Week 8 Thing 19

I tried several of these sites listed on the short list. Judy's Book was not what I expected. It was listed under city guides and reviews and what I found was discount coupons. I much preferred Yelp which was fun and took me where I wanted to go. I found that Yelp did what i expected it to do. I also tried Craig's List which was very easy to use.
I noticed that there were several sites that we had experience with such as Flickr, Rollyo and Library Thing.
I'm not sure what use Craig's List would be for the Library but it is good to know how to use these popular sites.

Week 8 Thing 18

I used Google Docs and Spreadsheets. It was easy to use. I just had a class in Microsoft Word last week so I am wondering if I really needed it. With all Google is doing on the web, and now they are trying to get phone connections I am wondering if they are trying to take over the world.
The Google Docs was easy to use as was the part of the spreadsheet that I did.

Week 7 Thing 17

I played in the sandbox and I blogged about a book that I enjoyed. I did not add my blog to the link as I really don't want it up there. I guess you will have to trust me on this one.

Week 7 Thing 16

All About Wiki's Some of the Wiki's I looked at were interesting I looked at a Book Lover's Wiki and Library Success. I wasn't impressed with the Book Lover's Wiki as it was very like Amazon.com. People sharing their thoughts about a particular book. Amazon would be easier to use as you can just type in the title and see what people are saying about a particular book whereas Book Lover's Wiki had random books.
I did like Library's Success a best practaces Wiki. I saw some interesting things about adult programing that were useful.
I'm not sure how much I would use these Wiki's but it was an interesting experience.

Week 6 Thing 15

Into a New World of Librarianship and To a better place in Time talk about the place of Libraries in the world today. The changes in the profession and the differences that have occured in the past few years seem to continue the ever changing profession. We are a profession that goes back in time and yet change is about going forward and that is what is happening at an exhilerated pace. The need for change and technolgy is an ongoing challenge these days. The idea of technology for the sake of technology is not a good choise. We need to be selective about technology as we have been about media and books. Library 2.0 should be a useful blueprint for the future.

WEEK 6 THING 14

I missed something here but i did find Bookride which is information on old old used books or as they say the most wanted and collected books. I found this interesting. I will be using this. Hopefully it is something customers can use when doing research on used books. I do get asked from time to time and our resources are insufficient.

Week 6 Thing 13

I tried to watch the video of del.icio.us, it wasn't working. I looked at theMCPL site and really that wasn't much of a help either. I'm not sure how helpful this tagging site is. I guess if you are blogging a lot it would be helpful to have some way to find things. So far no one has asked for any help with any of these things but i feel that i am prepared if someone does

WEEK 5 THING 12

I had fun with Rollyo or it had fun with me. I searched for Samuel Adams in the image finder and got copies of the beer label. I wanted rabble-rouser of the revolutionary war. I guess I need to search more for the 21st century.

Week 5 Thing 11

I just started my own on line. What fun. I put some books in but will need to think about the tabs a little before I add more. I think i'm going to really enjoy this. Obviously it is the Librarian in be that wants to catalog things.

Week 5 Thing 10

It took a while and a little help from my friends but here is my avatar. I was able to send a post card of this to my daughter, I think. It may be that I am tired when I do this but i am finding it useful but difficult. What i like least is that you have to sign up for so many different things.