I started this blog as part of Calgary Public Library's initiative to get staff more aware of some of the web 2.0 technologies out there. It's based on the "23 Things" program that the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has, which in turn was based on a list of goals that a user created on the 43 Things web page. The "23 Things" program was very successful, and I hope that our program gets staff interested and excited by the things that they learn.
Are you interested in the 23 Things program?
http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/
What about the original 43 Things list?
http://www.43things.com/person/hblowers
43 Things is actually a really neat website, "the world's largest goal setting community." I loved reading through some of the more common goals that users on the site have posted about: eat healthier, learn Spanish, learn French, learn Japanese, get a tattoo, etc. Some of the goals listed on the site I've already done: watch LOST Season 3 (LOVE this show,) shave my head, and learn to swim. And others, are just a bit weird: get off house arrest.
The 43 Things home page:
http://www.43things.com/
Monday, March 29, 2010
CPL 2.0: Delicious?
I think not! While I've learned how to navigate CPL's Delicious site to find websites for customers, I'm not generally enthusiastic about the site.
On to this week's question:
• How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?
I was already fairly comfortable with using CPL's Delicious-based Best Websites, and nothing changed after this practice. When I go to our Delicious site, I always click on our Tags link, to see the listing box of all of our tags. I then pick the grouping that I want (government, law, genealogy, etc,) and REVERSE sort the date, so that the earliest postings appear first. I find that the ones Best Websites I use most were the ones that our Best Websites/Delicious staff used most too, and added first to the Delicious site.
Another note: While I can see myself blogging more in the long-term, by using blogger or blogspot, etc., I find it hard to believe that I'd ever use Delicious for personal use. Googling a website (especially if we have a Google search box in our browsers) is far easier and faster way to find a website than it is for me to go to Delicious and find the link.
On to this week's question:
• How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?
I was already fairly comfortable with using CPL's Delicious-based Best Websites, and nothing changed after this practice. When I go to our Delicious site, I always click on our Tags link, to see the listing box of all of our tags. I then pick the grouping that I want (government, law, genealogy, etc,) and REVERSE sort the date, so that the earliest postings appear first. I find that the ones Best Websites I use most were the ones that our Best Websites/Delicious staff used most too, and added first to the Delicious site.
Another note: While I can see myself blogging more in the long-term, by using blogger or blogspot, etc., I find it hard to believe that I'd ever use Delicious for personal use. Googling a website (especially if we have a Google search box in our browsers) is far easier and faster way to find a website than it is for me to go to Delicious and find the link.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Fish Creek Twitter
http://twitter.com/fishcreeklib
I post Twitter updates on behalf of the Fish Creek branch of the Calgary Public Library. If you are interested in updates on free library programs, fun events and new features* in the library be sure to follow me!
*Like the giant Chess set and Snakes & Ladders games we have set up!
I post Twitter updates on behalf of the Fish Creek branch of the Calgary Public Library. If you are interested in updates on free library programs, fun events and new features* in the library be sure to follow me!
*Like the giant Chess set and Snakes & Ladders games we have set up!
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
In February, I was able to attend a leadership mini-conference at the central library and take in a presentation by Geri Lynn Sponaas of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/ . Geri Lynn is the supervisor of the Imagin On branch of that library system, which is a innovative branch that hosts library material and programming for youth in a building that they share with a local children's theatre company. Geri Lynn's presentation was inspiring and very interesting, and although she touched on how the downturn in the American economy had been effecting their library system I was sure that it would continue to be successful. So, I was very shocked to hear last week that due to budget cuts, they might be forced to close twelve libraries and lay-off dozens of staff. I don't think that the result will be quite as drastic as that and the library has already begun a grassroots campaign to raise the money (they've already received more than seventy thousand dollars!)
Good luck to CML! You'll be in my thoughts!
A library journal article on the budget cuts:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6723200.html?industryid=47101
Good luck to CML! You'll be in my thoughts!
A library journal article on the budget cuts:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6723200.html?industryid=47101
CPL 2.0 (web)log 1
Which aspect of Web 2.0 am I the most intrigued (or scared) by?
I am most intrigued by two of the topics that we'll be exploring. The first is RSS. Despite having a number of blogs that I visit on a regular basis, I have so far shied away from RSS feeds, so it will be good for me to have a good reason to dive right in. The second is Online Productivity Tools. I'm not too sure what we'll be learning about but I think I'll find it useful. I have a tiny bit of experience using Google Wave and Google Buzz, but no one in my online circle has been either of them extensively and they've dropped off my radar.
I am excited about the next eleven weeks!
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