Yeh! I finished the program, I will miss it I have learned soooo much, it's been a wonderful journey. There were a few tools I had been meaning to look into but kept putting it off but this program has made me learn about them and so many more I had not even heard of! It has been heaps of fun and so very interesting. I really hope I get to use some of it at my workplace (we have IT blocks). I agree with Jalen The examples of social networking in action shown in this module can be starting points for our library. We can set up something similar to the Animanga Club for our graphic novels, or children's section, or teen area or ... Perhaps include our library in Facebook?
Thanks to all at the State Library for the program.... It's been fantastic!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Mashups were such a good fun and I really enjoyed designing ideas provided by the Big Huge Labs that portrait me just as I am...adorable and lovable!! See for your self. My owner says that she can see quite a lot possibilities for mashups in the library, especially for local studies and promotional ventures.
Roxy
Sunday, May 18, 2008
I enjoyed the podcast session as much as my owner. The Orange County Library service has a great one titled Techno pop, what a great way to promote SRC prpgram. We also found a promo for a new book release and this library also "most recent video" question which gives customers a voice that you can reply via Youtube, what a great way to connect with the community.My owner says there are lots of avenues to promote, storytime, book reviews, poetry readings? author talks,displays,special events, oral and library newscasts ... these are just some of the programs, projects and activities that offer possabilities for audi and video podcasting. Very exciting
Roxy
PS I walked on the keyboard lol!!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
I've set up my del.icio.us account.
It was very easy setting up the account. I love the way that I can share with everyone some of the really great websites and blogs out there!
I was initially concerned about security and privacy. It is a bit 'big brother' that everyone can see what pages you like and visit. However, I figured that if you don't want people knowing what you're visiting, don't post them to del.icio.us!
I was inspired by the Sutherland Libraries Tag Cloud. It was great to see some family history and local studies sites recommended, as well as readers advisory. Many (if not all) public libraries in NSW have web pages with a separate 'links' or 'electronic resources' page arranged by subject headings, so why not have Tag Clouds that the current generation of library users are so familiar with!