Oh, how to choose a video to embed! There are over 36 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute - there must be a better way of catching up with the latest popular videos...
YouTube is a great way to spread information, contact customers and entertain. There are certainly ways that the libraries can use online video.
Personally I love YouTube for the 15 minutes it buys me to complete a task uninterrupted by my little ones - I have set up play lists with all of their favourite clips, including Justine Clarke and the Muppets, and this lovely song which never fails to indicate the start of nap/rest time.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Week Seven: Social Networking, Facebook and Twitter
Facebook, I resisted for years until finally a friend convinced me to register last year.
'It'll be great for your business!' she claimed...
Well, it has been, I've slowly grown my friend list and am able to use my business page to keep customers up to date with what's happening in Karri Tree Lane world.
It is also a huge timesucker and is crap in comparison to Real Life Interaction. I am wary of my family's safety, and have pretty tight security settings.
Used appropriately Facebook is great, yet so many people seem to be able to get in the poo through being naive or stupid, I am really pretty unsympathetic!
Twitter... I am pretending to experiment with twitter, tbh I just don't understand the appeal. I have my business facebook page set up to automatically update twitter, this works well enough for me ;) I already have a hard enough time keeping up with the emails that I'm sent everyday never mind interacting with people on both facebook and twitter.
In a library setting I suppose I can see the benefits of both Facebook and Twitter, depending on the demographic that you're trying to engage with. You can follow my Web2.0 twitters at @2point0beth
'It'll be great for your business!' she claimed...
Well, it has been, I've slowly grown my friend list and am able to use my business page to keep customers up to date with what's happening in Karri Tree Lane world.
It is also a huge timesucker and is crap in comparison to Real Life Interaction. I am wary of my family's safety, and have pretty tight security settings.
Used appropriately Facebook is great, yet so many people seem to be able to get in the poo through being naive or stupid, I am really pretty unsympathetic!
Twitter... I am pretending to experiment with twitter, tbh I just don't understand the appeal. I have my business facebook page set up to automatically update twitter, this works well enough for me ;) I already have a hard enough time keeping up with the emails that I'm sent everyday never mind interacting with people on both facebook and twitter.
In a library setting I suppose I can see the benefits of both Facebook and Twitter, depending on the demographic that you're trying to engage with. You can follow my Web2.0 twitters at @2point0beth
Monday, December 13, 2010
Week Six: Delicious and Library Thing
So, Delicious has cheered me up a little from the Wiki debacle.
I can see great benefit in social bookmarking, it will mean that I don't have to hobble from the work room to the librarian's office on my busted toe to see those wall stickers. I can just click on her tag cloud and browse all those favourite sites at my (seated) leisure.
I created an account on Delicious with the view of keeping it long term, however, it was showing way too much of my personal info (having linked in to my legit Yahoo account). So, I deleted that one and started again. You can find me here I am hoping to add to this list the rest of my suppliers and other sites of interest, and use it to keep track of all those cool products I find while researching (in all that free time I have). I can also see how it will be useful for my customers and library clients.
On to Library Thing.
Library Thing is awesome, I love it! Sadly I don't seem to be able to prioritse reading for entertainment at this point in my life, by the time I get home from work, spend some time with the children and catch up on my business stuff, getting to sleep is much higher on my list of priorites than reading. I really do love to read though so hopefully things will settle down again soon and I can get back into it! I have added some titles to my Library Thing library and will get to that widget now.
I can see how useful Library Thing is in a public library setting, I think that my mums' group 'Book Club' should start our own account - perhaps we could turn book club into more than an excuse to disappear for a few hours in the evening once a month!
I can see great benefit in social bookmarking, it will mean that I don't have to hobble from the work room to the librarian's office on my busted toe to see those wall stickers. I can just click on her tag cloud and browse all those favourite sites at my (seated) leisure.
I created an account on Delicious with the view of keeping it long term, however, it was showing way too much of my personal info (having linked in to my legit Yahoo account). So, I deleted that one and started again. You can find me here I am hoping to add to this list the rest of my suppliers and other sites of interest, and use it to keep track of all those cool products I find while researching (in all that free time I have). I can also see how it will be useful for my customers and library clients.
On to Library Thing.
Library Thing is awesome, I love it! Sadly I don't seem to be able to prioritse reading for entertainment at this point in my life, by the time I get home from work, spend some time with the children and catch up on my business stuff, getting to sleep is much higher on my list of priorites than reading. I really do love to read though so hopefully things will settle down again soon and I can get back into it! I have added some titles to my Library Thing library and will get to that widget now.
