Method 6 YouTube

I haven't done much with YouTube, but I like this video showing college students what the library has to offer them.

Method 5

Method 5: I was off 3 weeks for Christmas and I think I've forgotten most of what I learned about blogging! Anyway, I just wanted to say that I plan to post some of my photos on Flickr and hopefully start using it for all my photos. It seems like a great way to store, share, and organize them.

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

Originally uploaded by federico_betti

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/

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

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.