Week 8 Post 19 Web-based Apps

Citizenship Classes

Thursdays 1-3 p.m.

January 10-31

(4 Thursdays)

Call 281-492-8592

to register

I used Zoho word processing for this flyer for a class the library will give. At first I made a few mistakes and had a little trouble figuring it out, but finally got it. I can see a use for saving documents to Zoho so that I can use any computer to access them.

Week 8 Post 18: Social Networking

I decided to sign up for MySpace because so many of the after-school kids who come to the library use it. I wanted to know what it was all about. Also, I knew my daughter had an account so I thought I'd go to her site (or whatever you call it). She lives in Prague so I don't see her often and it was fun to look at her site. I felt like I was snooping - she might not like it if she thought Mom was in her "space". However, I don't see much difference between having a MySpace account and a blog. By the way, I LOVED the video!!! Such adorable dogs & cats!!!

Week 7 Post 17: Technology

Flickr is definitely my favorite technology. It was so much fun creating and account and sharing pictures with others. Blogging is not so much fun - it is work. Everything else is a lot of work too, and my "day job" is suffering. If we only had more time - boo hoo!

Week 7 Post 16: Wiki

Added my blog to the "favorites" on the ihpcl wiki. Looked at a few wikis - like the book lover's wiki best - found a good recommendation for one of our book clubs. Collaboration is a good thing.

Week 6 Post 15: Library 2.0

Rick Anderson had an interesting theory in that libraries won't need a "collection" of print materials to meet our user's every need. Sure, there are expensive reference materials that are never used so they are eliminated. What happens to collection development, acquisitions, the reference librarian, and book publishing in general? We will all become redundant! Make way for the IT professionals - web-based info sources are the way of the future. I guess we'll still have a job teaching folks how to access databases and download audios. And don't forget those after-school kids who have no place else to go! The library 2.0 is a community center now and print materials are probably the least in demand.

Week 6 Post 14: Technorati

I searched Technorati 3 ways for "learning 2.0" - got 6929 posts, 670 tagged, and 700 in the directory. I looked at a couple of popular sites but I am just not interested in blogging. It is hard enough to keep up with all the blogs that are sent via email and my bloglines. How do people ever have enough time to do their job and read all these blogs?

Week 6 Post 13: Del.icio.us

I created a del.icio.us account and added some of the links I frequently use at work. In the past, if I were not logged onto my profile, I could not get to "my favorites". Using del.icio.us I can access my favorite links from any computer, a great advantage when doing "roaming reference".

Week 5 Post 12: Library Elf

Registering for the elf was easy. I got my first email today and it gave me a lot of info, maybe more than I needed to know. This particular message did not work:

(Hover over dates to see titles; click Due to go to the library.)

Maybe because I use webmail, hovering did not reveal dates, and the word Due was not a link. A lot of the text does not have spaces between the words and there are a lot of numbers I don't understand. Otherwise, I can figure out what books are due and what holds are to be picked up.

Week 5, Post 11: Library Thing

I enjoyed creating my own catalog on Library Thing. I went to my list of Favorites on Novelist to get the titles I wanted to add. It was challenging selecting the title I wanted. For example, when I entered "To Kill a Mockingbird" I got 283 results from Cliffs notes to movies & cds.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nkhill

Week 5 Post 10: Avatars

Library Lady with Cat

I used Yahoo! Avatars - here is the link:
https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=us&.src=avt&.done=http%3A%2F%2Favatars.yahoo.com%2F

Week 4 Post 9: Finding Feeds

I decided to look for feeds related to Broadway Theater. First I tried Feedster but I didn't think it was very user-friendly. Then I tried Syndic8 but all the sites were either "awaiting repair" or "awaiting approval" (???) So then I tried the Bloglines search tool and found exactly what I was looking for. I subscribed to BroadwayWorld.com and am now eagerly awaiting my next trip to the Big Apple!

Week 4 Post 8: Bloglines

I set up a bloglines account some time ago when I first started with the LPC. I have to admit I don't spend a lot of time reading blogs. However, today I found some rss feeds that were interesting to me such as cats, dogs, weather & news reports, and most importantly, EastEnders, my favorite soap. EastEnders on PBS is 4 years behind EE in the UK so I like to keep up with what's happening across the pond in real time.