Everything Done?

Well , I think I have got through everything, it has been an experience. Some parts were easy (mainly because I had some familiarity with blogs and digital images, others were really hard...am expecting to get together with a couple of other staff soon so we can sort out a 2.0 startegy for our library service - we are absolutely full of ideas, so its just a matter of implementing them (and the hard part - approvals from above). Thanks to all at the State Library for the programme...
Loobylu

del.icio.us

I found out how to add a network badge to del.icio.us from my blog, it certainly pays to explore...
Loobylu

another item from the Big Huge Labs site

Just wanted to "play" some more with the things on this site so here it is - another picture on the tap dancing theme

Loobylu

social networking (1)

The map of who is using what is very interesting - it gives a good idea of on which sites libraries could put a social networking presence up - I have been very impressed with some of the library sites on myspace. we are working towards doing this at our library.
This topic i am finding more familiar - I set up my own myspace a while ago (just to see how it worked) but as none of my friends have social networking sites it really doesn't work. I have had suggestions to make it more of a hobby site - but I don't know it just doens't hold a lot of interest for me at the moment. And of course council has removed access to myspace....grrrr. Recently a high school colleague set up a geocities site - http://www.geocities.com/bhhs_nsw_1977/?
so I have joined and been chatting to former school friends here, I have also added quite a bit of content to the site with access to some newspaper articles for scanning etc.
loobylu

applications

talk about a 1001 ways to do things...an absolutely great list produced in the training for ways to do things - as others said its stunning! - and yes its easy to see how we can use all these applications in the workroom, public use will probably take longer. But isn't it great that when they (the public) start coming in and asking us about these applications that we will have some inkling of what the heck they are talking about...
loobylu

mashups

I used the Warholizer on Big Huge Labs to come up with this photo taken of a sunset that I had...I will have to introduce this website to my 15 year old - she is into photography at the moment and could do a lot with her photos

With the mashup library applications I liked the Voicethread idea - not just for Local Studies but also for Genealogy

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podcasts

Library applications - I note on the Denver site that there are copyright notes on each book being podcast. It would be great to provide some additional storytelling outreach services this way. With our last HSC lecture series we asked our speakers if we could record them for a podcast or video them but they all declined (they lose money this way)
loobylu

answer boards and social bookmarking

well I took a look at taste.com.au, and the first recipe I looked up sounded great and low and behold there was a little delicious logo down the bottom so I added it in to my delicious account - this is fun!
Answer boards - i have run into these before just with general reference enquiries - sometimes I have found them to be good at other times just annoying - i like the slam the boards idea of doing it on the 10th of the month so will put it in my calendar - if I am on the reference desk on these days I can have a look and try some
looblylu

Technorati

that was clever - i did the open id claim and technorati talked straight to my blog!
"Congratulations!
You've successfully claimed your blog. Now please tell us a little more about it. (You can always edit this later.) "
Using technorati would ensure that any library blogs were definitely out there in cyber world to be found by other people
Loobylu

adding a delicious feed

I found the delcious feed url but for some reason I can't put it into my blog as a FEED on the layout page - this is the URL I found on my delicious page
http://feeds.delicious.com/rss/lmcm
I will give this some further thought and it might appear later on my blog
I quite like delicious and would definitely like to use it to bookmark all the websites that are on my desktop. We have it showing on our reference desk pc's so I think staff will start using it after this training
loobylu

An embedded video about tap dancing

they are in black and white but they are still great

technorati and Lbrary Thingy

The search for the term "bookmobile" netted me different numbers of results in general search and in advanced search (under exact phrase) - though the first couple of results do appear to be the same. I also checked out the genral search term "manly" but of course that pulled up some weird and wonderful blogs.
Applications - Librarythingy - http://www.librarything.com/ obviously has heaps of applications for individuals to use - and libraries could promote this site and hold lessons in how to use this site for individuals. Library run book clubs could also make use of this site and it could be promoted to Book Clubs who are using the public library system to source their books and keep track of what members are reading.
by the way I absolutely ADORE all the names of these things - very clever
loobylu
p.s. on library thing there was a great list of other recommended reads for fans of "Twilight" - I will have to pass these on to some YA fans I know
Rebel angels by Libba Bray
Peeps : a novel by Scott Westerfeld
Blue bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Vampire kisses by Ellen Schreiber
The last days : a novel by Scott Westerfeld
A certain slant of light by Laura Whitcomb
Vampire kisses 2 : kissing coffins by Ellen Schreiber
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith

del.icio.us

I am working on a public counter in the library this evening and have set up my del.icio.us account - BUT will have to wait until tomorrow when I go back to my own pc to keep going with this aspect of week 7
looblu

week 7

Folksonomies - I liked that term pivot browsing - i suppose we have all done that at some stage with our traditional subject headings - find one book on the subject and then use that books subject headings to find other related books.
the online collaborative referencing - at work we have been doing this already by using a blog, but i can certainly see from the examples about del.icio.us how useful this would be

Looblyu

You Tube bits

Well I have wandered through the next few weeks and taken a look at the you tube bits from each week - I hope. And lets also hope that nothing else has been blocked by my Council. I noticed another person found that their Council IT section had blocked podcasts so at least my council is not alone. Practical uses of YouTube - you could use for internal training, use for promotional competitions eg a youth competition on fvideos about the library or videos advertising your favourite book, it would be great to get some exemplary examples of library staff storytelling to inspire and help train new staff to this world.
Loobylu

