I've completed the last topic in the course and even though I found some of the topics quite hard going, I was pleased with my achievements at the end.
I would participate in another similar course again with far less trepidation!
Thanks to all involved.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Mashups
This time I explored Mashups - I didn't know whether to expect recipes for root vegetables or what????
The first time I tried to open Kier Clarke and Star Viewer I couldn't open the site, but it worked the second time. It's absolutely amazing.
I'm not sure what application you would use this for in the library, but I look forward to reading what other staff members think they could do with it.
Podcasts and Audio - Week 9
This was a very interesting and informative topic for me as I had never heard of podcasts and had no idea of what they were or did.
After exploring a bit, I could see that they could be useful to promote local libraries by talking about coming events, guest speakers and so on. Regular updates could keep patrons informed about new releases and so on.
I couldn't believe the variety of topics there were. You would never be able to explore them all.
After exploring a bit, I could see that they could be useful to promote local libraries by talking about coming events, guest speakers and so on. Regular updates could keep patrons informed about new releases and so on.
I couldn't believe the variety of topics there were. You would never be able to explore them all.
Answer boards and social searching
I spent some time looking at the Answer Board Librarians wiki and can see the advantages of the site.
As our library is small and has only one full time employee, I don't see how we could take part in offering this service to the public. After reading some of the answers I can see that it could be very time consuming.
If staffing was no problem, then I would love to be part of the service.
As our library is small and has only one full time employee, I don't see how we could take part in offering this service to the public. After reading some of the answers I can see that it could be very time consuming.
If staffing was no problem, then I would love to be part of the service.
Monday, March 24, 2008
LibraryThing discoveries
Today I waded through Week 7's topics, trying to come to grips with the article which was loaded with jargon that was quite difficult to comprehend.
Some of the instructions were not very detailed and I thought they could have been clearer.
The idea that we could complete each of these topics in 15 minutes is absolutely laughable.
Following Step 3 of the instructions in the Technorati section gave me no results for the search of "nswpln2008" - I obviously missed something!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php
Some of the instructions were not very detailed and I thought they could have been clearer.
The idea that we could complete each of these topics in 15 minutes is absolutely laughable.
Following Step 3 of the instructions in the Technorati section gave me no results for the search of "nswpln2008" - I obviously missed something!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Videos Online
After a couple of false starts trying to embed a video from Youtube, I was successful. I was very excited to find a clip on our recent country festival which I chose to add to my blog. I accessed the help section on how to embed a video from youtube and when I followed the steps I had no trouble. The main thing was choosing the Edit Html tab first.
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