This assignment was interesting but some of the links did not work. When I clicked on the yahoo podcasts it took me to the main page and said that the url was not valid. It did have a link to the homepage. I did look around and checked out some of the video clips that were there. As well, when I clicked on the Podcast.net, it said the page could not be found.
In the yahoo site, I type in Podcast in the search bar and it came up with a podcast on how to produce podcasts. I found it very interesting that 52% of all web traffic is video. This indicates to me that podcasts may be a very useful marketing tool. By publishing podcasts on many websites, it would be a valuable tool for getting the word By the sound of traffic geyser, it does the work for you by publishing your podcast on several web based applications. However, there is a cost involved when using their service.
I could not access Odeo's Studio Message was Oops- Looks like you visited a bad link. Did go to it's homepage and did some exploring on the webpage.
On Podcastalley.com one had to download a Podcast Aggregator but didn't want to do that as I have been having problems with my computer.
Reading about how to make a podcast, I found informative and the steps looked fairly simple but time consuming. Both Beginner's Guide and How to podcast spelled out in an understandable manner if one was interested in making a podcast.
Overall, I think the developing of a podcast for RWL would be a very good marketing tool for our services and what we have to offer the community. Placing instructional podcasts (online courses) may also be a valuable service we could offer our clients. It is also neat to go to other Library websites and see if they have added podcasts to their website and what they use them for. Definitely something to look into a little further.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Just a note
Don't know what happened just now but when I went to publish my post, it disappeared. So here I go again.
Thought I would update as to what happened to my bookmarks. As I mentioned when I went into my yahoo and google bookmarks where I had exported my bookmarks from Internet Explorer, there was nothing there after a day of them being there. Anyway, I retrieved my bookmarks for internet explorer from my trash can and for some reason they showed up again on my google bookmarks and yahoo bookmarks. I don't know if this was just coincidence or if it was due to my restarting my computer or it was magic in cyberspace.
I have to admit my computer is getting tired and doing some strange things lately. Guess I should hope that Santa hasn't lost his shirt in the stockmarket.
Thought I would update as to what happened to my bookmarks. As I mentioned when I went into my yahoo and google bookmarks where I had exported my bookmarks from Internet Explorer, there was nothing there after a day of them being there. Anyway, I retrieved my bookmarks for internet explorer from my trash can and for some reason they showed up again on my google bookmarks and yahoo bookmarks. I don't know if this was just coincidence or if it was due to my restarting my computer or it was magic in cyberspace.
I have to admit my computer is getting tired and doing some strange things lately. Guess I should hope that Santa hasn't lost his shirt in the stockmarket.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Assignment # 10
W ell, I copied the url for a podcast here and it didn't work. I will try it again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyDY0hiMZy8
I thought the podcast would show up here but maybe you have to copy the url from my blog and put it in the address bar so that you can watch it from the You Tube website. There seemed to be a lot of interesting podcasts here and I did look at some on Library 2.0 or Web 2.0. Have figured out that these are both the same thing but library 2.0 is the application of the web 2.0 tools in the library setting.
Hopefully this will work this time. It is a podcast of Mr. Bean at the library. Thought we needed a little sense of humour about now since we are nearing the end of the course, we have snow and Christmas is just around the corner. HELP!!!!
I think I will contiune the rest of the assignment in a new blog. I have to admit I am looking forward to the end of the course so that I can take some time and review the different tools that we have looked at and get a little more comfortable with them. As well, I hope that it will help me to determine what tools will benefit our organiztion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyDY0hiMZy8
I thought the podcast would show up here but maybe you have to copy the url from my blog and put it in the address bar so that you can watch it from the You Tube website. There seemed to be a lot of interesting podcasts here and I did look at some on Library 2.0 or Web 2.0. Have figured out that these are both the same thing but library 2.0 is the application of the web 2.0 tools in the library setting.
Hopefully this will work this time. It is a podcast of Mr. Bean at the library. Thought we needed a little sense of humour about now since we are nearing the end of the course, we have snow and Christmas is just around the corner. HELP!!!!
I think I will contiune the rest of the assignment in a new blog. I have to admit I am looking forward to the end of the course so that I can take some time and review the different tools that we have looked at and get a little more comfortable with them. As well, I hope that it will help me to determine what tools will benefit our organiztion.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Just a note about my bookmarks
Well today I was working away on my computer and decided to go to my bookmarks on yahoo and look for a site I had been to before. Guess what! All of my bookmarks had disappeared. I had removed my bookmarks from my explorer and transferred them all to yahoo and google. They are gone on both sites. Guess I get to start over. Does anyone have an idea of why that would happen.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Web 2.0 Assignment #9- Zoho
I was working with Flickr today and since I had exceeded my 200 photos I thought that I would burn them to disk so that I could remove them and add other pictures to my flickr account. Well there didn't seem to be any way to burn my pictures to a disk. I was very disappointed with the lack of this feature in Flickr. As well, when I did save a picture from flickr back to my computer it was saved the size of a postage stamp.
