Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Method 5
The previous two posts ("This is not my dog" and "Italy Dream Trip") were supposed to say "Method 5", but I could not figure out how to edit once I posted.
Method 5 Italy Dream Trip
I hope to go to Italy this summer if I can save my money, which seems to be easier said than done lately.
Method 5 This Is Not My Dog
This is not my dog but it looks like my dog Brownie. She drives me crazy and won't stay in my fenced in back yard that I just paid a FORTUNE for!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28081481@N04/2618725876/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28081481@N04/2618725876/
Friday, December 4, 2009
Method 4
Method 4
I have wanted to set up RSS feeds for some of these sites for a while now. I have read Tame the Web and The Shifted Librarian before. I thought with quick and easy access through RSS, I would be more likely to read them on a regular basis. The Daily Puppy just seemed fun, and the other two are to keep me current on information. I did not find an RSS feed for some of the sites I wanted to add, though. I have added Google Reader to my Favorites and plan to check these sites everyday. Yeahhh!
Tame the Web blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftametheweb.com%2Ffeed%2F
The Daily Puppy
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcatalog.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-daily-puppy%2Ffeed
The Shifted Librarian blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftheshiftedlibrarian.com%2Ffeed
CNN
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#directory-search/cnn//0
Texas Library Association blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.txlablog.org%2Fatom.xml
I have wanted to set up RSS feeds for some of these sites for a while now. I have read Tame the Web and The Shifted Librarian before. I thought with quick and easy access through RSS, I would be more likely to read them on a regular basis. The Daily Puppy just seemed fun, and the other two are to keep me current on information. I did not find an RSS feed for some of the sites I wanted to add, though. I have added Google Reader to my Favorites and plan to check these sites everyday. Yeahhh!
Tame the Web blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftametheweb.com%2Ffeed%2F
The Daily Puppy
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcatalog.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-daily-puppy%2Ffeed
The Shifted Librarian blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ftheshiftedlibrarian.com%2Ffeed
CNN
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#directory-search/cnn//0
Texas Library Association blog
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.txlablog.org%2Fatom.xml
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Method 3
I like some aspects of computing in the cloud, but some are worrisome. For example, with a hosted automated library system, you don’t have to worry about doing back-ups, but what if the company goes out of business suddenly or crashes?
I do like the idea of being able to access my information from any computer, not just the one it is stored on and the advantage of using services available in the “cloud” and not having to buy many different software applications to handle data.
Jenny Levine, in her Jan. 14th 2009 blog, “We’re Not All Ready for the Cloud Yet?”points out that part of the librarian’s role now is to teach patrons about these types of services, such as Google Docs, but also to teach them about consequences and potential problems such as loss of data and possible privacy breaches. These are good points.
I do like the idea of being able to access my information from any computer, not just the one it is stored on and the advantage of using services available in the “cloud” and not having to buy many different software applications to handle data.
Jenny Levine, in her Jan. 14th 2009 blog, “We’re Not All Ready for the Cloud Yet?”points out that part of the librarian’s role now is to teach patrons about these types of services, such as Google Docs, but also to teach them about consequences and potential problems such as loss of data and possible privacy breaches. These are good points.
I related to Stephen Abram in the video Stephen Abram launches Murdoch University’s 23 Things saying we are experience based learners. For example, you learn more when you post to a blog and someone replies to you, as opposed to just reading about posting to a blog.
Likewise, his comment in his article “Social Libraries: The Librarian 2.0 Phenomenon” (2008) that Web 2.0 is “about the more human aspects of interactivity”, i.e, the “conversations, interpersonal networking, personalization, and individualism.” and is “about a social phenomenom”. Abrams challenges us to become Librarian 2.0 and be “where the user is, when the user is there”.
His comment that you can always find 10-15 minutes a day to learn new technology hit home. It’s kind of like exercising, I guess: we always say we don’t have time.
I loved the cool You Tube clip on Web 2.0, The Machine is Us/ing Us by Michael Wesch, but I feel like, as a Baby Boomer, I am trying to catch up to technology, and it is advancing faster than I can learn it! Since many librarians are of the same age as me, I think many of them feel the same way. We know we need to keep up and that our libraries need to provide information in the way the patrons need and want it. It’s not that we aren’t intrigued by and interested in the new technology, but at the same time we are a little (or a lot) intimidated by it.
Likewise, his comment in his article “Social Libraries: The Librarian 2.0 Phenomenon” (2008) that Web 2.0 is “about the more human aspects of interactivity”, i.e, the “conversations, interpersonal networking, personalization, and individualism.” and is “about a social phenomenom”. Abrams challenges us to become Librarian 2.0 and be “where the user is, when the user is there”.
His comment that you can always find 10-15 minutes a day to learn new technology hit home. It’s kind of like exercising, I guess: we always say we don’t have time.
I loved the cool You Tube clip on Web 2.0, The Machine is Us/ing Us by Michael Wesch, but I feel like, as a Baby Boomer, I am trying to catch up to technology, and it is advancing faster than I can learn it! Since many librarians are of the same age as me, I think many of them feel the same way. We know we need to keep up and that our libraries need to provide information in the way the patrons need and want it. It’s not that we aren’t intrigued by and interested in the new technology, but at the same time we are a little (or a lot) intimidated by it.
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