THING #11

I tagged one of my blogger posts and created an account with del.icio.us. I searced for hobby and library information. The site is very straightforward and easy to use. It would be useful for reasearch or fun. Some of the tagged items on the library sites seemed outdated. Wonder if these sites were set up and then not used much, which I could see happening. Again, this web device could be used as a link to our library services.
Only downside is yet another location to maintain and update.
Learned a new word. Folksonomy: community of users who develop a unique structure of keywords to define resources.

THING #10

Back after a short hiatus. How can we depend on wikis if anyone can edit the information? I edited the 23 things wiki and found it very easy to do. The book lovers wiki was great...it was a good lead-in to the Princeton Library which was very interesting. They are having a Guitar Hero program for teens with prizes for the best score and best rock star outfits...how cool is that.
So we could certainly start a book lovers wiki for our libraries as a "door" to our services.

THING #9

Google Docs seemed the simpler format.
Zoho seemed to have a few more options. The shared chat site in the left sidebar would be handy for shared editing.
The Founding Fathers would be appalled and overwhelmed with everyone's two cents worth.

THING #7 AND #8

So many tools, so many uses!
We use email to notify patrons of holds at the library and it sure beats phoning!
I have used IM for quite a while and it has potential for use at work.
Web workshops are great as a training tool. "Attended" one yesterday!
This picturetrail was fun. A lot of format choices. Definitely could be used in the library as an information tool. I had many library event pictures I could have used, but am concerned about privacy issues, hence the buddha.
Very time consuming...and I couldn't figure out how to get the pictures to fill the frame. Only so much time to play.

BUDDHA

THING #6

My creation
Originally uploaded by hkathie29

I came up with this trading card as a potential teaching aid for children during the summer reading program. Is this something that would even interest them? Whatever, it was fun designing it.

THING #5

Yes, these tools are fun! And could be used to promote the library. Perhaps a teen poster contest of some sort?
I created the image below from Big Huge Labs warholizer. What amazed me was how fast the whole process was. Less than a minute to transform the picture! Then I uploaded the picture to my flickr acct and added it to my blog.
Photo sharing adds to our creative potential.

Ten below

Ten below
Originally uploaded by hkathie29

THING #3 AND #4

I like google reader...the fact that you get updated info from your favorite sites without having to search all over the place.
Flickr is going to take some getting used to. Between downloading and uploading and going from here to there, half of my day has gone by! My Flikr photo is posted below.

what i'm reading now

what i'm reading now
Originally uploaded by hkathie29

THING # 2

I couldn't get the video to work on my computer because it's dial up. But I did read the other posts. I took a Web 2.0 class from Michael Stephens a few years ago and went away feeling I couldn't apply what I had learned. So now at last I get to try a few of the things he spoke about.
This is all about making the library relevant in today's world. I am, being in my 50's, caught between today's world and my comfy old world. Wish me luck!

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