Still Delicious

OK, so my first attempt to link to my delicous site ended up with the delicious bookmarks at the beginning of my blog. I can't even remember how I did this!! I think I just set up an RSS feed or something by using the gadgets supplied. I checked out delicious.com/help/linkrolls but couldn't access the code I was supposed to use - maybe it's my computer or something because I'm using Safari and don't have Firefox. I remember reading a posting by Atticus Mockingbird (great name) about highlighting the words and clicking "link" but I don't see anywhere to do this. This is frustrating GRRRRR!!!! Ok, I think maybe I am using a computer that is too old to have this link button and since it's a mac, I can't press cntrl+shift+a, so I'm trying to type in the text following the advice from blogger.com. Here is my delicious. I can't believe it worked!!! From frustration to elation in 5 seconds woohoooo!!!!!!!!!!

Delicious Bookmarks

Saving bookmarks to an easily accessible site is a great idea, especially for someone who has access to various computers and can never remember their favourite sites (like me!) If I can just keep track of all the different user names and passwords I've created during this web2.0 exploration I'll be fine (I did write it all down, but where is that piece of paper... just kidding). I think social bookmarking would be useful in the library to share resources instead of emailing individuals with useful sites. Now if I can just figure out how to add a link to my delicious account in this blog...

Youtube

Of course I had to add a star wars video to my blog. After looking around in youtube and google videos I can understand how this can be a real time waster! Some of the videos were great and I think it would be useful in the library to promote our services. We could embed videos on the library blog and how much better would it be to see a video of an author's visit on the website where we advertise visiting authors? You'd have to make sure you got the participant's permission though. I couldn't find anything I liked on youtube regarding libraries specifically and I must admit I found the searching a little frustrating because my computer was so slow uploading videos. Then when I watched them, some were ok but others were stop/start.

p.s. Still haven't received a wiki invite key for public libraries 2.0 wiki. Have emailed twice, am starting to feel left out....

Wonderous wikis

'Wiki' was one of the few terms I recognised in the intial survey for this course but I still didn't realise how much I had to learn about this great tool. I think it's a great idea for encouraging collaboration and I'm going to help my husband set up a wiki for his English class. Wikis are a great way for getting people with a common interest together, like the Wookieepedia - go Star Wars fans! Or wikis can provide links to cater for particular needs, like the SJCPL subject guides. I liked exporing the Possible Next Generation catalogues - in particular, the Lexington Public Library catalogue which produces a mind-map for each search term- something I'm trying to encourage in the library with school kids and assignments.

I want to check out the NSW Learning2.0 wiki but can't seem to get an invite key - I emailed but have no response yet. I hope it comes because I haven't finished playing around with this concept yet and want to keep exploring!

Not so simple RSS

I found playing around with RSS took a lot of time - I got lost in cyberspace for hours searching for websites worth subscribing to. I guess this would be useful if I already had favourite sites, but to be honest I'd rather read a book than surf the web (how boring!) So I persevered and found some interesting sites - a bit of news, library stuff, science breakthroughs, quotes of the day and of course, the powerhouse museum photo of the day. I tried to keep the feeds varied. At first, when I tried to set up the feeds I couldn't find many of the icons indicated in the introductory video, so I copied and pasted the url. Then I discovered I could set up the 'sub with bloglines' button on my bookmark toolbar and hey presto! it was so much easier. I was also a bit confused as to which email and password I had to type in. I'm beginning to get a collection of different accounts and passwords and it's getting a bit messy.
As far as usefulness goes, RSS is great for keeping up to date with your favourite sites and would be good for librarians to keep abreast of current trends, literature, new technology, educational changes etc... For myself, I'm ready to move on.

Camden Library

Camden Library 2, originally uploaded by libgirl2009.

I'm having fun exploring flickr and have discovered how to add notes. This is a picture of my library which has done a wonderful job of incorporating the old and the new - Camden is such a historical town, it would be a waste to knock down the old buildings to bring in the new. I uploaded some photos onto my flickr account but I'm not sure how to change the tags, I must keep trying...

The Pathway to Physics

The Pathway to Physics, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

I love this photo, similar to the ones you see with the repeating image in the mirror. What's the name for them? I'm sure they mentioned it in Physics 101 but it was all so long ago... I think I'll keep searching for similar photos.