Youtube, Itube, wealltube!

I cheered out loud when I read, "...we aren't going to require you to sign up for an account this time." THANK YOU!!!

I went through all the video links. I liked the way the Photobucket one looked at first. It seemed easy to use. But then I couldn't find anything telling me about the video clip I was watching. I think I might like the Myspace one the best because it gives you backgrounds on what you're watching. But of course I enjoy Youtube! And just for kicks I looked up an old library I worked in, Urbana Free Library, and found a funny video of some old co-workers handing out the new Harry Potter. Anyways, it's funny what you can find just by typing something into the search engine. I put in my home town, Neoga, IL and found a clip of people shooting guns and some church thing. That is about right!

This could add some help in the ways of running a library. Me being a visual learning we could have all kinds of clips that showed patrons "how to" tips. Such as reading call numbers! Any volunteers to be in that video? Sarah Troy? I know how much you love being on camera!

Firefox Add ons

Again, I really like it! It's pretty easy! Very helpful and organized. I can't wait to add some things on to my home computer. Especially the Lonely Planet. I loved looking through the most popular. I'll plug in some things to our back up station behind the desk and this again will be something easy to pull up from another computer. It makes Cruzcat just one click away and that's nice.

A lot of these Lib. 2.0 things we're learning are similar in ways. Is it just that we need to find which ones we like and work best for us? Or as we keep using them all we'll notice that each one has a specific function that will work best for something?

More on Online Apps.

I sent the photo in a Document from my Google account. It was fun and easy and many people have enjoyed it and responded. I also have fun adding on to Sheri's quote page! I'm sure it would be an awesome tool for work related things as well.

Online Apps

For sure! That's fun and EASY! I dig it. I used the google version since I already have an account w/ them. It's really easy to navigate and open to so many different uses. I'm going to try sending a photo of some fellow co-workers of mine when I get home. Is it geeky to do Lib. 2.0 at home? Cause I do! I'm getting all geeked out!

Library 2.0

Alright...I read through all those perspectives. But I especially enjoyed the last one. The thing is, things will always be changing w/ libraries and everything. And I know it's hard to change what we are used to but if it's going to better things for the patrons we should move on it, right? Being a part of this Lib. 2.0 has made me aware of what could be made easier for patrons and staff. We should embrace these new steps! Look at me being all positive. I've been telling myself for years now that I would enjoy going to library school. But I've always talked myself out of it because I see it going into the direction of a lot of web and computer use. Being a part of this has helped me feel better about that part. Yeah, I get easily frustrated but I keep trying. And I've discovered some really cool things. Plus the more I do this the more I see how this could be helpful in the use of a library. Libraries are a great place that I have always adored. I do hope that we can always keep a very personal touch and comfortable feel to them even as the Web 2.0 comes more and more into play.

Google Customize Search

Yuk. I don't like it. Complicated. I'm getting frustrated. And I haven't been frustrated for awhile! I'll try again after I've cooled down.

Ok, I cooled down. I made a little search thingy for my STL boys. But you know, I already have them in my delicious. I see that it's another way of keeping track of your stuff, it's just not my favorite way.

Rollyo

Ok, I tried doing this w/o my side kick, Sheri. I've totally gotten lost! I registered and named a roll but I have no idea what it's doing. I don't get it. Do you get sick of hearing me say that? Cause it must be really easy and make sense to you since you made up this thing. Oh wait, Sheri just told me I should do it through Google since I already have an account w/ them. Let me try that.

IMing

I've been using this off and on for years. I've pretty much only ever used it to talk to friends and family. But I think it would be helpful in the work environment. That is as long as people are at their desk and can respond. If they're not though, they will see your comment and can get back to you. I have worked in public libraries who have had this as an "Ask Your Librarian" page. I always really liked it and found it to be helpful. But then I always get a little worried about the loss of human contact.

Wiki 2

Hey! That was really easy! Someone had already summed up what we do in Circulation but I added a little bit for fun. Check me out! I'm a wiki-ninja-master!