I can see how useful Library Thing is in a public library setting, I think that my mums' group 'Book Club' should start our own account - perhaps we could turn book club into more than an excuse to disappear for a few hours in the evening once a month!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Week Five: Wikis
Well, after following all of the instructions, writing my contribution to the Web 2.0 wetpaint wiki and thn managing to not save my work, I have a little bit of Friday Afternoon Rage to release...
I am suspicious of Wikis. I will put it down to my complete control freak nature, and leave it at that. I am sure that they are highly valuble, I read (don't contribute to) wikipedia regularly but always with the thought that more than one reference point is invaluble.
And in the news constantly, WikiLeaks.org
Sigh. I think it's time for the Friday night sundowner. All this reality is making my head hurt.
Bring on some sunshiny happy blog posts, next week perhaps? :S
I am suspicious of Wikis. I will put it down to my complete control freak nature, and leave it at that. I am sure that they are highly valuble, I read (don't contribute to) wikipedia regularly but always with the thought that more than one reference point is invaluble.
And in the news constantly, WikiLeaks.org
Sigh. I think it's time for the Friday night sundowner. All this reality is making my head hurt.
Bring on some sunshiny happy blog posts, next week perhaps? :S
Monday, November 22, 2010
Week Four: RSS Feeds
I've been having fun adding RSS feeds to my google reader - it's funny where interesting pages pop up!
Some I've added from links friends have posted on Facebook. Others I've found while reading from websites already in my fave's list.
A few of particular interest include:
http://dismantle.org.au/ This one my Dad forwarded me in an email
http://cockburnlibraries.blogspot.com/ I've been enjoying reading about Graphic Novels courtesy of a colleague
http://www.mamamoontime.com/2010/11/50-alternatives-to-gifting-toys-for.html This one was posted extensively on Facebook by friends, we're very big on sustainability in our house so I've subscribed to the blog to keep up to date with other ideas :D
http://pictureseatpeople.blogspot.com/ And this blog is adorable! Though I find the text hard to read on the work PCs (I'm a Mac user at heart)
http://swanlibraries-2-0.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default I have managed to subscribe to the course work feed, though it didn't give the option of adding to my Google Reader page initially. So I copied and pasted the link into the box on my GReader page ;)
I can certainly see the benefits of using the RSS feeds, both as a consumer and creater of information sharing.
It is a very handy time saver.
Some I've added from links friends have posted on Facebook. Others I've found while reading from websites already in my fave's list.
A few of particular interest include:
http://dismantle.org.au/ This one my Dad forwarded me in an email
http://cockburnlibraries.blogspot.com/ I've been enjoying reading about Graphic Novels courtesy of a colleague
http://www.mamamoontime.com/2010/11/50-alternatives-to-gifting-toys-for.html This one was posted extensively on Facebook by friends, we're very big on sustainability in our house so I've subscribed to the blog to keep up to date with other ideas :D
http://pictureseatpeople.blogspot.com/ And this blog is adorable! Though I find the text hard to read on the work PCs (I'm a Mac user at heart)
http://swanlibraries-2-0.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default I have managed to subscribe to the course work feed, though it didn't give the option of adding to my Google Reader page initially. So I copied and pasted the link into the box on my GReader page ;)
I can certainly see the benefits of using the RSS feeds, both as a consumer and creater of information sharing.
It is a very handy time saver.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Week Three: Sharing Images
This is the International Breastfeeding Symbol.
It is available to share freely for non commercial gain.
It is used by businesses and public locations to show acceptance of breastfeeding families, and I think it's great! Anything that normalises breastfeeding as the optimal food for babies is a great help.
Here is a link to some places that this symbol has been seen in use:
And a photo of some famous friends!
I've breastfed my 3 boys in so many places over the 7 years I've been a mum, but the support I've had from my managers at work has been awesome - when my oldest was a baby he would visit me every work day for a lunch time feed in the tea room at work. Never an eyelid batted by colleagues, always just a friendly hello. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all libraries displayed 'Breastfeeding welcome here' stickers, available from the Australian Breastfeeding Association? You can request one for your workplace here:
Monday, October 18, 2010
Ooh, a blog with purpose!
How exciting, a firm prompt to encourage me to get my head around these somewhat foreboding technologies! I often find myself needing a sharp shove in the direction of change, finding comfort and solace in the known... I still remember the slight feelings of frustration when our librarian took away the electric typewriter and insisted that we become familiar with printing labels from the computer - who's the dinosaur here?
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com
I thought it would be useful for me to use this blog as a practice run, and keeping a record as I gain new skills, which I will put to good use in my work and personal life. So, here goes nothing :D Let the fun begin!
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