Karen is setting the pace for the TEAM trainers so I 'm just catching up tp her.
:)
I am not a social person but I love social networking!
- I have a facebook page and created the corresponding fanpage for the Library.
- I have a LinkedIn account.
- I have a LibraryThing account (catalog your personal books and talk about them with others) and created the corresponding Library LibraryThing page.
- I have a Flickr account (upload your pictures and share with the community) and created the corresponding Library Flickr page.
- I created the Roselle Public Library Network on Ning - an exclusive social network for patrons and staff of the Library.
For this Thing, I created an account on Eons. I had never heard of Eons and was intrigued that it was geared toward 50+. I wasn't crazy about Eons, but I probably didn't give it a fair chance - and maybe I should try mySpace next????
What features do you like or dislike about the site(s) you visited?
I really enjoy seeing what all of my "friends" are doing. Two of my kids are on Facebook and I can kind of keep up with what their doing through their postings and photos (they both know I'm on there, so it's not really like spying!).
What do you think makes them so popular?
They are so easy to use and everyone is on. It is instant communication without having to try.
Did you identifiy ways that you might be able to implement features or components of this tool in your library/work.
There is a segment of our patrons that is always online. This is where they "live." To be relavent to them, we need to live there too. We can promote the Library and Library events through our personal profiles and all of our friends are automatically in the loop! "And then they tell 2 friends; and then they tell 2 friends..." It becomes viral marketing.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Thing #2: RSS
Bloglines is another application, like blogs, that I have been using for awhile. I am subscribed to all of the blogs I mentioned in my Thing #1 post and more.
I also have a MyYahoo page. I find it helpful to keep personal things on my Yahoo page (like TV listings, weather, news, movie times, etc.) and library-related blogs on my Bloglines account.
The library blogs are an invaluable way to keep up with the rapid changes in the library field and in technology. It is very helpful to have them all in one place, in a nice organizaed list.
Another area of blogging that has been growing rapidly in the last couple of years is blogging conferences. All of the major library conferences - ALA, PLA, Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries - they all encourage, and often are instrumental in organizing, attendees to blog about the sessions they attend. Those of us who are not there can often attend virtually through the blogs.
I would not be surprised if this phenomenon morphs into more online virtual conferences. Thing os the savings in time and money, to be able to attend ALA from your office!
If you are interested in which blogs I read regularly, you can see my subscriptions here.
I also have a MyYahoo page. I find it helpful to keep personal things on my Yahoo page (like TV listings, weather, news, movie times, etc.) and library-related blogs on my Bloglines account.
The library blogs are an invaluable way to keep up with the rapid changes in the library field and in technology. It is very helpful to have them all in one place, in a nice organizaed list.
Another area of blogging that has been growing rapidly in the last couple of years is blogging conferences. All of the major library conferences - ALA, PLA, Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries - they all encourage, and often are instrumental in organizing, attendees to blog about the sessions they attend. Those of us who are not there can often attend virtually through the blogs.
I would not be surprised if this phenomenon morphs into more online virtual conferences. Thing os the savings in time and money, to be able to attend ALA from your office!
If you are interested in which blogs I read regularly, you can see my subscriptions here.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Thing #1: Blogs
I have created and contributed to several blogs, so Thing #1 is not new to me, but many of the Things coming up in Playtime 2.0 are as new to me as they are to everyone else. So I'll be playing this game, too.
I read a bunch of library-related blogs. This idea (Playtime 2.0) actually came from reading blogs, I think it was Michael Stephens who originally wrote about Helene Blower's 23 Things.
I also read an eclectic variety of non-library related blogs:
Boing-Boing - "A Directory of Wonderful Things" (actually very strange things!)
Olive Tree Genealogy blog
The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers - 7 local writers including Sara Paretsky
Alaska 2008 - a blog some friends of mine set up for their vacation in Alaska
Santa Claus blog - Periodic Updates From North Pole, Inc. Chairman & CEO Santa Claus (this is a strange one, too. The writer has posted year-round since 2006)
And a few more that are equally strange.
Perhaps you'll find some interesting ones, too.
In Thing #2 we'll learn how to easily keep track of the blogs we want to read.
I read a bunch of library-related blogs. This idea (Playtime 2.0) actually came from reading blogs, I think it was Michael Stephens who originally wrote about Helene Blower's 23 Things.
I also read an eclectic variety of non-library related blogs:
Boing-Boing - "A Directory of Wonderful Things" (actually very strange things!)
Olive Tree Genealogy blog
The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers - 7 local writers including Sara Paretsky
Alaska 2008 - a blog some friends of mine set up for their vacation in Alaska
Santa Claus blog - Periodic Updates From North Pole, Inc. Chairman & CEO Santa Claus (this is a strange one, too. The writer has posted year-round since 2006)
And a few more that are equally strange.
Perhaps you'll find some interesting ones, too.
In Thing #2 we'll learn how to easily keep track of the blogs we want to read.
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