The other thing that I have taken advantage of is the use of yahoo and googles bookmarks. That way I have been able to reclaim some of the ram from my computer.
As to the use of zoho, I could see some benefits to this program. If several people are working on an assignment, they could edit their parts offline and then syncronize it when they go back online and everyone would have access to the information.
As well if several people were working on a presentation they could insert their parts of the presentation in the appropriate spots so that everyone working on the presentation could edit and make improvements or make comments to the other participants.
Well, I was typing away and I thought I had lost everything. I ended up relogging onto zoho and low and behold what I had written was still there.
Last winter I went on a Caribbean Cruise so will insert a few of the pictures here and see how that goes.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Assignment #9
When I first starting to look at wikis and realized that participants are also the authors of these pages, I thought that the information could not be reliable and the use of wikis is not a resource that I would reccommend to a patron for research purposes. I still feel this way but did find that there were a couple of wikis that I thought would be very useful for me as a librarian and for the public.
For the librarian, Library Success: A best practices wiki is wonderful. If offers a wealth of information for the librarian with links to tons of information and resources for learning. I definitely willl return to this site and make use of the information here.
The format of the the Front Page wiki may be useful for book reviews. I found it to be more of a blog where the participants could state their opinions on a subject.
Another wiki that I found had some merit was the mfagen wiki. This would be very beneficial for an individual planning a road trip or wanting to find where a place was. I liked the way it was broken down by country, county, province etc. I found that there was some replication and possibly a little confusing as it did not give any sort of description of the different map sites or how to use them.
Overall I think that by the examples given for us to look at, it is important to set up a wiki in a way that is user friendly and has pertinent information.
As well, the library success wiki provided links to many sites that provided even further sites for more information. I found that this wiki was more controlled and the content was not as opinion giving as it was providing information links pertinent to the librarian.
Basically, I think that a wiki, if used would have to have controls on the content and someone overseeing the content that is being added to give the wiki some credability.
For the librarian, Library Success: A best practices wiki is wonderful. If offers a wealth of information for the librarian with links to tons of information and resources for learning. I definitely willl return to this site and make use of the information here.
The format of the the Front Page wiki may be useful for book reviews. I found it to be more of a blog where the participants could state their opinions on a subject.
Another wiki that I found had some merit was the mfagen wiki. This would be very beneficial for an individual planning a road trip or wanting to find where a place was. I liked the way it was broken down by country, county, province etc. I found that there was some replication and possibly a little confusing as it did not give any sort of description of the different map sites or how to use them.
Overall I think that by the examples given for us to look at, it is important to set up a wiki in a way that is user friendly and has pertinent information.
As well, the library success wiki provided links to many sites that provided even further sites for more information. I found that this wiki was more controlled and the content was not as opinion giving as it was providing information links pertinent to the librarian.
Basically, I think that a wiki, if used would have to have controls on the content and someone overseeing the content that is being added to give the wiki some credability.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Assignment #7, Part 2
"Away from the Icebergs" by Rick Anderson is I think basically asking us to step out of the "librarian box" and into the "Patron Box." As he says the time is coming where we will not necessarily need to build on our collection of print materials, I think, especially the non-fiction print materials, but we need to find ways that our patrons can access the information easily from the web at home. As Anderson says, patrons will expect to have access to everything -"digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts etc." He also feels that staff need to "eliminate barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need."
I agree in part with what Anderson says but there will be some challenges ahead. The library is a recreational service that we provide our patrons. There are still many patrons who like to read from hard copy and enjoy coming into the library to pick the books they want to read. As well, the library provides an opportunity for patrons in our small communities to have social interaction.
By providing easier access to patrons for material they need, I think the focus will be more for the younger generation who have grown up in the computer age. Our challenge will be to reach these people and introduce them to the new services that the libraries offer, that are geared to their needs.
We, as librarians, will need to find ways to make the assess of information as user friendly as possible and only a click away.