Wiki 1

Well, I'll be honest...I've never looked anything up on Wikipedia because I had heard that anybody just puts info on there. So, I figured it was just...what's the word...crap. But I looked up myself and it was actually pretty close to getting me right! Ha ha...sorry. But really, I'm giving it a chance. You've inspired me to look into it more.

So, Wikis are completely new to me. And when I said Wiki out loud, it sounded a lot like Wookie. As in Chewbaca! So, I thought maybe it was his cousin! But then as I read through all the information and found out it actually means fast in Hawaii. Oh well. And then I thought, great, another thing to do quickly because our lives are so jammed packed w/ things to do. But again, I kept reading and looking at the examples and found some pretty cool things!

The first two examples were a little hard for me to get. But I like the idea of a library using it for their book club. But did they still get together for meetings? Because that's always been my favorite part of book clubs. You get together and talk about the book for 10 minutes and then whatever else the rest of the time! I also really LOVED the Library Success wiki. Now that's putting the wiki to good use! I just love hearing other peoples ideas.

But what I'm having the toughest part w/ is how different are Wikis from Blogs? Are they just faster? I see a lot of similarities. But remember, I'm new to all of this, so feel free to update me!

P.S. Good Reads

So, I forgot to mention this after I looked at the Library Thing step. It reminded me a lot of Good Reads. It's a free and fun web sight where you can keep track of what you've read, what you want to read and what you're currently reading. You can rate them and comment them and even have friends. It's fun to look at what you're friends are reading and what they had to say about books. You can even add comments to their reads. My friends give me a lot of ideas of what books I might want to read next. I enjoy it because I often forget about books I've said I've wanted to read. Now I have a nice list of "to read" books in my Good Reads account! I also notice that there is a book swap option where you can actually send and share books w/ others. I haven't done that yet but I think it's a great way of recycling "good reads". If anything, you should just check it out.

Library Thing

Why aren't we using this? It's beautiful! In fact it's so beautiful I had to make Sheri stop petting the screen!

I looked up my fave book, 'The Alchemist', and was awed by the abundance of great info and recommendations that were listed before my eyes. And yes, I had read some of the other books listed but some I had not and have written them down to find. I then went on to look it up in Cruzcat only to find that the first LC subject heading listed for it was shepherds. Shepherds? It's not even about shepherds. There's a shepherd in it.

Anyways, I'm very excited about this Library Thing!

*Ping*

Ok, well...I tried "pinging" to find myself. I went down the first column (Weblogs, Feedburner, Feedster, Blogdigger, Moveover, News Is Free) to see if anything would pop up from my recent blog. But as it turns out, I either couldn't find any sort of search engine, you had to have an account, or it couldn't find anything. I went to Technocrati because I'm at least familiar with that one and, hooray, it found me! Although, I was just putting in one word to search and it wasn't pulling up anything. But then Sheri told me to try putting in a couple of words. Then it worked! But once again, if I wouldn't of had Sheri, I wouldn't of succeeded. At least not as quickly.

P.S. Am I writing what you want to hear? Am I doing this right?

Del.icio.us again!

I'm sorry but I can't stop raving about this. And then Sheri helped me clean it up a bit and I have folders and my Lib. 2.0 life is just soooo good right now! Oh, and I got the email saying I'm behind. Thanks for reminding me. :) I'm on it!

Del.icio.us

Now this I like! I'm finding it especially helpful here at work. Now I don't need to call ILL or yell over at a co workers for a homepage or something of that sort. It's helping me not feel so scattered, if that makes sense. I can put it all in one place! I'm a fan! It's helpful and user friendly! That's right people, I said it's USER FRIENDLY! Or maybe I'm just opening up to all this. Cause you know, just because I'm young doesn't mean I'm the all knower of computer/internet business. I'm even showing my husband how to do it! And he's a real computer geek! Woo hoo, me!