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#24 MP3

2009-01-12T08:17:00.002-05:00

Ah...sweet success...suceessfully downloaded a book to my MP3. A sidebar comment: it took me longer to open the MP3 package and to charge it than it did to download my book!

#23 End of the Journey

2009-01-08T10:33:00.002-05:00

The end of the journey has finally been reached - WHEW! At times the journey was long and the road was very bumpy - RSS feeds & exploring Technorati - but other times it was like a day at the beach - Sandbox, Flickr and making new "Face" friends...especially sharing our dog "tails". Looking back at my easiest-hardest 71/2 habits - play & be curious is the easiest - it certainly reflects on the exercises I enjoyed.

To improve the format...it would've been helpful to know, before getting to #23, that we could've done the Discovery Resource OR the Discovery Exercise - I did both...do I qualify for 46 things?! Otherwise everything else was fine. Thanks to all who set this up!

I've patted myself on the back now I'm going home to take my dog for a looooong FUN walk...if I can get Piggy away from her!

#9 Finding Feeds

2009-01-08T09:20:00.002-05:00

Actually I felt like I was repeating #8...but I did find a few more useful library sites: http://www.librarian.net/ and LibTalk Blog.

The best for searching is Bloglines - gives many options to search and very user friendly. Also Google searched RSS feeds and was very successful - would put in topic followed by rss feed (e.g. library public relations rss feed).

Didn't like at all - Topix.net, Technorati Syndic8 limited search options until you do the initial search & then you get option of Advanced Search – brought up to many erroneous topics not related to my search – didn't find one useful thing I was looking for (library public relations).

#8 RSS Feeder

2009-01-08T06:46:00.002-05:00

OK...after months of pushing this one aside, it's finally completed. Read tutorial, set up my account and "drawing outside the lines" – subscribed to the following bloglines: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ACE, CCLS New Directions, Celebrity gossip, FOXNews.com, librarian.net, Library Journal News, Library Stuff, The Puppy Blog!, Rolling Stone:The Rolling Stones, Simply Recipes, Unshelved , USATODAY.com Books, USATODAY.com Nation. I like this because you can obtain up-to-date information on just about any topic with the click of the mouse – a definite advantage in your personal & professional life. This would be a great venue to feed information about new programs, events & services to our customers.

#22 Audiobooks

2009-01-06T10:32:00.002-05:00

Completed by accessing http://overdrive.ccls.org/ and downloaded John Grisham's, Skipping Christmas. Took a little while to download all the software because the Windows Media Security Player needed to be upgraded. Once this was completed...I had to search around to find where I downloaded the book...found it & enjoyed!

Podcasts

2008-12-18T11:43:00.002-05:00

Accessed these site for podcasts - neither featured videos with the "cast" - however, did find a few that did - http://podcastalley.com/search.php?searchterm=rolling+stones
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html. Had a hard time finding book reviews on Podcastalley & Odeo so Googled "book review podcasts" and found many.

Didn't find much use for podcasts - except to listen to good music! However, I think they'd be great to use to send out "casts" to listeners advertising upcoming events.

YouTube

2008-12-16T09:07:00.002-05:00

Viewed CCLS contest winners and trailer for new movie Marley & Me - http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=marley+%26+me+&search_type=

Youtube would be a great vehicle for bringing storytimes to children who are unable to attend and other library programs for all ages.

Social Networking

2008-12-16T08:28:00.002-05:00

MySpace, Facebook, Microblogging – very valuable for libraries to communicate and provide up-to-date information - as long as the info is kept up-to-date and when questions are asked on the sites - sender receives a timely response. These also need to be monitored to assure there are no comments, photos, etc. that "offensive stuff" does not appear.

Web 2.0 Tools

2008-12-11T04:46:00.002-05:00

Accessed http://www.last.fm/ and searched Keith Richards (by now everyone probably knows he's my favorite artist!) The site was easy to navigate, user friendly and provided numerous tools to access videos, photos, similar artists - there were lots of options.

Web-Based Apps

2008-12-08T05:49:00.003-05:00

Sorry...don't like this application. It took me a 1/2 hour to create a document with photos - found difficult to add & move the photos. Would rather use my regular applications which would have taken me only 5 minutes to create the document I created in Zoho.

http://export.writer.zoho.com/ZExport.do?tstamp=8,12,2008

Playing with PBWiki

2008-12-05T06:29:00.002-05:00

It was fun adding "toys" to the sandbox and viewing others favorites. I added a few favorite books and restaurants.

#15 What's in a Wiki

2008-12-02T05:40:00.002-05:00

Visited this site: http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/YALSA_at_the_2008_ALA_Annual_Conference

This wiki was good – provided a complete schedule of events and other interesting items such as places to visit.

A wiki would be very useful for planning an event in which a committee is involved. To keep everyone on track and to allow all to see what has been completed and what still needs to be completed.

#13 Technorati

2008-11-22T06:48:00.002-05:00

Explored Library 2.0 via photos, tags, videos & popular blog....got variety of results for each.

http://www.technorati.com/photos/tag/library+2.0
http://www.technorati.com/photos/tag/social+software
http://www.technorati.com/blogs/mashable.com

#14 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

2008-11-22T06:02:00.002-05:00

Read 2 articles via http://delicious.com/ccls23things/library2.0

The Essence of Library 2.0 by Meredith Farkas

Basic Competencies of a 2.0 Librarian: Why Learn This Stuff? by David Lee King
Agree with King we need to be ready for the next generation, teach the current generation and bea community leader...these are our goals as libraries! A good programming idea would be to offer Flicker, YouTube, Facebook, etc. workshops to seniors...a great, fun way for them to keep in touch with family and friends.

Delicious

2008-11-17T08:23:00.002-05:00

Delicious has a wealth of information sharing to discover further topics of specific subject interests.

http://delicious.com/tags/ccls23things

Library Thing

2008-11-17T07:05:00.001-05:00

Great to add my favorite titles and view similar books to read. Now to find time to read all these!
http://www.librarything.com/addbooks

Created Magazine Cover

2008-11-11T08:58:00.001-05:00

Completed #10 – fun & easy exercise.
http://flickr.com/photos/rayloco/292249270/?addedcomment=1#comment72157608869785039
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php

Lesson 7: Portable DVD Player

2008-10-31T05:42:00.002-04:00

Commented on portable DVD player that has a nice size screen, 14", and can play movies and music but best of all, those classic Nintendo games that have been sitting on the shelf.

http://technabob.com/blog/2008/10/30/portable-dvd-player-gets-huge-screen-plays-nes-games/#comments

Erin Trading Card

2008-10-29T09:53:00.002-04:00

Had fun making a trading card - could do this all day!
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php

Completed Lessons

2008-10-27T10:33:00.001-04:00

Have completed the following lessons:
Set up blog - took awhile but have the hang of it
Registered blog - very simple

Discovered Flickr

2008-10-27T10:26:00.004-04:00

Just discovered Flickr. It was easy. Instead of taking a photo in the library I uploaded a photo of my newly renovated home.

Lifelong Learning Habits

2008-10-21T08:43:00.000-04:00

Easiest lifelong habit: play & be curious
Hardest lifelong habit: using technology to my advantage