i-google, ping,43 Marks, All my Favs

These tools customise home pages so that in theory all the social networking sites, email etc that you use are all kept together so that you can access them easily. I have decided not to create a home page using these tools because I have signed up to so many different web devices in the last few weeks for learning 2.1 and I am a little afraid now of security so I will look at things for now on and learn about them but not add my details to them. I feel much more comfortable with this. Many of the things I was signing up for were not relevant to my needs at the moment. These needs will one day will change and I may then be willing to sign up. If you were a very organised person and had lots of spare time these tools would be fantastic. If a library customer were to ask me about these I feel I have the knowledge to explain these to them. Molly

Mossman Library Ning

I enjoyed looking at Mossman Library's Ning. It was very busy in content but all the content related to a public library so it was interesting to see how it was all put together.

Nings and Hackers

This week on Library 2.1 we looked ast Nings which are a mix of blogs, wikis and forums. I joined the Library 2.0 Ning (not run by the State Library) and that very same week the ning was dismantled (is that the word) due to hackers interfereing in the ning. This is a very real problem I'm wondering how many of these nings, blogs etc have to be abandoned because of hackers. Molly

The Art Of Beng Well

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The Art Of Beng Well

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A new beginning

I have commenced Library 2.1 and I must admit that I haven't looked at this blog very much since the 2.0 course. many of the things I learnt in the 2.0 course were forgotten so I feel I badly need a refresher course. Over the Christmas holidays I went away with a group of people young middle aged. The topic of Face book and blogs arose. They were all very surprised that I had a Blog and a Facebook and a Twitter account ( which I don't use). I realise now the need to stay with it all as the younger members of the group all new what was happening but the middle aged members couldnt see a need for all that!!! I must get back into blogging. I am a little isolated with my work so I will have to find some peoples blogs to look at. Molly

Learning 2.0- The completion

I have now completed Learning 2.0. I look forward to going over all the content and studying it in more detail and having a little help in the areas I still have no idea on how to utilise correctly but what a great introduction this has been to the world out there of online freebies. Molly

Online Applications and Tools

Online Application Tools such as google.doc would be a wonderful tool to share with the many library clients who visit the library without any means to save their work. Once google.doc was joined the document could be saved there until it was able to be saved to thumbdrive.

Many secondary school students and universities have laptop programs at their schools and universities where group work on presentations is required. Most teenagers leave these assignments to the last minute!! We all have experienced that on the reference desk!!! All students could be working on their section of the document at their homes on the google.doc site and complile their documents without emails updating information going between students. All students could be working on the document up until the last possible time.

Likewise library staff could work on documents eg policy without the need to send the group involved in the project, updated emails at regular intervals.

Molly

Mashups

There are so many ways a library could use Mashups. Create Calendars featuring the libraries in the area or historical sites in the area. Create maps of the historical sites in the area and with link to pictures of the site. Local bush walk maps could be created with the highlights of the walks indicated on these. I would love to have someone to show me how and lots of time to do this. For now I just have to make do with the knowledge and hope that one day the time will come. At least I can impart some of the knowledge onto my clients. My highly technical orientated teenages and husband knew little about this area. I'm sure these applications would help with their presentations too.

Molly

Aussie Meat Pie

Molly's Travels

Where Molly has been!!!!

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Molly has a lot more travelling to do and must leave the library more often!!!

Something for those of us with Teenage Sons

Podcasting

There are so many libraries out there podcasting.( Mainly American) I can see that it would be a fantastic tool in libraries where there are many visiting speakers. The State Library of NSW would have many talks to podcast. What could the smaller libraries podcast? At Erina library there is a living library. Wouldn't it be a great idea to podcast some of these talks so that any interested people who cannot make it to the library during the advertised times, could hear the stories these interesting people tell. Just need the time and the technology to do so.

On a lighter note its great that the ABC podcast. The missed Summer Heights High episodes and the missed Chaser edisodes are 2 examples of programs that couldn't be missed. Thanks ABC Molly

Slamming the Boards with Young Students

Answer boards seem to be a great idea but are we making finding information too easy if children can email a librarian on an answerboard site to gain instant information. It is really important that the librarians show children how to find the information not to just tell the children the answer to their question. Children expect information to be instant. What they have to be shown is that there are ways and steps to finding information and these are the ways professional librarians believe will help you in finding what you need. Lets not spoon feed children. They have to learn how to find the correct information in a world saturated in good and bad information.

As I am far behind everyone else I would love to go back and review what I have learnt so far as I have already forgotten soooo much but I have to move on as I am well and truely being left behind by my Learning 2.0 colleagues. I would love to put a picture here and there to smarten up my blog but time is running short. Molly

Rating and Reviewing items or services in the collection

Magazines
As we are so limited with the magazines we purchase in our branch, it may be a good idea to ask the customers for their opinions as to what magazines they would like to see on the shelves.

Customers for book express at the local railway station could also comment on the new items purchased or what they feel should be added to a commuters library trolley. As we are so limited with space we need quality not quantity. Why not listen to what the customers want. Molly

Link to delicious

Link to delicious

You Tube
This video was selected by my 13 year old daughter after I asked if she knew of an interesting you- tube video I could put on my blog. It has nothing to do with libraries but it did made me laugh. Hope you enjoy it too. Molly

Vidoes You Tube and libraries

There would be lots of possibilities out there for for You tube type videos attached to library sites. Simple library information such as using an online catalogue could be presented this way. I'm sure that would attract lots of child and teenage customers. Have you noticed teenagers don't read lots of detail but are very visual and very quick to adapt to you tube etc. Many teenagers now have their own lap tops and access most of the information they need through their laptops. They are reluctant to visit libraries so maybe the library needs to come to them using a variety of different formats including You tube type videos to assist them in gaining the information they need. Molly