Oops!!!

Well now to eat crow and let you know that I hadn't bookmarked my blogs in this blogger, but somewhere else. This will teach me not to cram all in the last night. Clare believes that I've bookmarked all my homework in my computer at home. Will have to go and check it out. Feeling not so brainy now. darn

Library thing

I had already been sidetracked by this site when doing the RSS. So I have joined up and added 7 books.

This would be a great readers resource for book lists and reading groups. Its a good way of keeping track of what readers groups have already read and what they thought of the book as a group and other readers groups can also take that information into their own discussions.

Well I guess that is it. Boy what a learning curve. Thanks for the great experience.

Signing off
Karen

Managed It

Okay now I'm getting cocky. Look at the bookmarks on my blogger. I
managed to bookmark all my homework for this course. Feeling pretty brainy
tonight.

Karen

Karen's Delicios Delights

I must confess not really liking this one as much as RSS. I can see the advantages of having a delicous account but it would take a really long time to get it set up and just don't have it at the moment. It took me ages to sign up for some stupid reason kept getting codes and passwords wrong. Got a little frustrated about it.

Libraries can use it to share reference resources. Every year we get together with the Teacher Librarians and get the children's assignments for the coming year. This account could be shared among the teacher librarians and the public library librarians on relevent websites concerning the assignments. With both parties contributing it could become a really good reference resource.

Trying to get the link up. Wish me luck it's already 10.45pm and this exercise ends at midnight.

Karen

RSS Feeds

Wow what an eye opener. I just created a RSS Feed. I really like the common craft film that explains the RSS feeds. It was easier to understand it once I watched the film. So I subscribed to photo of the day and opal training of course and a couple of other library blogs. I also went nuts in the top 50 subscribes and picked a lot for my RSS.

For library purposes I would love to use it for promotions in a library. For eg. Latest information on Children's Book Week, Summer Reading Club, Library and Information Week. Especially when waiting for themes it would be great to get them all from one place instead of always searching different websites. As soon as a theme was decided from the chiefs above the information would reach me straight away and allow me more time to plan displays and such.......

I think I will create another one for work only for the above reason. Thanks for the insight on this one. It will make my job as promotions officer much easier.

Karen

First friends

How embarrassing when showing Sandra a work colleague my facebook entry and she stated loudly in the library that I didn't have any friends. I only just signed up and it's not like I don't have real friends. But in Facebookland I am truly friendless and have organised Majella to accept me so I can have a friend. I still maintain that this networking service is not that user friendly.

Coincidentally, Pam my boss has asked me to help her with organising the Mash-It-Up film night by using Myspace and Youtube. So I'm getting a big look at these also.

I have had a look at the Brisbane Institute Film Festival advertising the event on Myspace. It was great to see all the films of their discussions of 70's Australians Films. Not our best century in Film. It was well set out and after watching a few films made me want to come and join in with the fun.

Well off to check my friends status

Karen