Suggestion

It is hard to believe this will be the last post for the 27 things. Definitely not the last I will be exploring web 2.0 and maybe for the future other Internet newbies. Like one of the comments mentioned for the last blog i thought second life would be interesting to explore more. Maybe after I get more saffie with MySpace I will explore that too.

My experience learning 27 things

How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
This program has showed me many web programs that were new to me. It will be a start to be able to use new communicating tools that can help us provide better service to our patrons and get in touch with those patrons that do not come to our physical buildings. As for life long learning, I believe that there are always elements in life that will be helpful at work and outside of work to fulfill lifelong learning goals.

What were your favorite Learning 2.0 discoveries or exercises?
My favorite program was Flickr. It was very helpful and I used it for one of my projects in class. There are so many pictures out there. There are some truly great amateur photographers.
The funny parts like cyborg name and making my own southpark figure was a nice break from the hard work we were asked to do.

Did anything surprise you?
You can spent a lot of time on all web 2.0 things.

Was there enough help available when you needed it?
Did not need any help but did got some questions as an advocate and was able to help others.

What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?
Some of the segments did take more than 20 minutes to complete. Dividing it up into more "things" might have been a possibility but that could be overwhelming too. I think the format was wonderful especially the site where all the classes were in just their heading was easy to navigate. very clear layout of the blog.

Would you like to see similar training opportunities as new library-relevant technologies emerge?
That would be a wonderful idea. All the advantages are to many to mention here but some are that we don't have to travel so far coming from the South end or the choices with blogs and podcasts that could make it into a class.

And, last one, if you could go back in time and tell yourself to either participate in the program or skip it, what would you do?
I would still participate. It was definitely worth my time.

Podcasting

The inventive way of doing this class would be to make my own podcast but I try to stay away from the computer on my time off from school at home and that is where my microphone is.
Checking out some of the websites suggested I came to the conclusion that my favorite of the three is podcast.net. It is so much easier to navigate. the podcasts are catalogued with the maker and from there you will be directed to all the podcasts made by this heading. The hard part was and still is to find current podcasts or podcasts that are a continues item for this heading. Most of the podcasts i found stopped at the end of 2006, I did subscribe to the Hennepin County Library teen podcasts, maybe they will revive and start podcasting again.
The opportunities for podcasting in the library are to me not as obvious as some of the other applications we worked with before. There are advantages to podcasts. i was able to listen to Chris Crutcher speak at the Freedom of speech benefit here in Seattle this past January and did not have to pay $200. (that's the Dutch side coming out)

Pug Tube

YouTube is so much fun! Like the post for our class mentioned it can be addicting. I just looked at one subject Pugs, but had a preview from all the other blogs I keep track off and noticed the Cirque the Soleil that is on YouTube, music and library related material. One of the emails through ALA mentioned the awards that are given to libraries who are prominent on Youtube and there are many possibilities to promote what is going on at the library. It could show the opening of our new branch in Snoqualmie, or the ground braking at Fall city. The possibilities for reference subjects or storey times. The McCracken Publick library had fun and the outfits could be standardized???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-TijjVs_g

Games games games

I went to the web awards site and looked at videos first, there were lots of TV episodes available but nothing I found interesting but now that i can't find the website anymore it dawned on me that it could be helpful if you have a patron coming in who watched Oprah and wants to know about the recipe she mentioned mid way in her show. Something that is not available on her website.
The other section I looked at were the games, made lots of noise in the backroom, but I don't think it would be anything that is helpful for our patrons. Maybe a site that could be interesting for teens but not that they would be in the dark about games on the Internet. The interesting part was the tags connecting to the games and the most looked at tag was the one for puzzles, not your first thought when it comes to games and the Internet.
This was the website
http://arcaplay.com/

The lab

That was fun!! Getting to look at all kind of different and interesting applications online. It was tempting to click on them all but I restrained myself and the flow of patrons didn't allow me to look at them all. I chose the trends and found some interesting graphs on the soccer team from Amsterdam, library 2.0 which started in 2005 according to this graph, and CIPA but the last one did not come up with children's Internet filtering.

Another trend I looked at was Music trends and my favorite band was on the top 20 list. Go Coldplay!!!

The last website was the mars picture one. That just looks like good frosting in all the colors of the rainbow

Zoho wins!!!

