Awww...it's all over!
When I first heard about this I got really excited. Then we started doing it and I got really frustrated. I just didn't have the patience for it. But towards the end I really started to appreciate all these new things I was learning. I found out about some pretty amazing stuff! Some stuff that I now use in my everyday life! I've even started going back to earlier steps to try them again since I was getting so frustrated at the time.
I'm glad that I plowed through. And I thank my Lib 2.0 sidekick, Sheri, for pulling me through it all. And thanks for all the Lib. 2.0 peeps out there who made this possible. For someone who only ever used the internet to check her email and St. Louis Cardinals, my brain feels full of possibilities now!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Web 2.0 Award Winners
This was a lot of fun to look through. Here is a list of things that I came across and really liked.
Biblio.com
This has an easy search engine for out of print books. I found two right away. 'The Elephant and the Bad Baby' (One of my favorite children's books.) and 'The Long Way Round'. And they were pretty cheap too! There is also a section of bargain books for $2 or less! And you search by genre.
A cool search I think we would be able to pass on to our student patrons here at the library would be the Textbook search. Maybe they could save some money?
Yelp
I feel like this would be useful at a Reference desk. Maybe more so in a public library. But it's so easy to use. I love the different categories it gives you to choose from, like 'Best of', 'Browse by Category', and 'Popular events of This Week'. All of them searching in whatever town you want! Even just around your particular neighborhood. The website, 'Upcoming', is also pretty good. It's pretty similar except you can find events that are coming to you soon.
Meebo
I think this is the Delicious of chatting! What a great idea. Sheri said we looked at this earlier in Lib. 2.0 but maybe I wasn't as into such things at the time. But I'm definitely into it now! It's so useful because you can get access to any chat line. And you can take it to any computer! Once again, very helpful especially if you work somewhere where you are always running around to different desks and what not.
Things that I found for fun...
One Sentence
If anything, this page was just a lot of fun to look at! I've never even thought of such a thing before. Some are really funny while others are very heart breaking. All those emotions packed into one sentence.
Pandora
Now, I had a last.fm account and loved the idea of it but found it to be messy and not user friendly, so I gave up. But then I came across Pandora and this is more my style. Much cleaner and user friendly page. And being such a music lover, I'm on it!
Fuzzmail
I love this! It's active email! I sent one to Sheri and you can see how many times it takes me to try and spell a word! It's just really cute and funny. Makes it more personable and that's always fun.
But I must say that out of everything, I just love Delicious. It has been the most helpful to me and I try to get as many people on it as possible just so they can see what a life saver it can be.
Biblio.com
This has an easy search engine for out of print books. I found two right away. 'The Elephant and the Bad Baby' (One of my favorite children's books.) and 'The Long Way Round'. And they were pretty cheap too! There is also a section of bargain books for $2 or less! And you search by genre.
A cool search I think we would be able to pass on to our student patrons here at the library would be the Textbook search. Maybe they could save some money?
Yelp
I feel like this would be useful at a Reference desk. Maybe more so in a public library. But it's so easy to use. I love the different categories it gives you to choose from, like 'Best of', 'Browse by Category', and 'Popular events of This Week'. All of them searching in whatever town you want! Even just around your particular neighborhood. The website, 'Upcoming', is also pretty good. It's pretty similar except you can find events that are coming to you soon.
Meebo
I think this is the Delicious of chatting! What a great idea. Sheri said we looked at this earlier in Lib. 2.0 but maybe I wasn't as into such things at the time. But I'm definitely into it now! It's so useful because you can get access to any chat line. And you can take it to any computer! Once again, very helpful especially if you work somewhere where you are always running around to different desks and what not.
Things that I found for fun...
One Sentence
If anything, this page was just a lot of fun to look at! I've never even thought of such a thing before. Some are really funny while others are very heart breaking. All those emotions packed into one sentence.
Pandora
Now, I had a last.fm account and loved the idea of it but found it to be messy and not user friendly, so I gave up. But then I came across Pandora and this is more my style. Much cleaner and user friendly page. And being such a music lover, I'm on it!
Fuzzmail
I love this! It's active email! I sent one to Sheri and you can see how many times it takes me to try and spell a word! It's just really cute and funny. Makes it more personable and that's always fun.
But I must say that out of everything, I just love Delicious. It has been the most helpful to me and I try to get as many people on it as possible just so they can see what a life saver it can be.
Audio ebooks
Well, that's a bummer you can't download on macs! Since that's what my house hold uses. And being an avid user of the Santa Cruz public libraries, I looked up some audio and ebooks. Even some emusic! But I didn't find anything that I was really interested in. It seems like there's only a limited amount of titles that they have. I also have found that I can't really get into audio books. Now, I've tried! But they just can't capture my attention. I always find myself thinking of other things and not listening. Then I feel bad and have to rewind or scan go back! I even tried listening to one of the Harry Potter's on tape once. And the guy who reads that is awesome! But still, it couldn't grab my attention. I'll try again though. Sarah Troy told me that 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is awesome because Sissy Spacek is the reader. And that book is dear to me. So we'll see. Then there are ebooks. Now that I can't get into either. I can't read too much on the computer. Besides, you can't go curl up somewhere w/ your computer that easily.
I did like what they had for the kids! The Tumble Book Library is very interactive. I've met a many of kids who would love that. They even have a section for Language Learners. I love how the words being read light up as you go.
I did like what they had for the kids! The Tumble Book Library is very interactive. I've met a many of kids who would love that. They even have a section for Language Learners. I love how the words being read light up as you go.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Podcast
These are pretty cool. I found that the Yahoo podcast search was my favorite to use. It just got to what I wanted right away. And I love things that are user friendly. As I was going through searches and listening to different podcasts I found myself not being that interested. Only because I think I'm more of a visual person and want to see what they're talking about. I like pictures and video! But then as I was coming across some made up music shows it dawned on me that it could be a lot like the movie 'Pump Up the Volume' except you won't get arrested! You could have your own radio show in a sense and that is pretty cool. But I just love what some public libraries have down w/ podcasts. For instance the Kankakee Public Library had podcasts of interviews w/ authors and had recorded a Teen Poetry Slam. As for us, we could set up podcasts w/ instructions for our patrons. We could add one w/ the new 'My ILL Requests'. OR, professors could add a podcast along w/ their Reserves lists to give extra instruction or discussion ideas. I just might be warming up to this Podcast idea. I just need to mess around w/ it some more.
Oh, and I added the RSS feed of NPR's 'Story of the Day' to my Bloglines. I almost forgot about my Bloglines! I've now put it up on my Delicious page. I'm getting so geeky!
Oh, and I added the RSS feed of NPR's 'Story of the Day' to my Bloglines. I almost forgot about my Bloglines! I've now put it up on my Delicious page. I'm getting so geeky!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
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!
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?
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.
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