Week 7: Blog About Technology

Technology is constantly changing. Just when one thinks all knowledge is there, something new is developed and more new technology is gained. For me personally, email has been a great source of technology. You can reach someone within minutes and give them info they need, or they can email it to you. Being able to view your bank statement online is great. You can even pay your bill online. This is very convenient and you can even print your confirmation. And no more waiting for the bank statement to arrive by mail to see if your check has cleared.

Technology continues to touch our lives and makes things easier. In the library, we no longer have to type out library cards or stamp books. However, when things go down, power or servers, it spells diaster and things come to a screaching halt. This past week has been an example of when things go down. We couldn't accept payment of fines, couldn't tell customers if their books on hold were in, etc. The customers just don't understand why these things can't be done for them. This will have an affect on some customers records for some time.

Week7: #16 So What's In A Wiki?

A wiki allows anyone to edit a wiki's content. It's a great way to get a variety of info on a subject, however, not all info may be factual. The possiblities of what libraries can do with wikis are endless. They can be a community resource as an online hub for local communities. Read Library Success.

I added my blog to Wiki Sandbox on Favoritie Vacation Spot. Also, added a post on Tech Doctor's blog.

Week 6: #15 Library 2.0

The library services are frequently updated to meet the changing needs of library users. Library 2.0 calls for libraries to encourage the user participation and feedback in order to devlop and maintain library services. With information flowing from user to library and library to user, the libraries have the ability to improve constantly. Libraries are constantly growing in being to serve the user in more and more ways that dreamed possible in the past.

Week: #14 Technorati

I found this tool rather difficult to use. It appears to search the entire blog, or about blogs, etc. Results can be viewed as photos or videos or even posts.

Week 6: #13 Tagging/Del.icio.us

You can use any computer with access to the internet and have all resources right there. Tagging can be a great asset for those who have a huge amount of bookmarks in their account. This makes it easy to readily find the information. Feel this is a great tool for the reference librarians.

Week 5 #12 - Library Elf

I wasn't able to create my Elf due to the system being down. However, I feel this is a great tool for customers who check out a lot of books at a time and who have several cards in the family. For me personally, I find that HCPL does a great job in notifying me with my email.

Week 5 - #11 Library Thing

The Library Thing is easy to create and use. It's great to keep track, not only of all the books I have read, but also of the ones I want to read to help me with my Diabetes.

Week 5 #10 - Avatar

What a great way to dress our avatar how we would like to portray ourself just for fun. It also brings back memories of my childhood days playing with paperdolls, but this is so much more fun especially adding aminations. Really loved the Meez site.

Week 5 -Play

Week 4 - Post 9

I did some searches on Feedster, Topix, Snydic and Technoati. While I enjoyed some stuff on Topix, I don't feel that I would use too many of these. I still rely on getting my news and information in traditional ways.

Week 4 Blogline - Post 8

I created my Blogline account and subscribed to several feeds. Enjoyed reading, not only the local news, but the worldwide news as well. It is so neat to be able to pick as many feeds as you want that interests you.

pink climbing rose

pink climbing rose
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Week 3 No. 7

My creation

My creation
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