Took the tour - it looks fun so have set up an account and posted a few remembered reads to my list. The first LibraryThing icon wouldn't paste into my blog so hopefully the second one will link to my book list. This is a terrific site that we could introduce our book club members to - for fun and also to connect to others in their group and to see how popular their choices are with other readers.
As with all the sessions in this course, I'm finding that at least I can get a taste of the different resources that are "out there", and hopefully have more time later to really explore some of the favourites.
Have just discovered that my books have come up in a random display and that the tags are incorrect; will have to investigate how to fix the tagging and layout.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Not having any success with the searches for nswpln2008 on Technorati, including the advanced search option and the tagged search. I'm definitely missing the point of Technorati...I did see the difference in the search for "bookmobile" between the Advanced search of 250 hits and the Tagged search of 25 hits. It appears that the tag is pretty relevant in narrowing the search.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
still wk 7
Ok, back on track but still two weeks behind schedule with the sessions...
I have just created a del.icio.us account and posted my blogsite to it!
http://del.icio.us/martikerry
I gave up trying to install the two buttons and just ended up bookmarking the web site, which defeats the purpose of the exercise I think, as I'm bookmarking to my PC...
Still trying to get my head around the influx of new info!! Like the Social Bookmarking film clip suggests, there is probably great potential for particular groups to share commonly required information, such as teachers preparing lessons for particular classes, students tagging sites for assignments etc. Same goes for library FAQs but the brain is a bit mushy at the moment so woul have to think where this could be applied.
For individuals, I can see a real advantage for storing frequently used sites on the web. Having just organised a new computer, I now need to rethink the favourites I had previously bookmarked as I can't retrieve info from the old hard drive.
I have just created a del.icio.us account and posted my blogsite to it!
http://del.icio.us/martikerry
I gave up trying to install the two buttons and just ended up bookmarking the web site, which defeats the purpose of the exercise I think, as I'm bookmarking to my PC...
Still trying to get my head around the influx of new info!! Like the Social Bookmarking film clip suggests, there is probably great potential for particular groups to share commonly required information, such as teachers preparing lessons for particular classes, students tagging sites for assignments etc. Same goes for library FAQs but the brain is a bit mushy at the moment so woul have to think where this could be applied.
For individuals, I can see a real advantage for storing frequently used sites on the web. Having just organised a new computer, I now need to rethink the favourites I had previously bookmarked as I can't retrieve info from the old hard drive.
Friday, April 11, 2008
week 7 Tagging, folksonomics, del.icio.us and LibraryThing
Today has been so traumatic; I've had to buy a new computer as the hard drive of my old one finally died but I find that I now need plug ins for the video clip to play; tried to install this but nothing is happening. And I'm way behind in these sessions.
Had a quick look at Tagging and the Sutherland shire Libraries tag cloud which i think is the created list of links that are "randomly" arranged under sub headings and accessible to anyone. Also looked at cleveland Public Library whose bookmarked sites (more organized or just a more professional layout) have been placed into the del.icio.us bookmarking service. i cant watch any of the clips, even on my new computer, as I dont have required setup...
Had a quick look at Tagging and the Sutherland shire Libraries tag cloud which i think is the created list of links that are "randomly" arranged under sub headings and accessible to anyone. Also looked at cleveland Public Library whose bookmarked sites (more organized or just a more professional layout) have been placed into the del.icio.us bookmarking service. i cant watch any of the clips, even on my new computer, as I dont have required setup...
Thursday, April 10, 2008
week 6
The video clip that I had embedded seems to have vanished; ccould I please have some help in finding out what might have happened to it? I was able to see it when I first embedded it...
Have been away from work for a week, plus my computer hard drive has died. Thank goodness for the local library's computer - I haven't had access to a computer whilst away so am behind on the weekly sessions.
I think the embedding problem may be due to manly library's filtering of You Tube; have just gone to the site to try to embed amother clip and cant access the site...Cant wait to get my own computer fixed!!!
Will proceed to week 7
Have been away from work for a week, plus my computer hard drive has died. Thank goodness for the local library's computer - I haven't had access to a computer whilst away so am behind on the weekly sessions.
I think the embedding problem may be due to manly library's filtering of You Tube; have just gone to the site to try to embed amother clip and cant access the site...Cant wait to get my own computer fixed!!!
Will proceed to week 7
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Still week 6 You tube
Thanks to Victoria for responding to previous questions.
Will now try to embed a video from You tube -in keeping with the venice theme of this blog (and also as the selected clip is very short, as i have very little download time available...da dah!!
Will now try to embed a video from You tube -in keeping with the venice theme of this blog (and also as the selected clip is very short, as i have very little download time available...da dah!!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Youtube + Google video
My home computer can't cope with all the recent usage and we are so busy at work that I haven't had time to add a new post on week 6 activities...
Watched intro video clip and explored www.youtube.com site.
Could see the possibilities of videoing oral histories ( as in the Olive Riley story) - great for Local Studies groups, genealogy/family histories...Also, the time-lapse clip depicting the construction of SLQLD was interesting.
I thought the virtual new staff orientation video with the director of PLCMC was a terrific concept, if there were heaps of staff or you couldn't meet the director in person.
This could be a different idea to have an optional library tour clip when patrons log on to the library computers.
Mosman library stands out for introducing new technologies to the public; You tube great for viewing author talks and other library activities on the catalogue site.
Will try to find a video to embed in this blog, but have to wait till download time is restored!
Watched intro video clip and explored www.youtube.com site.
Could see the possibilities of videoing oral histories ( as in the Olive Riley story) - great for Local Studies groups, genealogy/family histories...Also, the time-lapse clip depicting the construction of SLQLD was interesting.
I thought the virtual new staff orientation video with the director of PLCMC was a terrific concept, if there were heaps of staff or you couldn't meet the director in person.
This could be a different idea to have an optional library tour clip when patrons log on to the library computers.
Mosman library stands out for introducing new technologies to the public; You tube great for viewing author talks and other library activities on the catalogue site.
Will try to find a video to embed in this blog, but have to wait till download time is restored!
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