nanacarol2008

Thing #23- Wrapping it up

2008-05-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

Yeah!!! It's over!!!

I'm really glad this challenge is over. I needed a lot of help with several challenges.
It was nice to be able to show my niece my blog though. I felt very tech savvy.
If she only knew.

I think most of these "Things" could be useful in the appropriate instances.

I think that Web Apps and Learn about Wiki's may be the most useful. It could make
in-house communication easier. I would just need a lot of practice and patience.

Thank-you for sharing this with us.

Thing #22- ListenNJ

2008-05-09T18:54:00.000-07:00

This one was hard. I had to watch someone else download it because all I ended up getting
were excerpts. I didn't like the psychedelic show either. I'd rather join the homeborrowers
or the books by mail service and get the books on cd from the library.

Thing #21- Finding and listening to podcasts

2008-05-09T18:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24542716#24539221

This comes in handy also. If you don't have time to keep up to date
with things you can listen to or view them later. I guess this would be really
good for education and blind people. Having your favorite tunes
at hand would also be nice.

Thing #20- Youtube and you

2008-05-09T17:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/results?orig_query=america%27s+got+talent&search_query=terry+fator

I came across this website and really enjoyed watching him. Someone had suggested
that I watch this program on YouTube. It's like watching a show you didn't get a chance
to see.
I can see how this can be beneficial with marketing the library and it's programs.

Thing #19- Web 2.0 Awards

2008-04-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed looking through the Web 2.0 Awards categories. I liked that it gave you
choices to choose from. This way you can find something that is more to your needs.
I did search several categories and found that I was most interested in these three.
(Real Estate, Mapping and Travel) I can see how the color wheel can be of
service to people who have a need to match colors for something.
I also noticed some of the categories we've practiced with the Web Challenge.
Flickr, widgets and technorati to name a few.

Thing #18- Web Apps.

2008-04-29T12:20:00.000-07:00

I was able to do this one easily. I didn't play with this a lot, but I think it would be very easy
to use. It would be more beneficial and easy for groups to communicate their ideas.
(save them a lot of time)

Thing #17- Play in the Sandbox

2008-04-24T15:02:00.000-07:00

This wasn't easy for me. Once I got into the sandbox, it was easy and fun to design my own "thing".
I got really confused when I actually had to post something though. Someone else had to help me. I believe I also ended up invading other peoples projects??? I don't really know how I did it and if anyone is offended, I apologize, it wasn't done on purpose.
If I ever need to do this again, I hope to get a lot more instruction and time to practice.

Thing #16-Learn about Wikis

2008-04-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

The video was informative and easy to understand. The book lists, especially Nancy Pearls blog,
was very interesting. Seeing everyones reviews can be extremely helpful when recommending
titles to customers or selecting something for yourself. When I visited the public libraries blog
I didn't notice our own OCL branch listed. I did like seeing the info about Programming. Libraries can get some great ideas or share some great ideas. I also enjoyed the circulation blog.
I can see how this can be a great asset for sharing information.

Thing #15- On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

2008-04-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

I agree with the "Getting Away from the Icebergs" section. It's about time
we got rid of the "just in case" collections that hardly ever get used. We should
be making our services and information much more available and easier for
"out of library" use. It doesn't serve any purpose to make everyone have to
come into the library for our services anymore. Our society has become much
more self sufficient and computer savvy.

It's also good for us to collaborate with other websites so we have a broader
spectrum of information for our customers.
Being able to make comments and ratings also helps keep us informed.

Web 3.0 and 4.0 are a bit beyond my comprehension at this time.

Thing #14-Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

2008-04-17T15:17:00.000-07:00

This website was very confusing. It took a bit of searching to find things. To me it appears to be
chatrooms within specific categories. I did find widget ticker tapes and with help, was able to get the news one onto my blog.

Thing #13: Tagging, Folksonomies & Social Bookmarking in del.icio.us

2008-04-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

http://del.icio.us/OCLwebthings

As I searched this challenge, I saw that it can be very useful. School reading lists can be shared
with libraries, parents and other schools.
Seeing del.icio.us, it was amazing the amount of lists shared.
The STF account is useful with it's info at your fingertips. It's all bookmarked in researched
categories, just pick one and get your info right there.
I would have to say that the school reading lists would be the one that I would use.

Thing #12- Netlibrary/Worldcat

2008-04-07T11:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.ebooks.com/ http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.netlibrary.com/

I found Netlibrary to be more useful for college and business. I searched the subject of pirates.
After choosing a book it was easy to read with the table of contents right there. This is good if
the item your looking for is there, you can review it right there.

http://www.worldcat.org/

I liked Worldcat. I found it to be user friendly with more options to work with. You can
review not only books but cds, dvds and articles. It tells you what libraries carry the item
and how far you will need to go to retrieve it. This site also gives you all the info that you
would need to buy the item.

Thing #11 Librarything

2008-04-07T11:30:00.001-07:00

I started listing all the books I have read recently. This is a great way to keep track of what I have already read. I will recommend this to our customers when they ask if we keep a list of books that they have already read.
This is the link to my librarything catalog.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php

Thing #10 Technology

2008-04-07T11:09:00.000-07:00

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/david_pogue/index.html

I think the e-books are a great resource for the public--they are asking for it more and more.

Finding feeds- challenge #9

2008-03-28T07:49:00.000-07:00

Topix.net- this one was easiest for me.

Syndic8.com- I had to search several places before getting any that would take. A bit
confusing.

Technorati- Again I had trouble and again it was a bit confusing.

rssfeeds-thing#8

2008-03-27T11:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

I think this blogline would be good for the library because we can access updated
information at our fingertips. It was easy to set up and is easy to use.

rss feeds-thing #8

2008-03-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

This can be helpful for the library by keeping updated info easier to access.

It wasn't too difficult to set up.

Now I don't have to go to the web for each seperate item I have an interest in,

I just need to go to my blogline and everything is at my fingertips.

flickroclwebthingsphoto

2008-03-19T12:05:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture from my branch that I posted on flickr.

flickr

2008-03-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

I went to flickr and looked around and found a photo that I like. Here it is:

7 1/2 habits

2008-03-17T11:10:00.000-07:00

http://oclwebthings.blogspot.com/
This is the url for the web challenge.

The hardest number for me was number 6- use technology to your advantage.
I'm from the old school and only use what I have to.

The easiest is number 7 1/2- Play. If I don't use what I've learned, I usually forget it.