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Thursday, August 28, 2008
You tube
I've watched the You tube videos and surprised myself - I enjoyed some of them! Olive's return to Broken Hill was heartwarming and, at times, funny. Great way to present enjoyable local and oral history. She's a feisty old dame! I hated the timelapse construction video for the State Library of Qld. It made me feel sick watching it, and I had to keep looking elsewhere. Obviously it would be good to document the construction of a new library (thinking here of the new Katoomba Library!) but not using timelapse for that amount of time. Maybe short tours of the site at different intervals of the construction?
Book reviews - The Dr Dyl Show... what can I say!!!!!!! I think it would work very well for children and teen book reviews, and even for book groups with specific themes (I can see a Star Wars/Trek group doing video reviews - but maybe that's my biased perception!) Something for our Childrens/YA team to think about? Maybe they could work for adult book reviews - I would like to see a professional job for this, which is a bit outside our scope. But, yet again, that could be my own bias.
I can see great potential in tours of the library - especially of specialised collections. A tour showcasing our local history collection would be great. If we put it on You Tube it will reach people who may not normally come in and ask to look at this collection. Also staff updates and training delivered by You Tube would work well in our multi-location library service. Great potential to reach casual staff as well. We just need to find staff willing to stand in front of the camera!
Artexpress - I can see that these videos (there were lots more on both the shows and the process went through to create the art works) would be used a lot by art teachers and students. Great resource for parents trying to help their kids with HSC art. We could use video to promote exhibitions we hold. I think of the photographic competition held a few years ago. We could have taken video of putting the displays together and then the function when the winners were announced.
First thing we need to do is purchase a library video camera that is 'idiot proof' so we can practice making some videos. 2nd thing we need to do is find time to do all this stuff!!!!
Looking at Google Video. Much longer videos are possible. The ones for Mosman Library are talks of around 45 minutes. However the quality of the picture is poor and I hated watching them. I listened rather than lookedg at them. I really enjoyed the Peter Fitzsimons talk about Kokoda. The story about Nancy Wake is especially funny.
Book reviews - The Dr Dyl Show... what can I say!!!!!!! I think it would work very well for children and teen book reviews, and even for book groups with specific themes (I can see a Star Wars/Trek group doing video reviews - but maybe that's my biased perception!) Something for our Childrens/YA team to think about? Maybe they could work for adult book reviews - I would like to see a professional job for this, which is a bit outside our scope. But, yet again, that could be my own bias.
I can see great potential in tours of the library - especially of specialised collections. A tour showcasing our local history collection would be great. If we put it on You Tube it will reach people who may not normally come in and ask to look at this collection. Also staff updates and training delivered by You Tube would work well in our multi-location library service. Great potential to reach casual staff as well. We just need to find staff willing to stand in front of the camera!
Artexpress - I can see that these videos (there were lots more on both the shows and the process went through to create the art works) would be used a lot by art teachers and students. Great resource for parents trying to help their kids with HSC art. We could use video to promote exhibitions we hold. I think of the photographic competition held a few years ago. We could have taken video of putting the displays together and then the function when the winners were announced.
First thing we need to do is purchase a library video camera that is 'idiot proof' so we can practice making some videos. 2nd thing we need to do is find time to do all this stuff!!!!
Looking at Google Video. Much longer videos are possible. The ones for Mosman Library are talks of around 45 minutes. However the quality of the picture is poor and I hated watching them. I listened rather than lookedg at them. I really enjoyed the Peter Fitzsimons talk about Kokoda. The story about Nancy Wake is especially funny.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
George Orwell diaries
So yet again I haven't loaded the link to a webpage properly. Here's my 2nd attempt at the link to the George Orwell diaries
You Tube
I found some very corny library videos. Brisbane Library needs to have a good look at itself, though it was a good choice of music - U2s I still haven't found what I'm looking for! I enjoyed Lego Indianna Jones as well. If you want to watch a great video, check out Christian the Lion
Library 2.0 wiki
I've just added my bit to the SL wiki under branch manager. I agreed with most of the comments - especially the ones about the public thinking you don't need any training to be a librarian and their perception that we read books all day at work!
RSS update
I've just been checking my RSS feeds and have found some interesting stuff! Like Leonard Cohen is 73 and performing live to great acclaim. Being a Leonard Cohen fan from the 70s it does my heart good to see that 'music to slit your wrists by' is still appreciated. This was from the Guardian.co.uk.Books feed. Neil Diamond is 67 and also still performing to appreciative audiences - I bet they're not climbing trees to watch him.. Hullo Tree People!
On Librarian.net they mentioned the Internet Public Library. It seems to be like our Ask a Librarian but American based. All new stuff to me! Very apt cartoon that says - Public Library: Like Wikipedia only it takes 4 hours!
How about this one: Librarian fired for writing book on patrons - "A library employee in this Lake Michigan resort community has been fired for writing a book that describes a range of unpleasant patrons, from the merely unpleasant to online sex fiends, in a town she calls "Denialville." Imagine what we could write about some of our customers!