Power from the People: Assessing the New Online Participatory Tools for Your Organization by Colin Delany
In this article Delaney goes through many tools that are available for organizations. One critical thing that he does say when discussing the pros and cons of the tools such as blogs, online video, rss feeds, social networking, social media, viral marketing, is that one has to have the time to update, the skills to implement, and in some cases the money to develop. For each tool, he discusses what each tool is capable of and then gives one guidelines to determine if the tool is worthwhile and feasible for your organization.
This was a good article for me to read as it gave me a little better understanding of the tools that we have already been introduced to. I still have the nagging question though as to how the library can implement some of these tools with the limited resources we have(time and staff) to make them useful for the patrons that we serve. One tool that I thought may have some merit was the use of Social Media. This could help to bring the comunities we serve and the libraries on the same page. The community could submit video clips of community events or on the community and we could post them. In this manner as Delaney says,"Participating ties them to you and your issues at an emotional level." By contributing to our website, they are showing their confidence in us as an organization.
Other tools such as Viral marketing would be too risky for our organization. Too many things could go wrong and would or could devalue our organization.
To More Powerful Ways to Co-operate by Chip Nilges
Basically I think the message that Nilges is trying to say in his article is that libraries need to band together to provide one database for everyone. By using the web as the platform, patrons and all libraries would have access to the same information. "Open Worldcat" is being used by the OCLC to help them integrate collections and services into one Web space. It is hoped that they will be able to expand the database in ways that will keep pace with the constant evolving of collections.
I think that this could be a very valuable tool for the libraries. The co-operation with reciprocal agreements and ILL has been a great value to our libraries. We need to look at ways to expand this service and to make it easier for patrons to access the same information.
In conclusion, these articles were very informative and gave me much food for thought. I do feel that the structure and the availability of library materials will always be a need for our patrons as they perceive libraries as a form of recreation and as a social venue. But, libraries need to expand their services into the information network of the web. How to do that to make it worthwhile and effective is the challenge that we as service providers are faced. For myself, I hope that the social interaction of the patron and the library continues and that our organization does not get swallowed up into cyberspace.
I agree in part with what Anderson says but there will be some challenges ahead. The library is a recreational service that we provide our patrons. There are still many patrons who like to read from hard copy and enjoy coming into the library to pick the books they want to read. As well, the library provides an opportunity for patrons in our small communities to have social interaction.
By providing easier access to patrons for material they need, I think the focus will be more for the younger generation who have grown up in the computer age. Our challenge will be to reach these people and introduce them to the new services that the libraries offer, that are geared to their needs.
We, as librarians, will need to find ways to make the assess of information as user friendly as possible and only a click away.
Power from the People: Assessing the New Online Participatory Tools for Your Organization by Colin Delany
In this article Delaney goes through many tools that are available for organizations. One critical thing that he does say when discussing the pros and cons of the tools such as blogs, online video, rss feeds, social networking, social media, viral marketing, is that one has to have the time to update, the skills to implement, and in some cases the money to develop. For each tool, he discusses what each tool is capable of and then gives one guidelines to determine if the tool is worthwhile and feasible for your organization.
This was a good article for me to read as it gave me a little better understanding of the tools that we have already been introduced to. I still have the nagging question though as to how the library can implement some of these tools with the limited resources we have(time and staff) to make them useful for the patrons that we serve. One tool that I thought may have some merit was the use of Social Media. This could help to bring the comunities we serve and the libraries on the same page. The community could submit video clips of community events or on the community and we could post them. In this manner as Delaney says,"Participating ties them to you and your issues at an emotional level." By contributing to our website, they are showing their confidence in us as an organization.
Other tools such as Viral marketing would be too risky for our organization. Too many things could go wrong and would or could devalue our organization.
To More Powerful Ways to Co-operate by Chip Nilges
Basically I think the message that Nilges is trying to say in his article is that libraries need to band together to provide one database for everyone. By using the web as the platform, patrons and all libraries would have access to the same information. "Open Worldcat" is being used by the OCLC to help them integrate collections and services into one Web space. It is hoped that they will be able to expand the database in ways that will keep pace with the constant evolving of collections.
I think that this could be a very valuable tool for the libraries. The co-operation with reciprocal agreements and ILL has been a great value to our libraries. We need to look at ways to expand this service and to make it easier for patrons to access the same information.
In conclusion, these articles were very informative and gave me much food for thought. I do feel that the structure and the availability of library materials will always be a need for our patrons as they perceive libraries as a form of recreation and as a social venue. But, libraries need to expand their services into the information network of the web. How to do that to make it worthwhile and effective is the challenge that we as service providers are faced. For myself, I hope that the social interaction of the patron and the library continues and that our organization does not get swallowed up into cyberspace.
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