This begins to sound like a broken record, but I was familiar with the applications being available online. Never had a purpose for using them yet but I can see them being very handy for our patrons. How do we let them know these programs are available? Like mentioned in the lesson, it is so much easier to open a document online than it is from a floppy, CD ROM or flash drive that do not always work on our finicky thin clients. It saves a lot longer than the P drive and is easier to keep up to date with the latest version of a program. Zoho has the wonderful similar look as the Microsoft programs that we are familiar with and saving a heavy PowerPoint presentation will be so much easier through this software than a floppy disc.
I looked at the other applications like e-mail and chat, and the ability to create a wiki. everything in one place and with one log in account seems a good solution for anyone using these web 2.0 applications in different locations.

Iceberg time

The first article I read was the iceberg situation. I agree with Rick Anderson's idea to not focus on the collection that might be used once in awhile. Although I don't believe we should steer away from the idea that reading from books is out we could definitely change our focus. His second iceberg is also very true. It is made difficult to find good resources through our databases (although it seems like he talks about this in his third iceberg) we should make that much easier. The point that Aaron made in his presentation is also an element of teaching our patrons; having software available for patrons to download things that they want to use on our public computers. There are changes to be made within libraries but is it as dramatic as he portrays it???

Michael Stephens article had a nice approach to it. It did not tell you how behind libraries are but what the new challenges are for librarians. He made library 2.0 more personal and acknowledges that we are a learning and that it should be fun. Especially in a larger system it is difficult to make changes within a short time. Not to imagine to change the minds and settings off staff to adapt to new elements that can be helpful but take time. As long as we are having fun and are open to change there is a future for these new elements within libraries.

That's probably what attracted me to the last article, I looked at all of them and scanned over the other two which were a little to dry for my taste, by Dr. schultz. She sees the future with elements of library 2.0 but also touches upon the important aspects of a library as a place within the community. Her observation of librarians today is not complete to my taste we are not only the ones who have an understanding of documents , we should have an understanding of everything and that includes documents, memories, ideas, and programs. My understanding of a librarian is that this person knows a little bit of everything or knows how to find a little bit of everything. We guide our patrons around the icebergs safely an look ahead to know which icebergs are coming in our direction.

the picture I found at http://flickr.com/photos/brosha/32603293/

search engines

Interesting to see that the same results pop up when you type in the word gaming for both Google's and Rollyo but Rollyo's version was easier to read and pick out the sites that i thought were wearth while. Maybe it was the layout, and the colors they used but it just seamed calmer, and not screaming at me "OPEN ME UP FIRST".
needless to say I chose Rollyo to create my own search engine. I can see potential for this element to be part of the library. My coworker the story lady told me she set up a search engine for her story time programs that she works on to find ideas for songs, lyrics or anything related to story time. That is only one option to use these programs You could use this at the reference desk with frequently asked topics or at answer line for frequent asked questions. I started with a search engine for teen materials but know I can expand that topic when I get more knowledgeable about it. A tool in progress.
http://rollyo.com/profile.html?uid=42318

The fun catching up week

I am still catching up so it's not as fun to play with all the features, although I saw someone suggesting the library trading card which seems like a really good idea. being an art lover, the Andy Warholizer triggered my fancy at first and I used one of the pictures I had posted earlier form my Flickr experience. It turned out really nice.

The Southpark generator had lots of options but the image which is the end result is only part of what I had a chance to look at. there are lots of options there to create fun characters.

Wikis

Like delicious, I was already familiar with wikis and think they are a wonderful communicating tool for the library staff. There so much knowledge among librarians that could be utilized with a wiki. After listening to the interview with Sarah, I am on a quest to set up mu own wiki. Her Book talk wiki sounds awesome.
The other wikis were interesting but it will not replace wikipedia. That is a great tool for all my homework questions. It is a starting point to inquire about different topics and find links to other websites. On to the next lesson since I am still behind!!!

My own book collection

This is an invention to my advantage. A great way to keep track of my books. the one I read for myself and the ones I read for school. It was really easy and hopefully I'll remember my account.
Hanalei1208teens

Ning

The way I get caught up in learning about the 27 things is that i will start with one thing but will end up in a totally different area on the net. This is maybe the reason why I am not quit caught up and on lesson 13 instead of 17.
Here is my newest discovery.
http://lisstudents.ning.com/
I did follow the instructions on #13's lesson and tried "library 2.0" in different searches, one of these lead me to a website that was calling for Library students. This got my attention of course being a library student myself and it is always fun to look at other students experiences especially since I am not in a classroom environment but am a student of the future; on line.
Ning is a place where you can build your own MySpace, your own community on the web. I found the one for LIS students. It is really interesting and helpful to see comments from other Library students.
I definitely found different blogs come up when I looked for the same word in the three different options; tags, blogspots and blog directory.
Is it a coincident that I am working lesson #13 on Friday the 13th???????

