Thursday 12 May 2011
That's a wrap!
Feels good to be at the end of the course. I found I learnt a few new things, even though I had covered a lot of 2.0 stuff at uni last year. I think certain aspects of 2.0 would work for Cambridge like blogging and Twitter however to make it work they would need to be constantly updated and promoted.
Week 10 - Geocaching
Today I actually found out what geocaching is and it's not at all what I though it would be. Reminds me of a high tech version of the orienteering we did at school. I think it would work well in institutions with multiple library locations however as Cambridge is on its own it might not work here. It would be good to see geocaching adopted by the Town as a way to encourage people to use the nature reserves and parks.
Almost done. Hooray!
Almost done. Hooray!
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Week 9 - Podcasting
Hello.
I like the idea of the library podcasting snippets of guest speakers or perhaps restreaming educational tutorials or reviews on the library's blog. I don't really listen to podcasts all the time however when I was travelling I downloaded a lot of podcasts to my ipod, mainly radio comedy shows to make the long bus trips less tedious.
There are a lot of podcasts on the ABC website including ABC Radio shows such as
I like the idea of the library podcasting snippets of guest speakers or perhaps restreaming educational tutorials or reviews on the library's blog. I don't really listen to podcasts all the time however when I was travelling I downloaded a lot of podcasts to my ipod, mainly radio comedy shows to make the long bus trips less tedious.
There are a lot of podcasts on the ABC website including ABC Radio shows such as
Film Guide with Marc Fennell, triple j
(Duration: 2 mins, filesize: 1 MB, Updated weekly)
triple j's film and dvd podcast.
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Week 8 - Online video
How cute is the sneezing baby panda! I use YouTube a lot to look up music videos and funny clips. The library could use online video to deliver tutorials to library users on services that are available in the library such as requesting books and searching the library catalogue. It could also be used by staff to produce book reviews and recommendations - if one had the time or the inclination.
More panda.
Week 7- Social Networking, Facebook and Twitter
Please be my friend !
Request the friendship of Verity Du Maurier if you have a facebook account :)
Facebook and Twitter are good ways to stay connected with your friends and family, especially those living overseas. I deleted my previous facebook account because of privacy and copyright issues and because my feeds were becoming clogged with posts by 'friends' from school who wanted to share every single moment of their lives. Yawn.
Moving on to online video - hooray.
Request the friendship of Verity Du Maurier if you have a facebook account :)
Facebook and Twitter are good ways to stay connected with your friends and family, especially those living overseas. I deleted my previous facebook account because of privacy and copyright issues and because my feeds were becoming clogged with posts by 'friends' from school who wanted to share every single moment of their lives. Yawn.
Moving on to online video - hooray.
Week 6 - Tagging, Delicious and Library Thing
Hello loyal readers.
Have a look at my Library Thing widget (at the bottom of the page). I hope to continue using Library Thing as it's a great way to keep track of my reading and discuss books with other book lovers. Here is a link to my LT catalogue http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Verityr . I think it would be a good idea to have a Library Thing widget on the library's blog with staff suggestions.
Bye for now.
Have a look at my Library Thing widget (at the bottom of the page). I hope to continue using Library Thing as it's a great way to keep track of my reading and discuss books with other book lovers. Here is a link to my LT catalogue http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Verityr . I think it would be a good idea to have a Library Thing widget on the library's blog with staff suggestions.
Bye for now.
Monday 2 May 2011
Week 5 - Wikis
If you are a fan of pugs check out my wiki here :) -
http://pugloversfromperth.wetpaint.com/?WPC-action=invite.
While I like the look and layout of some wikis (Wikipedia and our library wiki) I found the wetpaint wikis were too busy (too many advertisements) and harder to navigate. I like our library wiki as it looks clean and there are no ads for Glee popping up constantly! A wiki is a great way for a group of people to collaborate on something, perhaps in a few years email will become obsolete?
Toodles.
http://pugloversfromperth.wetpaint.com/?WPC-action=invite.
While I like the look and layout of some wikis (Wikipedia and our library wiki) I found the wetpaint wikis were too busy (too many advertisements) and harder to navigate. I like our library wiki as it looks clean and there are no ads for Glee popping up constantly! A wiki is a great way for a group of people to collaborate on something, perhaps in a few years email will become obsolete?
Toodles.
Week 4 - RSS
Greetings readers!
After a few frustrating moments looking for little orange symbols in blogs I finally managed to add some to my Google reader. Here they are -
http://theworstofperth.com/
http://www.pitchfork.com/forkcast/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog
http://blogs.abc.net.au/thebuzz/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
I like that the reader helps cut down on the time spent visiting each individual blog. It's good for browsing through articles (kind of like an online newspaper full of all your interests) and the design is simple and easy to follow. I wouldn't want to subscribe to a blog that was updated too frequently though as it would fill the blogreader with too much information.
In a library context I think a blog reader would be useful to clients if they could subscribe to Cambridge's blog entries and stay updated on the library's events without having to check the blog every day.
Cheerio
After a few frustrating moments looking for little orange symbols in blogs I finally managed to add some to my Google reader. Here they are -
http://theworstofperth.com/
http://www.pitchfork.com/forkcast/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog
http://blogs.abc.net.au/thebuzz/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
I like that the reader helps cut down on the time spent visiting each individual blog. It's good for browsing through articles (kind of like an online newspaper full of all your interests) and the design is simple and easy to follow. I wouldn't want to subscribe to a blog that was updated too frequently though as it would fill the blogreader with too much information.
In a library context I think a blog reader would be useful to clients if they could subscribe to Cambridge's blog entries and stay updated on the library's events without having to check the blog every day.
Cheerio
Monday 4 April 2011
verityr's photostream
verityr's photostream on Flickr.
This exercise has inspired me to upload my photos onto Flickr. Hope this linky thing works...
Sunday 3 April 2011
Week 3 - Sharing Images
For this week I chose a photo of Iceland (on my travel wish list).
Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/meiburgin/2651629430/ to the photo, it is listed as a creative commons pic as long as it's attributed to the author.
Browsing Flickr I also discovered some interesting groups including this one http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/ where people post their pics of awful apostrophes.
Hilarious!
Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/meiburgin/2651629430/ to the photo, it is listed as a creative commons pic as long as it's attributed to the author.
Browsing Flickr I also discovered some interesting groups including this one http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/ where people post their pics of awful apostrophes.
Hilarious!
Tuesday 22 March 2011
New blog
Hello everyone,
Welcome to my blog! I hope to learn so much about web 2.0 over the next few weeks. I saw that some of you commented on my photo, it was taken while I was on holiday in Laos last year and I am supposed to be bathing the elephant and not drowning it PIP!
I can see blogs as good way of libraries communicating with the public although I think that for a blog to be successful it needs to be engaging and updated regurlarly rather than simply provide the same information as a library website. I think that most interesting blogs have more personal information than websites and share the blogger's thoughts and opinions. I would be interested in reading blogs about literature and music.
Ciao
I can see blogs as good way of libraries communicating with the public although I think that for a blog to be successful it needs to be engaging and updated regurlarly rather than simply provide the same information as a library website. I think that most interesting blogs have more personal information than websites and share the blogger's thoughts and opinions. I would be interested in reading blogs about literature and music.
Ciao
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