I looked at the foll0wing ones:
Furl
Biblio
One Sentence
Games2Web
Farecast
ColorBlender
YourMini (Widgets)
Wayfaring
Wet Paint
Take ColorBlender, it is probably very useful to someone who is developing a web page. It allows you to develop color blends, but also select from several thousands. It does have instructions on how to use it. It is free and you can download it. Perhaps when the branch has a laptop, our Gaming Club can design their own games using this and some other tools found here. It would be extremely useful to a libraries web designer.
Farecast is very similar to any of the websites available to purchase airplane tickets such as Travelocity or Priceline. You could point it out as a possible website to patrons. I didn't think there was any thing special about it.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
#18 Take a look at some online productivity tools
As you can see from the previous post, I wrote a letter using Zoho Writer and posted it to my blog. I also signed up for Zoho Planner and received my first reminder.
Jan Letter
Dear Jan,
Hi, I am working on Libaries 2.0 which comprises of completing 23 activities. In Harford County if we complete it, we will receive an MP3 player. I am on activity 17. I have until October 4th. It has been a lot of work. A lot of it has been trial and error. I am just getting grayer by the minute. The first activity was to make a blog. If you would like to see it. It is http://knitterknowhow.blogspot.com/. You can see how much gray has been added to my hair by looking at the picture on my blog.
There have been some really fun things. You should look at Library Thing. You can list all of your books. When I am finished with this, I am going add all my knitting books.
Hope you had a good trip to Scotland.
Love,
KAD
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
#17 Add an entry into the Sandbox Wiki created with PB Wiki
I entered my blog on the Harford County list but don't believe it linked properly. I added The Happy Hollister series to the Favorite Childhood Books list. I tried to create an account but failed to find where you do it. I went back and I have an account. I also added an entry in a knitting list.
Monday, September 24, 2007
#16 Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them
What did you find interesting? What types of applications within libraries might work well with a wiki? So what's in a wiki?
I liked seeing the different library wikis. The success one had great links for librarians such as conferences, Library Success: A best practices wiki. MERLIN has a list of ways libraries have used wikis. Wet Paint sounded interesting.
Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/ is a free hosted website service that lets anyone start their own click-and-type website in three easy steps. Wetpaint combines the best elements of wikis, blogs, and bulletin boards into a single application. Harford County is building this site to collaborate about their technology plan. Please note that you cannot upload files, but you can link to where they are located. Also, the site you build must be public.
Bull Run Library Wiki
From it I learned about the pilot program offered through OCLC.It provides WorldCat users the opportunity to recoup a portion of their fees through book purchases. The program was described to this wiki in an email from Chuck Costakos of OCLC. http://bullrunlibrary.pbwiki.com/OCLC%20Information
I am sure there are many ways wikis could be used by libraries. Using one for training purposes is one of my first thoughts. Another is to put school reading lists on a local branch wiki in order for students and parents to access them easily. I would really like to see better access to school reading lists at the local library. I have worked at a branch where this worked well in the old days of paper.
I suppose almost anything can be contained in a wiki. It all depends on its purpose.
I liked seeing the different library wikis. The success one had great links for librarians such as conferences, Library Success: A best practices wiki. MERLIN has a list of ways libraries have used wikis. Wet Paint sounded interesting.
Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/ is a free hosted website service that lets anyone start their own click-and-type website in three easy steps. Wetpaint combines the best elements of wikis, blogs, and bulletin boards into a single application. Harford County is building this site to collaborate about their technology plan. Please note that you cannot upload files, but you can link to where they are located. Also, the site you build must be public.
Bull Run Library Wiki
From it I learned about the pilot program offered through OCLC.It provides WorldCat users the opportunity to recoup a portion of their fees through book purchases. The program was described to this wiki in an email from Chuck Costakos of OCLC. http://bullrunlibrary.pbwiki.com/OCLC%20Information
I am sure there are many ways wikis could be used by libraries. Using one for training purposes is one of my first thoughts. Another is to put school reading lists on a local branch wiki in order for students and parents to access them easily. I would really like to see better access to school reading lists at the local library. I have worked at a branch where this worked well in the old days of paper.
I suppose almost anything can be contained in a wiki. It all depends on its purpose.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
#15 Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 & the future of libraries
Discovery Resources:
OCLC Next Space Newsletter – Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries?
Five Perspectives:Away from IcebergsInto a new world of librarianship
To more powerful ways to cooperate
To better bibliographic services
Wikipedia – Library 2.0Library 2.0 Discussions (list of great references from Wikipedia)
I read these articles very quickly. They were most interesting. To a temporary place in time gave me hope that what we know as a library will not necessarily die but just change drastically to be more and more like a comfortable place away from home with many ammenities. It is now, but more is to come. It was interesting to hear the ways Web 2.0 will be used to build better services by such people as the Vice President of New Services of OCLC.
OCLC Next Space Newsletter – Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries?
Five Perspectives:Away from IcebergsInto a new world of librarianship
To more powerful ways to cooperate
To better bibliographic services
Wikipedia – Library 2.0Library 2.0 Discussions (list of great references from Wikipedia)
I read these articles very quickly. They were most interesting. To a temporary place in time gave me hope that what we know as a library will not necessarily die but just change drastically to be more and more like a comfortable place away from home with many ammenities. It is now, but more is to come. It was interesting to hear the ways Web 2.0 will be used to build better services by such people as the Vice President of New Services of OCLC.
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