On the downhill run now...

LibraryThing

LibraryThing is amazing although I am only new to it and have lots more to discover. I've created my own account and added some books to my library. I'd like to add all my own books to this but that would take a while i.e. sorting out my bookshelves at home! I could buy a CueCat barcode scanner to enter my books quickly...oh my goodness it would be just like being at work.

Jill's farewell

Library staff and a coupla freeloaders (not pictured here) bid farewell to Jill after 13 years on the team. We'll miss Jill at the library but just have to catch up with coffees and dinners. I wonder whether Jill and James made it to the concert in time...

Back to Flickr

Thanks to Hillbilling Blogging I can now see my photos on Flickr and Technorati. I obviously missed that earlier comment that you have to load 5 photos onto Flickr before they display. Just goes to show how beneficial it is to discuss this training with a colleague. So hang in there you other staff who mainly work by yourselves.

Technorati

Looked up "bookmobile" as suggested. Got the same results from the keyword search and advanced search so then tried the tag search in the advanced search and received different results. Likewise happened for "nswpln2008". None of my photos there though but then my photos aren't public on flickr even though I've elected for them to be.

Del.icio.us

I've set up my del.icio.us account and put a link to my blog. I'm thinking how many bookmarks do I need personally? I hope when I 've completed this training or even as I'm going through it that I'll be able to link more relevant sites. I can see how useful del.icio.us would be for reference purposes and have a particular customer in mind who might find this valuable (ie if she doesn't already know about it)

More Videos online

Here's another video that I embedded, this time from Google video...Tim Bowden talk from Mosman Library which I enjoyed. Since watching the better quality/more professional videos under the Explore section of this week... oral histories, library building projects, staff orientations, guides to using library services, book reviews and exhibitions I am a convert. Great future in libraries for staff orientations and book talks eg The Dr Dyl Show.

Videos online

I had no idea that there were so many free videos out there to view. They are an optometrist's dream! The quality of some is questionable and some take forever to download if at all. What is the difference between You Tube and Google video? We love our NJ libraries and QandANJ were good quality. I did take a look at a couple from the SLNSW and Tamworth Library.Take a look at the one I embedded from YouTube...

More Wikis

Also looked at Wisconsin Heritage Wiki and Book Lovers Wiki and I can see that Wiki can be excellent for certain projects, sharing information and organising functions as long as access is managed. I think a well managed procedure manual on wiki is a good use of wiki (just look at BMCL). Not too sure yet whether it's best to have Book Reviews in libraries on a blog or wiki ... I've enjoyed looking at this Wiki session and found the Possible Next Generation Catalogs appealing eg Walmart and SL of Tasmania. Customers will love them but will the cataloguers. Just contributed to the NSW learning 2.0 wiki in the Branch Librarian section.

Wikis

I'm onto Wikis now...I would have found the Blogging libraries wiki link useful in Week 4 too. Sutherland, Mosman, Leichhardt(Local History) and Yarra Plenty are a few of the Australian libraries found there. I liked the layout of the Mosman blog. Couldn't not look at the Antioch Uni procedure manual on wiki now that I'm a NH fan. I took notice of their Attitude entry but our new procedure manual is more impressive. Moving to the SJCPL Subject Guides wiki I got carried away with the Local Family and History entry - found Ancestry online there just like we have at BMCL. Also looked at News and Currents Events. Did you know(or need to know)that Shane Gould, Dawn Fraser, Mitzi Gaynor and Mary Renault were all born on 4 September! Recreation and Fitness allowed me to view the new gardening books on their shelves and I could pick up some gardening tips too. If I was going to write my life story then I'd look under Books and keep my journal on a blog. Internet is so so slow this afternoon, it's almost not happening. Onto Wookieepedia now which would be a must for all Star Wars lovers. Interested to see that under Good Articles (these adhere to quality standards) there are only 270 good articles out of 59,169 articles. What does that tell me!

RSS news feed

Adding a news feed to my blog has tormented me for a few days. I know it was an optional extra but I just couldn't give in. Merryjack gave me (in between customers) a coupla clues and then after a bit more torture and the customers had left for home I successfully added ABC NEWS: Just In.