Loved the British Library podcasts about what to do when you visit the Library. I am heading there in August and now have a lovely list of things to do when I get there!
Also checked out the ABC and got a bit distracted by Triple J and all the fun stuff on there - step away from the music site....
I have downloaded podcasts before using iTunes and listened to them on planes etc... I would like to be able to put them on our library's website - perhaps recording guest speakers, storytime presentations and other interesting stuff.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Answer Boards and Social Searching
What a fantastic idea to have librarians providing reliable, valid answers on Answer Boards! I have often cringed when I have seen answers provided on these sites that are at best questionable and at worst, misleading and just plain wrong!
It would be a good promotional tool for libraries to be able to do this regularly, but with busy staff and other priorities this could prove difficult.
It would be a good promotional tool for libraries to be able to do this regularly, but with busy staff and other priorities this could prove difficult.
Wild 'Thing I think I love you...
And I think I know for sure...
Library Thing is quite the fun time -consumer, especially if you are a particular fast, avid reader who cannot possibly add all the favourite things that I have read.
I did manage, after some investigation, to add the Library Thing widget to the blog - as you can see :)
We are already discussing forming a Library Thing account for young adults and popping it on our youth blog.
Library Thing is quite the fun time -consumer, especially if you are a particular fast, avid reader who cannot possibly add all the favourite things that I have read.
I did manage, after some investigation, to add the Library Thing widget to the blog - as you can see :)
We are already discussing forming a Library Thing account for young adults and popping it on our youth blog.
Technorati
Wasn't quite so enamoured of Technorati.
I see that is useful for commercial bloggers and those seeking more blog 'traffic'. Our library has a youth blog which is about to be 'renovated' and once this occurs it would probably be worthwhile registering it.
I tried both searches ('bookmobile' and 'nswpln2008'), but was unsuccessful. Perhaps it is because I am doing the activity so late.
I see that is useful for commercial bloggers and those seeking more blog 'traffic'. Our library has a youth blog which is about to be 'renovated' and once this occurs it would probably be worthwhile registering it.
I tried both searches ('bookmobile' and 'nswpln2008'), but was unsuccessful. Perhaps it is because I am doing the activity so late.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Yummo! Del.icio.us....
I heartily approve of Del.icio.us! It is interesting and useful to have a website to save your bookmarks on, rather than relying on your computer to not cark it on you... an occurrence that has happened to me twice now...
Here is the link to my delicious account:
http://www.delicious.com/melaniemorgan761977
I had a look at the other libraries that are using delicious and feel that it could be a possible option for ours. it is a good way to categorise info for easy access. It also means that if our website crashes and clients are aware that info is available on delicious they can still access it remotely.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Video! Videeooo! Night time come and you want to veg out!
I am a regular user of Youtube - but usually link to videos from Facebook. I haven't embedded one in a blog before but here goes:
Hooray!
As far as applications in our library go, I think that videos would be invaluable for local history interviews and film's like Olive's - as well as promotional material for events and also book reviews, especially for teens.
Hooray!
As far as applications in our library go, I think that videos would be invaluable for local history interviews and film's like Olive's - as well as promotional material for events and also book reviews, especially for teens.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wiki Wiki Wiki, Quick Quick Quick
The wiki activity brought back the memories of the big warnings we received about using wikipedia as an information source due to it unreliability. It was interesting then, to read that the German language version of Wikipedia had been found to be more accurate than their leading encyclopedia!
I realise that it is important to ensure any data be validated prior to supplying it to a customer, but it is reassuring that if people are using wikis themselves without an information professional, the data they obtain from these sources is pretty likely to be ok.
Being from a regional area, I am a huge fan of wikis like Mylee Joseph's children's services wiki, which I have used extensively. I also like the Readers Services wiki. These wikis make it easy for more remote library services to access information about new ideas and programs run by other libraries.
I realise that it is important to ensure any data be validated prior to supplying it to a customer, but it is reassuring that if people are using wikis themselves without an information professional, the data they obtain from these sources is pretty likely to be ok.
Being from a regional area, I am a huge fan of wikis like Mylee Joseph's children's services wiki, which I have used extensively. I also like the Readers Services wiki. These wikis make it easy for more remote library services to access information about new ideas and programs run by other libraries.
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