Wiki

A wiki can be a great resource. I like the use of wikis as a communication means for teams and groups. A wiki means instant communication, speeding up decisions and actions that need to be taken by team members. The team wikis used at CCPL facilitate teamwork greatly, and well as keeping information available for all to see. Wikis have been a way of life for me since coming to CCPL.

It goes without saying that the main flaw of a wiki is that the reader must always bear in mind the reliability of the wiki posts is dependent on the reliability of all of those who have access to the wiki.

YouTube - it's not just for messing around

Well, what do you know - YouTube can educate. I was familiar with this site because of friends who direct me to watch something funny (like "Idiot Grandma"). However, this assignment made me think of how YouTube could be used in library-related work and the first thing that comes to my mind is that it can teach. I attended an ASL workshop last fall, during which the instructor told us that she had asked her son to make a video of The Lord's Prayer in ASL. He posted it to YouTube, so I was able to view it and learn from it. From that video I was linked to other videos, some of which really were ASL-related. I can see that some of the videos here will be helpful in my pursuit of learning ASL.

Translate that to helping anyone learn anything - it's probably out there.

Lost in Cyberspace - thanks to Technorati

I now realize how disciplined one must be to travel successfully in cyberspace. Thanks to Technorati, which allowed me to follow blogs and posts and videos, etc. I tagged my interests and ended up spending way too much time going from one "click" to the next. After a while, I forgot what tag had gotten me started. Some of what I encountered was interesting to me, but most of it was annoying or even downright off-putting. And I'm not sure why I spent so much time reading the blog of a SAHM (an acronym I'd never heard of before) in Oregon. It was a bit like chatting with someone on a flight who you don't mind spending a couple of hours with, but it doesn't bother you that you will never see that person again.

Library 2.0 and Story Times

Library 2.0 is a good thing and I am glad that there are librarians who are passionate about it. There is no doubt that the information industry is changing and will continue to change faster and faster. Libraries must be in the forefront - we are responsible for managing information and connecting it to people.

What impassions this librarian is Story Times. Or, to be exact, introducing children to the power of language. I welcome the way the web enhances my ability to learn from others, to gather ideas and techniques, and to jump-start my own thoughts and imagination. But at the end of the day, it is the time that I spent connecting with those little faces that sit around me at a Story Time, that gives me the charge to keep going.

Response to Rollyo

I could use Rollyo and this is how. I just finished preparing a program on sewing purses. During the prep, my friend and I looked at a lot of relevant websites and, using Dark Ages technology, actually wrote down the web addresses with a pencil and paper. What were we thinking? If I had known then about Rollyo, I could have made my own search engine of favorite sites about sewing purses. Well, by golly, I have done just that! After the fact, I created this list http://www.rollyo.com/bproper/ .

For the next program, I can do this as I am creating the program.

LibraryThing - It's a Good Thing

If you want to see some books I love here is the linkhttp://www.librarything.com/catalog/bproper. Now this has some potential in my life. I remember the fabulous books I've read, but tend to not recall the merely "really good" ones. I'd like to recommend these to people, so having them cataloged at LibraryThing will be an asset. Score one for technology.

Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

I just finished exploring generators and playing around with Meez.http://www.meez.com/main.dm To that end, I posted this avatar. Yes, it was fairly simple to accomplish. It reminded me alot of playing with paper dolls, which I loved to do as a kid. But, I don't want to play with paper dolls anymore. . .