Tags

Delicious, and I am going to spell it out as it is said, was not new to me. I already had an account which is very helpful for those times that I am not on my own computer and need to find something on a website that I think is important. This would be a great tool for librarians and make those desktops look so much cleaner for those who do not put websites in the favorites section. It is also a great tool when a certain website is used often as a research tool. Not only can the website be found easy in the same account but also can it be categorized or looked at other sites related to this one website.

My Space (finally)

I am a little behind on the classes and try to catch up but do not get the full benefit from the sign up.
This is my myspace account
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=176570103
but hopefully I will have some time to adjust it and make it all look pretty.
It definitely shows that I don't trust using my full name or any other information about myself.

My Space etc

Looking at the blog from Stephen Abram, it made me realize that there are so many more possibilities for libraries to use social networking environment. He knows how to keep the attention of the reader with some interesting observations like the part where he mentions that he is out already by creating a myspace account where his daughter is already on to the next phase. It is difficult to keep up with teens "ins and outs", they grew up in such a different environment that they are faster in changing their minds than I was when I was a teen.
The most interesting part in his writing is the use of social networks for library use. How is is that myspace creates a 150.000 accounts a day? This is more difficult that obtaining a library card, and yet libraries don't have a 150.000 patrons lined up every day for new cards.

Second life is something that has to be explored but maybe at a time where I don't have a 10 page paper due. It sounds mighty interesting especially for those who are online for the majority of their free time and have some time to spare.

The picture is from the exhibit of the Library of Congress on 2nd life. http://flickr.com/photos/pathfinderlinden/

More RSS

Today was more difficult than yesterday's exercise. Looking at my favorite websites for an RSS feed is easier than trying to locate it with the search engines suggested on the 27 things website in lesson 8. There were not any unusual feeds but it was more frustrating to see that there are websites that do not offer the possibility of an RSS feed. I could not find it on the Seattle Public library's site either, so we are not that far behind.
Hopefully I'll have time to add pictures again to my blogs next week, looking for the feeds took more time than I expected this week.

RSS

As a person who does not have a favorite website that includes checking it daily, it was difficult to understand why I would want to pick any RSS feed on a page. No my Bloglines account has alread 18 feeds and I could add many more just from the readers website. It could definitley occupy some of my time would it not been that I spent that time on homework. The great thing will be that I do not have to check my e-mail anymore for my favorite cartoon.

The advantages
Libraries can use it on their own website to inform patrons of interesting new reads instead of sending the e-mail, and it could be a way to solve the overload of e-mails patrons receive from the library. For staff it would be handy also in that same way. Since we are planning to set up our own blog for LTA matters here it could be an easy way of checking what is new LTA wise in the southend.

More pictures

These pictures are amazing, so many, so many colors, so many words to spell, it could take a lot of time. One of the sites took an amazing long time to develop (Montagr) and I did not make my own trading card yet maybe something for the future.

The drawing your picture site came up with interesting photographs that are nowhere near what I drew but still fun to look at. The picture above was the result of drawing a smiley face.

Flickr

Today was flickr day. A site I could spent hours on end exploring. The interesting thing was that I rolled from one topic into the next. It basically took me on a tour through my home country and than I came up with topics that would not hit millions of pictures like the town I grew up in, or "koningin Beatrix" and it still came up with many photographs. Interesting ones but also less interesting ones. Then I thought of my favorite band coldplay and thought a bunch of Chris Martin pictures would show up, but people are much more creative than i give them credit for. There were beautiful pictures that are related to song titles.

The first picture is from andrebernardo.com and the second one Knepomuk

I could not finish this blog without a pug eye from dionna1976

Graphically I have to figure out how to make this more appealing!!!

Welcome

Hi Everyone,

This is my own blog. I created this because of a program at work where we learn about the new social programs on the web. We are only in week two but at the end we are promised a MP3 player. This will be wonderful with all the downloadable books that are available in our catalogue. Feel free to respond to any of my postings or keep me up to date with any news that you have.

Groetjes

Paula