chair staring at the screen. However I do tend to return to the same sites regularly so can see the advantage of having all new posts there at once.
I subscribed to Bloglines and chose some feeds from their list. I added the Powerhouse Museum link. Then had trouble subscribing to a blog "Who's your Daddy" seen on smh.com.au. I tried adding the button to the toolbar then copying/ pasting the URL but it didn't come across. There seems to be too much happening on this page.
Took a break and read the joke of the day and when I went back I could subscribe to "Who's your Daddy". YAY!! Just had to scroll down further and click on another "subscribe" button. So next I subscribed to a Queensland holidays blog (only dreaming) and it worked first time.
Applications for public libraries:-
I am not sure if this would save time or take up more time, everything you want right there on one page, more time on a chair staring at the screen. However I do tend to return to the same sites regularly so can see the advantage of having all new posts there at once.
I subscribed to Bloglines and chose some feeds from their list. I added the Powerhouse Museum link. Then had trouble subscribing to a blog "Who's your Daddy" seen on smh.com.au. I tried adding the button to the toolbar then copying/ pasting the URL but it didn't come across. There seems to be too much happening on this page.
Took a break and read the joke of the day and when I went back I could subscribe to "Who's your Daddy". YAY!! Just had to scroll down further and click on another "subscribe" button. So next I subscribed to a Queensland holidays blog (only dreaming) and it worked first time.
Applications for public libraries:-
- A way to reach the community to promote upcoming events, new releases, library news, book reviews, a weekly or monthly look at a certain part of the collection (eg ABS, newspaper collections, mystery writers)
- Staff could use it to keep up to date with current news and events
- Library users often come in to check overseas newspapers, they could do this from one site rather than jumping around
Ok enough technology for today
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