Mashups

This was a fun week. So many possibilities (not sure how to use for work, but great for personal use). I especially like the calendar and the jigsaw








Two buildings, one of the reading rooms = teamwork

1. Working Together Teamwork Puzzle Concept, 2. State Library of NSW, 3. 200601 state library of nsw, 4. State Library of New South Wales

Answer Boards and Social Searching

I've come across these when searching for info on a variety of things on google. I don't take too seriously advice given by most, but the sometimes the opinions expressed are interesting - even thought provoking - giving a different slant on things. I much prefer 'professional' sites ie Mayo Clinic for health related queries. So I suppose any answers given by librarians would fall into that category as I think they'd be able to give a more 'correct' answer. Some people/professions I trust more than others!!

I looked at the Answer Board Librarians wiki as suggested and some of the Signature and Tag lines. I particularly liked The Library is a resource, not a building and Libraries - the ultimate search engines

Week 8 - or in my case still a few weeks behind

Started Week 8 a few weeks ago. There was a lot to explore and take in. I was fooled by Del.icio.us. I thought it was a cookbook tag! I'm always on the lookout for something new to cook - and taste! I found the Cleveland Public Library's tag easier to use (than the Sutherland Shire Libraries tag cloud) as it had catagories to narrow down the selection process. I added a few bookmarks of interest, including one containing recipes. (http://www.del.icio.us/doggiedid)


As suggested in Discover#2, I headed over to Technorati and did the searches suggested. I couldn't get anything searching for nswpln2008, so I tried State Library NSW and found the following video clips. The first is the english version of MyLanguage - there is also a Spanish version. The plan is for more versions in other languages so keep an eye out for them. Great advertising tool selling whats good about our libraries. The second is a clip of the Day of Action Protest Rally last November.






Time is limited today so I will explore LibraryThing next week.

Mr Bean - Library

Couldn't resist this clip. Only for lovers of Mr Bean . Warning this is 9 minutes duration

Online Video - State Library NSW wave

How many SLNSW staff do you recognise? It pays to be careful - you never know who is filming you these days. Pity she wasn't quite sure of where she was!!

Online video is very addictive. I could easily get side-tracked.

I liked the We Love our NJ Libraries clip. The young boys were so enthusiastic about the library and what they could do there. It was obvious the Mum thought the library was a great place to take her children to help with their homework and the gentleman gave his three reasons why he loved his library. The library looked like a great place to go. It was a good way to sell the library to the community - something for all ages.

Running behind - need to catch up FAST!!!

Looked at RSS several weeks ago and drafted this blog - just forgot to post it! Must check handbag for other mail not yet sent. Anyhow, now that I've realised I'm late I better tell you that what I like about RSS and newsreaders is that you can have access to a few favourites on the one site. Saves time. You can quickly choose to read the pieces that really interest you.

I added ABC news-top stories because I like to keep up-to-date and this is a quick way to do just that without having to go to a particular site. Chew on this was another I subscribed to as it has interesting, thought provoking articles dealing with diet and living a healthy life. I enjoy reading Backpacker from SMH so subscribed to it too. I really like the Powerhouse feed. There are some lovely photos there. I also subscribed to the Canberra Times as I have family there and like to keep informed about local news there

Then I went back into Googlereader I noticed that somehow I got KDC Trogloblog without even trying!!! Someone else said something similar on their blog.

I found a nice photo titled Old dog (thinking about new tricks). As my first post was titled Teaching Old Dogs new Tricks I thought I'd add it to my profile. I found it on Flicker posted by pomphorhynchus. It reminded me of the greyhound my husband owned when I first met him back in 1976. We had him for a pet until he died aged 14 years - very old for a greyhound. Now back to the Learning 2.0 - Online video.

Wiki Week

I found week 4 interesting. But an getting bogged down with work so I am thankful for the catch-up week - I needed it. Spent way more than 15 minutes a day on reading and looking at wikis. In fact, Learning 2.0 is eating into my lunch times just to keep up!! A common complaint I fear. Maybe I'll loose weight if I can't get out to buy lunch. But it is great to be in a position to learn new technology during work hours and I appreciate how lucky we are to have this opportunity and am trying to embrace it all.

Anyhow, I looked at Possible Next Generation Catalogues - futurelib/examples. I checked out Aquabrowser at Queens Library. Here I searched Statue of Liberty, Abraham Lincoln and New Orleans. These searches lead to books on these subjects. Quite a good way to discover what is available. Got very distracted looking at Montana History Wiki. Entered the Subject Guides, then under General Information I clicked on Lewis and Clark. Clicking here I entered Encountering Montana Lewis and Clark in Big Sky Country. I love history so I explored further. Under Lewis and Clark Quick facts I found lists of Corps of Discovery - names of members of expedition, list of suppplies, including 'Indian presents' and lists of tribes encounted by the Corps. If you want to explore more go to http://www.his.state.mt.us/lewisandclark/css/default.asp. Above is a photo of Montana - beautiful isn't it. A quite place away from the fast pace of modern day life.
I also visited the Mint Museum North Carolina - mintwiki and saw what exhibitions were currently showing - Masters of Disguise interested me as did an upcoming exhibition - Coming Home: selection of the Schoen Collection. Nice paintings. Could be a good way to 'test' an exhibition before spending time (and more often than not money) going to the real thing. Maybe State Library could wiki exhibitions or special collections or catalogue.