10/3/09



This digital warrior.


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These excercises were have been periodically challenging, due to the limited direction provided in the process, (not unlike doing information searches!)  Luckily, I use digital resources consistently, so the process was about figuring it all out.
I think this is a superb series of exerises to keep staff aware of innovations in social networking and web 2.0 technology.  It took quite a bit of time to complete.

Roll your own search tool

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I don't know that Rollyo will offer me much from a professional standpoint but I can definitely see the potential utility for reference librarians and school librarians who like to have quick and well-defined resources from which to draw on in answering questions or, in the case of school librarians, teaching search and information evaluations skills in a safe environment.

searching for podcasts


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To browse the podcast collection of this podcast library, click the link above. You can search by an array of categories:
  • Arts
  • Books
  • Business and Money
  • Comedy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Games and Hobbies
  • Government and Organizations
  • Health
  • Kids and Family
  • Music
  • News and Media
  • Politics
  • Radio
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Science
  • Sci-Fi and Fiction
  • Sexuality and Adult
  • Society and Culture
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Television and Movies
  • Travel
Some additional options for searching podcasts:
http://www.podcastalley.com/

There are even podcasts for emergency physicians (for Dr's in the ER?)
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2009/07/web-20-for-emergency-physicians/


And then there's www.mefeedia.com

imagination is more important than knowledge

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Web 2.0 for public libraries


I was interested in the online learning program the California School Library Association 2.0 Team developed for Web 2.0 use by public libraries.

Staying ahead of the technology curve, seems impossible, but we can at least catch the wave after the fact. I actively use web 2.0 software.  Being past the half century mark, I can use the technologies, but am not one on the cutting edge of anticipating trends in future services.


"Librarian 2.0 is a trendspotter This librarian seeks out information and news that may impact future services. This librarian has read the OCLC Pattern Recognition and User Perception reports and uses them in planning. This librarian uses the Cluetrain Manifesto and realizes that networked markets are library users as well and that honest, human conversations need to take place within their institution, virtually and in physical space. This librarian reads outside the profession and watches for the impact of technology on users and new thinking on business, because it is, in fact, related."


Perhaps this relationship to technologies impacting the defining aspects of library science will be mined by students of the science who are just now coming of age.


The youtube video about creativity at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdlBJ-q-4JE



"Librarian 2.0 gets content This librarian understands that the future of libraries will be guided by how users access, consume and create content. Content is a conversation as well and librarians should participate. Users will create their own mash ups, remixes and original expressions and should be able to do so at the library or via the library’s resources. This librarian will help users become their own programming director for all of the content available to them.  Librarian 2.0 also listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes, allows staff time to play and learn, and never stops dreaming about the best library services."

9/28/09

Technorati-a search engine specifically for blogs


how to locate cutting edge or breaking news in the blogosphere?  14.
easy as 1-2-3 with TECHNORATI.COM Being a tennis freak, I was browsing Technorati and found that unbeknownst to me Justine Henin had announced her return to grand slam tennis.  The rumor had been floated since the end of summer when Kim Cljisters was spanking all the 'big babes' on the courts, but I hadn't heard any televised news verifying her return.

In exploring TECHNORATI.COM I discovered topics can be searched by subject, by author, date etc.


YOUTUBE.COM


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JUSTINE HENIN



is back!
The women's world #1 tennis player retired at #1 in May 2008. Today, Friday September 25, she returns to tennis, perhaps inspired by the other Belgian
Kim Clijsters.

Downloadable Audio Books: i.e. NetLibrary, Project Gutenburg, Maryland e-library Consortium

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I've been training customers how to download these resources for a while now. Was trained ny Mary Ellen Icaza. I've downloaded several to my own Apple computer, but have been sorely disappointed by the quality of the audio.  I purchased an audio book by Thich Nhat Hanh on-line through Amazon.  Was just as disappointed in the audio quality.


What's best about the NetLibrary resources is that classics and historic documents can be found there, as well as Cliff Notes and Pimsleur Language Audio lessons.

Productivity tools and documents in the clouds



I began saving large work/library related documents in Google Docs over two years ago, as a result of the limitations on Outlook email account size.  I saved the MRQ there and the Sub Training Notebook which amounts to hundreds of pages of material, my PPE reviews and more.

It works great cause even though I have an external hard drive, it gives me universal access to these documents from any computer.

9/27/09

Biometrics

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Interesting how biometrics are the wave of the future for identifying indviduals for all sorts of purposes.  Iris scans, fingerprint scans, head scans, blood vessel maps of the human body, etc. Ultimately, this recordation of humans will be the ultimate big government trap.

There's fear around the maintenance of electronic medical records, but what will happen when your face can be scanned and registered when you walk into a grocery store or library and the feds can pick you up in minutes for unpaid child support?

9/26/09

Wiki's weally work

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After seeing the following memo from Andrea Castrogiovanni at Olney, I thought it might be a good idea to create a wiki for Bethesda Library.  The link above takes you to it, and the password to view it is 'library'.

A memo from the Assistant Manager at Olney Library-
From: Castrogiovanni, Andrea
Sent: Fri 9/25/09 2:22 PM 

To: Unruh-Manteuffel, Ronnie; Chung, ToAnh; Farshori, Raeesa; Buck, Patricia; Pogue, Kimberly; Schofer, Joan; Gardner, Jane; Fowler, Stella; Bolt, Ann; Sandra B. Dowling; Sarantis, Laura; Jiau, King-Hwa; Kime, Nancy
Cc: Legarreta, Carol; Eagan, Joseph


Subject: Keeping Olney's Sunday Staff "in the know": Olney's Wiki
Hi, Olney Sunday Staff -
Earlier this year, I developed a resource for Olney Staff to keep abreast of developments/changes within the branch, as well as to provide reminders/FYIs/notices of interest. This resource is the Olney Wiki.


