Week 7 # 17 cont...

I don't know if I have to blog this or not...but I did make a comment on Marsha's and Diane's blog about their performance in "As the Wiki Turns".

I thought they did a great job!!! Kudos!

Week 7: #17 Technology

Actually this blogging thing is pretty cool. I like to write, so it's easy to just type away. I also really like creating avatars...I don't know why that is fun to me, perhaps because I liked playing with dolls as a child. I have been creating different avatars to kind of match my mood. The latest one is very festive! I am ready for Christmas...now that I have got my shopping done.

I discovered shutterfly and have made my Mom the best Christmas present ever...I made a photo book...lots of fun. You upload your photos to an album in Shutterfly then design and arrange your pages...I can't wait for her to open it!

Merry Christmas!!!

Week 7: # 16 Wikis

I am wondering if I was absent on the day you got the others in my department to perform in the "As the Wiki Turns". Outstanding performances!!! Veronica and I were missing though! :-(

I like the idea of Wikis and it's not just because the name is fun to say! I found this exercise to be very informative. I liked looking at the HCPL sandbox and reading about everyone's favorite restaurants, books, and vacation spots.

Wikis could be very useful in libraries to help customers learn what things are and lead them to broaden their horizons during searches, etc. It seems that it would be very helpful for children as well, when trying to do various projects. I think that Wikis open your mind to a world of information and it is good that they are always changing, because as we all know...nothing remains the same.

Week 6: # 15 Library 2.0

It is funny how technology makes us change even though people don't really like it. I am one who likes to change things. I don't believe in "reinventing the wheel" but I do like to change things up a bit.

Today's society makes us change and most of the time it is for the better. Those who do not want to, may get left behind. As technology progresses, libraries must progress as well. We want to stay in touch with the things that make people come to libraries otherwise they will become a thing of the past. We have to remember that offering the latest technologies to our customers may pull us out of our comfort zone and we may resist, but we also want customers to continue to come in therefore, staff needs to be knowledgeable on what these technologies are.

The iHCPL program helps staff get the background information on where libraries are headed and perhaps what the future holds. We all must prepare ourselves or we may get left behind...I don't want to be left, do you?

Week 6: #14

Technorati has a lot of blogs and one could get caught up reading all day long. Whenever I typed in the keywords, "Library 2.0" I got a wealth of information.

I found some interesting things in the top 100 popular blogs. I don't know if I fully understand the benefit of it, but I suppose it is useful.

The one I found the most interesting was Blogging to make extra money. It seems that if you enjoy doing something, you can make money doing what you love. Very cool concept!

Week 6: #13

I thought the video on Del.icio.us was very hard to pay attention to due to the poor quality.

Del.icio.us itself is a pretty neat. I found a way to make your own M&M. It was quite interesting. I looked at the comments from users who have made comments and it was interesting to see that it is worldwide. There were a lot of comments in other languages. The tagging was interesting too, because once you click on some of the tags, you are off into a whole other realm. Websites like this one can be addictive, but also very helpful.

The most fun I had was with the M&M site...I even created one. Take a look..

Week 5 # 12: The "Library" Elf

That is a cool website. It seems like so much is going on in our busy lives that we can forget when our libray materials are due.

I usually just use the Horizon notifications...but this will work great for me to help remember when my boys items are due as well. What a great invention....

Thanks for turning me on to this tip!