And my final interesting item - the diaries of George Orwell are being released daily in blog form 70 years after he wrote them. Check it out at:
On Librarian.net they mentioned the Internet Public Library. It seems to be like our Ask a Librarian but American based. All new stuff to me! Very apt cartoon that says - Public Library: Like Wikipedia only it takes 4 hours!
How about this one: Librarian fired for writing book on patrons - "A library employee in this Lake Michigan resort community has been fired for writing a book that describes a range of unpleasant patrons, from the merely unpleasant to online sex fiends, in a town she calls "Denialville." Imagine what we could write about some of our customers!
And my final interesting item - the diaries of George Orwell are being released daily in blog form 70 years after he wrote them. Check it out at:
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wikis
Now that I can upload a photo, I've moved on to wikis. I see wikis as a great way of amassing knowledge from different sources. It gives people with lots of knowledge the chance to share it with us lesser mortals. I think they would work well in areas of interest, like hobbies etc where people can share their experience and know-how with other interested people. This would also apply to work places - and would ensure all people have access to the same information. Our procedure manual is a great example (and so much easier to use than the old one). However, I have got concerns about the quality of knowledge that is shared eg on Wikipedia, and the potential for people to hijack information or manipulate it to suit their own views. I read in the paper this week about a call from the P&C Association for kids to be tested on accessing quality information on the Internet - great idea!!! We will really come into our own if this happens.
Enough of my ramble - back to the wikis. I loved the SJPCL subject guides - and spent quite a while looking at how to reasearch the history of my house. Amazing how Star Wars has entered the lexicon - I knew instantly what Wookipedia was going to be about before even going to the site. It must be heaven for Star Wars nuts!
I loved the Hennepin County Library - Bookspace. Some great ideas there for Readers in the Mist.
The next generation catalogues are going to be great. Such a blurring between bookstores and library catalogues. I'm sure the public will be happy to use a catalogue with so many extra features and which is so intuitive. The Google Book Search on John Keats was good - I enjoyed reading snippets of his poetry and having the chance to read more if I chose to.
Enough of my ramble - back to the wikis. I loved the SJPCL subject guides - and spent quite a while looking at how to reasearch the history of my house. Amazing how Star Wars has entered the lexicon - I knew instantly what Wookipedia was going to be about before even going to the site. It must be heaven for Star Wars nuts!
I loved the Hennepin County Library - Bookspace. Some great ideas there for Readers in the Mist.
The next generation catalogues are going to be great. Such a blurring between bookstores and library catalogues. I'm sure the public will be happy to use a catalogue with so many extra features and which is so intuitive. The Google Book Search on John Keats was good - I enjoyed reading snippets of his poetry and having the chance to read more if I chose to.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Adventure
I tried adding a news feed to my blog, but had no luck. Every link I copied came up with an error in the edit page. I think I'll slink away now and go read the newspaper, instead of trying alternate news sources!
RSS feeds
I've subscribed to 11 RSS feeds - a selection of library, books and current affairs. I'm having a ton of fun looking at them all and have to resist the urge to subscribe to more. Information overload is quite a risk with such a variety to choose from. I like the fact that I can stay current with areas that interest me. I'm always checking the ABC website for news, so the RSS feed will suit me. It's especially useful during the Olympics!
Picture
I've no idea what I did wrong adding the picture to my blog. If you want to see what the picture looks like, click on the cross in the top left hand corner!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Water cube
Searching Flickr was a lot of fun. What photo to choose to put here! I found lots on my home town - some of which I can't be sure were of my home town (they certainly didn't look familiar to me!) When all else fails - go for the Olympics shot. I found lots of smoggy Beijing and some great shots of the birds nest. But this one of the water cube took my eye.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanoflux/2751792862/
Monday, August 4, 2008
Blogging for beginners 1
I find this whole process a tad stressful. I have only ever looked at other people's blogs and have had no desire to create my own, and indeed wonder why people want to!!! However, I know I can't hide from Web 2.0 so should at least understand how it all works.
I'm a passionate believer in lifelong learning and am always looking for new opportunities that increase my knowledge and challenge me. And thinking of what to write in my blog certainly is challenging!
I've just come back from the PLC conference at Tamworth and heard Chrystie Hill speak on building online communities. Fascinating stuff - makes me realise how much is happening on the web that the library world has no part of! It certainly is different thinking of all these new ways for libraries to engage with people, and not just those who walk in the front door. I suppose the challenge is to still provide great service to those who do walk through the door, while cultivating a new clientele out there in webworld.
I'm a passionate believer in lifelong learning and am always looking for new opportunities that increase my knowledge and challenge me. And thinking of what to write in my blog certainly is challenging!
I've just come back from the PLC conference at Tamworth and heard Chrystie Hill speak on building online communities. Fascinating stuff - makes me realise how much is happening on the web that the library world has no part of! It certainly is different thinking of all these new ways for libraries to engage with people, and not just those who walk in the front door. I suppose the challenge is to still provide great service to those who do walk through the door, while cultivating a new clientele out there in webworld.
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