What's a wiki?
A wiki is a website that anyone can create, using a simplified language.


Why does Olney have a wiki?
here are several purposes:
- to introduce all staff to Web 2.0 (e.g., "interactive website" = wiki)
- to make available a forum for discussion on ongoing issues
- to provide a "quick reference" resource for staff (e.g., practices/procedures/FAQ)
- to house links/resources/modules for in-house training


Why should I (as Sunday Staff) have access to this?
You're part of the Olney team! The wiki is a "living document" and is regularly updated.
Within the next week, you'll receive an invitation with instructions from PBWorks to join as a wiki Reader. The wiki serves as Olney's "intranet" -- no one from the outside will be able to view this (that is why the invitation is required). The wiki serves as the new "Only @ Olney" newsletter -- plus! It'll include news tidbits of what's happening at Olney, in MCPL, in the library service profession...and more!


You are not required to join the wiki...but you may find it helpful to keep informed of Olney's happenings. This can help you give good customer service when you're working your Sunday shift.
If you have any questions or comments, please let me know!

Newsreaders


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A newsreader is an application program that reads articles on Usenet (generally known as newsgroup), either directly from the news server's disks or via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP).


There are several different types of newsreaders, depending on the type of service the user needs — whether intended primarily for discussion or for downloading files posted to the alt.binaries hierarchy. Although Usenet originally started as a message board without any file attachment ability, many Usenet users today do not participate in NNTP discussion groups, as was common during the 1980s and 1990s before the emergence of website forums, and only use Newsgroups for downloading files such as music, movies, software and games. Therefore, their needs call for a streamlined client for quickly grabbing binary attachments, and without the extraneous clutter of text reading and posting features for which file downloaders have little use.

9/22/09

Promoting digital library resources

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David Lee King has an interesting article on his blog about competencies for today's librarians. Follow the link to read it. 






librarian blogs

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      Here's a few blogs I researched which interested me.

mashups a combination of overlapping source links or photographic links


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Mashups differ from portals in the following respects:
  • Portal style: aggregated content is presented 'side-by-side' without overlaps
  • Mash-up style"Melting Pot" style - Individual content may be combined in any manner, resulting in arbitrarily structured hybrid content 
  • The portal model has been around longer and has had greater investment and product research. Portal technology is therefore more standardised and mature.
  • Over time, increasing maturity and standardization of mashup technology may make it more popular than portal technology. 
  • New versions of portal products are expected to eventually add mashup support while still supporting legacy portlet applications. Mashup technologies, in contrast, are not expected to provide support for portal standards.

Making Use of Syndicated Feeds

8.  RSS FEEDS
I actually find these feeds overwhelming. Give me the hard copy anytime, but I imagine if you're doing research about a particular topic, or if you are a manufacturer and want all the latest news
about the market, or if you're tracking narrow content, it would be very helpful as a sieve to sort out only the information you absolutely need.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Defined:
RSS (most commonly translated as "Really Simple Syndication" but sometimes "Rich Site Summary") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.[2] An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.

9/20/09

(1) http://www.montgomeryparticipants.blogspot.com/




(1) a learning adventure

image generators

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well, the image generator is remarkable. i've posted two links- one of how george w bush sees himself, and  another of how i see him.
hope they work.

can't wait to give myself a new body or a new avatar.

tagging- combines del.icio.us.com, digg.com, reddit.com



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Refreshed my knowledge of my account in Delicious (apparently had it for a while...)
http://delicious.com/

but digglicious is a site that combines the best of several social bookmarking from three sites.  Information concepts and ideas is reduced to its essence.

9/19/09

the blog that went haywire

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I began this process, not realizing how cool it would be. it's became a diary of sorts, a way to maintain log of my ramblings. Quickly it got out of hand, and because I linked it to my work email, I've had to transfer the more self revealing entries to a secondary blog, 'American Girl War' the title of one of my installation exhibits completed in Denver.

So now this will just be my blog for work.

photo management in the 'cloud'

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/

i'd been a member of flickr for a long while by techno standards 530 days- two years. As an artist I was concerned about posting my images for concern someone would use them without attribution. artists always struggle with that issue of copyright for their creative works, yet, as we all know, there is nothing new under the sun...two people invented the light bulb in different parts of the world at the same time!

so the mosaics of words seen on websites are actually tags referring to a link or multiple links. that's a mash-up.

I am still processing whether to post my many art images and digital photos on flickr. am already using picassa (google's) as a repository of images. but have not yet made them publicly accessible. They are just for me and a few friends.


9/15/09

Life Long Learning


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http://marylandlibrarieslearningacts.blogspot.com/2007/01/2-lifelong-learning-l2.htmlthis process sparks my interest. the electronic revolution has its juncture at the intersection of learning, life and, for me, art.  technology becomes conflated with self-expression, self-awareness.
electronic information serves as the mechanism to track the evolution of human thought, technological developments and human development.

the vocation of librarian now feeds my work as an artist.

the life-long learning training from the Mecklenberg Public Library helped to focus my thoughts about setting goals and tracking my progress, 'starting with the end in mind'. 

it occurs to me I am a life-long learner a long time now.  never stopping, always moving on to learn something else.

9/12/09

no really, this was supposed to be for work...

(3) well, it got away from me... this blog.  I set it up and it became so much fun, I had to start a second blog for fun, so this could be for work.