Tagging

I loved the explanation about tagging on the youtube video - and my sister did too...
i have added lots of tags already to my blog so i think i get the concept

Adding youtube elsewhere

So i have added some youtube videos about tap dancing as a page element on my blog - I'll have to check with another staff member who is more expert on this to see what was wrong with the previous attempt...
loobylu

youtube at last

Well I have finally got on to youtube - but you guessed it not at my workplace, which still has it blocked but at my sisters house. SHe has very kindly offered her pc to me. SO this afternoon its finishing off week 6 and having a go at embedding a video. Then hopefully I can cover a few of the other bits on youtube before I head back to work....
but i just tried - I copied the embed video section from the youtube website and used the link above to try and add it here but I get an error on page message - I will try elsewhere on my blog to see if I can achieve this
Loobylu

trying to access videos

well, I am still waiting for council to give us back acces to youtube so I can complete week 6 - I have though managed to get on to some videos on google video.
Loobylu

all wikied out...

well having completed 3 pages on the jeans wiki I am all wikied out - I have also been back into flickr to load the jeans photos - still no word yet from Council on whether we can get on to youtube - I may have to go and visit a relatives house to keep working on the 2.0 programme - I am now behind which is not what I was aiming at...

see my pages at http://nswtravellingpants.pbwiki.com/The+Jean+Genies+in+Manly

http://nswtravellingpants.pbwiki.com/Launch+10th+April+2008+at+Manly+Library

http://nswtravellingpants.pbwiki.com/Decorating+the+Jeans

Loobylu

Wikis

Have been getting into the wikis over the last week with the "Jean Genies" project.
see the new page on its wiki at
http://nswtravellingpants.pbwiki.com/The+Jean+Genies+in+Manly
But as I prophesised in a previous blog I am having trouble with time frames. I was hoping to get to Week 6 videos online this week, but have been delayed. AND Council IT have pulled the plug on youtube again. So even more delay as I haven't got a home computer to do this section on....
Loobylu

WIKIS

Loved the internal staff manual wiki - an excellent example and so easy to do as we already have all the stuff typed up - its just not in the one place
loobylu

Keeping up with the work

A think a lot of us are starting to fall behind in the programme, with many still not getting past the first base. I have managed all the weeks on time but I know from next week on we all start to run into 2 short weeks with Easter (and mine are even shorter with some extra holidays) so its looking like its time to prioritise. I am aiming to get through wikis and the next week before Easter and that way I won't be in a rush after Easter. Some of my work colleagues have starting having brain waves over how to use 2.0 technology in our library service and now its just a matter of consolidating those thoughts and then getting them okayed by management (which may be more difficult than doing the course)
Loobylu

RSS feeds

Well I have started to follow the instructions about doing RSS feeds - and have found that the recommended bloglines system is more difficult than the Reader available with your gmail account...was there some special reason why this was chosen???
loobylu

Inspiration

Well after wandering around in some of the other blogs I was inspired by the stocking feet...so I have added in my tapping feet, along with their friends....and now my previous post makes more sense...
Loobylu

Flickr

Well, I knew about flickr already, and the Creative Commons bit - although I have never added my pictures here --- how much time does the e-world think everyone has.....as it is I'm trying to balance setting up an organisational blog, genealogical research for my ancestors and inputting into a school reunion yahoo groups thingy --- but if you are a photography fan go for it --- this image is called Tap Dancing and it made me laugh

loobylu

How is everyone doing???

Well, amidst much hilarity in the workplace we have worked out that some people are getting very stuck on very minor issues eg what to call their blog (and actually it would be really helpful if someone pre warned you to have a few names up your sleeve in case the one you want is taken) eg trying to put multiple images on one post.....(I have found it works best to put one image per post) but it was great to take a look at some of the other blogs on the roll - it gave everyone a better idea of what to talk about and how this whole thing doesn't have to be deadly serious....
loobylu

Sorting out the multiple blogs question

After some discussion with some "older bloggers" I have decided to not set up a profile , because it will display on both sites.....and I don't really want to set up another account. This blog is only temporary for the library 2.0 training and while I am expecting the other blog to keep going its probably going to have multiple bloggers and I may not neccesarily keep it on....
loobylu

having multiple blogs under one profile

Last weekend I also set up a blog for a private organisation I am involved with and I will have to have a talk with someone in the know about 'profiles' - I did a profile for the djazzex dance school website but then it appeared on this blog as well, so I have now removed it until I can sort this one out....loobylu

getting others involved

I have been chasing around our library staff getting them enthused about their training and checking on their progress. Some have yet to start week 1 activities but are telling me that they are going to, others are feeling anxious about setting up a blog. I am theorising that those who have already set up their blogs in week 1 are probably already blog users, so week 2 becomes the crunch time for those who don't know about blogging. I am also trying to get the couple of staff who are already 'experts' in 2.0 stuff to do the programme so they can assist all of us new learners as well.....loobylu

First post

Hi all, this is my first post on this blog - but not my first blog post as I'm already running 2 other work related blogs. So this blog part was easy for me - and I'm very interested in learning all the other bits as we go on.
loobylu