Tuesday, November 24, 2009

#18 Is this really the end of the program.
I have made some discoveries in my journey of Learning 2.0. I have been enlightened with some of the Web 2.0 applications - wikis, blogs, RSS feeds,Newsreaders, tagging, FlickR, podcasts, Youtube - so now I have a better understanding of what these are and do. I may not use them all, but at least I know about them. On our internet PCs, I see people looking at video clips and YouTube. I haven't really been bothered looking at this in the past but now that I can hear video clips of Michael Buble - Iwill be checking this out.

Overall I think the learning program has given me a general understanding of what is happening in Libraries in Web 2.0 and where Librarians 2.0, the next generation of young librarians, will be heading in the next 5 years. There has been a lot of change in my work in the last 5 years now relying more on technology than ever. I am using search engines, electronic email, online catalogues and databases, online reference chat and I am sure that there will be more change in the years to come
#17 On Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

Read a couple of the articles about the Librarian 2.0 who are entering into a new world of librarianship. I think that SLV is following these trends with librarians embracing new technologies. The first step was learning about Web 2.0 applications that sit on the platform on the internet. It is all about open communcation, democratisation and sharing within the network space. Libraries and librarians are embracing new technologies in developing and delivering library services to end users. Where will SLV technologies be in the next 5 years?
#16 Podcasts, Smodcasts

From the podcast directory, Podcast Alley, did a search on Food which brought up lots of podcasts. Searching the directory, gives a breakdown on most viewed, top ten, recently added, which is helpful if you are looking for the main ones of interest to everyone else.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

#15 Discover YouTube
I have never really taken the time to look at YouTube. But now that I have checked it out, I think I will upload some video clips, esp. Michael Buble's music. Just love that song, Home.
#14 Discovering more 2.0 Web tools
I had a look at the list of Web 2.0 award winners. Boy, they were good. I was particularly interested in the ones on food and travel (Farecast). I liked the winner for food - Imcooked. I hadn't realised before that you can now see the videos of how they go about creating their dishes, there is evan a video recipe sharing blog, and you can print off the recipes!! The second food one I liked was the blog, Urbanspoon. This is a worldwide blog, lots of information and reviews. I can even look in my own suburb to find all of my local restaurants with food reviews and maps on how to get there. I will be checking this blog out in future.
#13 Blog about Technology
I have been investigating automated rostering software packages in the market place suitable for library rosters. It has been interesting to find out that not many large libraries in Australia use roster software products, preferring instead to use manual systems, like Excel spreadsheets, which they can customise to suit their own rostering requirements. The most common reason for using automated rostering software is that they create too many problems in having to "tweak" the roster and are too expensive. If they save time, which is a major benefit of anything automated, then I think it is worth having a go. I have found one rostering product called Aesop (Frontline Placement Technologies US) which has a fantastic user interface and uses the latest technologies, e.g SMS, mobile in creating and managing rosters. As the saying goes, You never never know, if you don't give it a go! Check it out!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

#12 Web-based applications
Created a simple document on disability service providers in Zoho Writer.