Week 8 Mashups

Just when I thought I would finish on time life interferes.

I've never been to Codex Map - no surprise there. I have actually been looking for a similar site to correspond to movies and locations but then they don't ISBN numbers. I've already put the site on my del.ici.ous page for future use - particularly on a faster machine! My home computer just was taking too long to paint the screens.

HEALTHweb mentioned in Chu's article was fascinating. I know just the staff who would like an introduction to the site. I read a report this weekend about high numbers of deaths among children in China due to foot and mouth disease. The China alerts were thus very interesting to read. Again I will try the page when I'm in the office because it is just too slow at home. This slow computer really kills the thrill of discovery! But I really must consider the about the types of information being blended. We have gotten so use to the immediate computer respond we are unwilling to be patient long enough to find out what a site can offer. What does this mean for our patrons?

HubMed sounds intriguing but will require a visit with a faster computer. For now just the article is a bit overwhelming as I try and keep in mind the different access points to full text and tagged searching. Will need to see it in action - perhaps on the University's campus as they have more sfx links and access to Scopus.

I tried out Frekfly and found I really have to dig for the information promised on its home page. So, as with a number of home pages, they aren't are intuitive as I might need them to be. The site was listed as one of the best mashups or as a past award winner.

Rollyo -
I think I understand what I got when I entered "privacy" with the "librarianblogs" searchroll. I was expecting blog entries or links. Although I'm not sure I didn't. I'm beginning to lose track between the forest and the trees at this point. What I did find was a thread regarding identity theft. The "big brother" issue will always be with us I suspect which is no doubt why I had to keep a log of all my passwords and account names with each new assignment! I'm not too sure of the advantages of using Rollyo but will have to start an account and do some more looking - another alias!

Finished - thanks for all the time spend creating and monitoring the "course". I've learned a lot!

Week 7 Podcasting and YouTube

This is way too fun! Sorry but after looking at library podcasts they just were not as interesting as those I heard on gardening or quilting. I finally decided on NPR's daily story and subscribed. I will have to think about what I might put up on a hospital library podcast that doesn't just go for the novelty of the technology or an amateur garage mike. Don't ask me why but I was a bit surprised about the quantity and constant sex "postings". Just seemed to be constantly tripping over it when looking for so many other things.

I haven't been into YouTube much until now. No wonder people have the impression that "everything" in on the web! I remembered a posting about "Dude, that's a lama" and so went searching. My favorite DePauw segment was with the librarian (hope this works)

Anyway, I sent the lama clip to my daughter's Facebook page. I did post a quilting lesson to my own Facebook page.
There is so much creative freedom and amateur productions I will really have to think through what I would like to put up! This lesson not only opens doors but opens windows too!

Week 6 Photos

Alright, you all thought this was going to be an easy week! Like so many of my quilt pattern that tell you it will be easy but then tell you to cut out two hundred 2 in squares. My husband is the one with the digital camera so it took a bit to get the basics and actually take some pictures. I learned a bit about Photobucket and have managed to put up the pictures you see here on my blog and quilt photos on my Facebook account as well. I will admit I had the overwhelming urge to finish hand stitching one more Celtic knot on the Irish chain quilt before posting to this blog.

How does this relate to my hospital library? Well, I do have photos on my intranet library page but none of these tools were used so it wasn't web 2.0 was it? I still want to do a digitization project with my archives but that will also take more time than I anticipated. Just having a basic understanding of what we had to do in this lesson does help. I will keep practicing. Putting the binding on the Road to the Mountains quilt will have to wait until after MLA or I'll never get my last two assignments done!

Irish chain

Road to the Mountains

Week 5 Web office tools

Okay, now I am officially overloaded! I'm too overwhelmed after looking at google docs, zoho and workspace to even give a constructive comparison. Who knew! I will have go look at the comments for the week to see if someone has already asked what may be an obvious question - What is the advantage of using one of the office document sharing services rather than a wiki or vice-a-versa? Having read the article by Chase I am now all ready to have my daughter post her papers that she would like me to edit on my new Google Docs account! When I think of the time I might save next semester!

I'm still not too sure I'll ever use Linkeden but this I can see using!

Week 4 Social bookmarking

Okay, this one I really love! I can really see using del.icio.us at the library. The tagging is so interesting from one person to the next as it really gives you ideas for directions you might want to take your pages. I may also have to take Funk's suggestion of using Flock. (The Flock page isn't looking as overwhelming as it might have a few weeks ago.) Back to bookmarking - right now my page is full of quilting sites and I'm surprised someone else has already linked to a few of the patterns. Quite addicting it all is. I can see I'll have to put all this together for the library but how to keep up?! Yes, I know the answer, my rss feeds and links!

Week 3: Social networking

Alright, so my daughter thought it was a creative April Fools joke when I created a bogus account on Facebook and asked to be her "friend". She blocked me I am glad to say. It was really fascinating to read her web page on Facebook. It would really take me a bit of time to get that up to speed. I am now even more interested in the segment that we will be doing now that I have groups that want a picture of me. Denver's teen page on MySpace is really appropriate to their clientele and I have been wondering really how successful having such a page would be for a hospital library. As a solo librarian, I fear the time commitment but I wonder if I could start small with our current web page. How far could I go with our IS department? Possibilities are starting to formulate. I can see that I would like to continue interacting with other class members after we are done with the course to see what changes they have made in their services or delivery.

Webcast about Web 2.0

I should have posted this on the MLA blogg but I was too focused on my homework. . .
This afternoon there was a webinar from the Chief Learning Officer magazine entitled " Future of Learning: Everything You Wanted to Know about Web 2.0". Perhaps it is because of our MLA class that I found it was just touching the surface of social network but the points made about new technology and the new learner were very interesting. I'm interested in the description that "learning is flat" with the web which refers to peer to peer rather than from the teacher down to student. It seems that social networking is the new group project learning I did way back when. So interesting to see different social institutions approach to the concept of Web 2.0. Everyone seem to be struggling to involve the individual and the web in the process.

Web 2.0 Tools

Thanks to this class I have now finally gone to the HLS wiki an throw away a reminder note on my desk. Thank you for today I found the list of Web 2.0: Tools for Clinical Practice. I actually needed this list three months ago but I am so glad to have it today! I don't feel ready or qualified to add anything to the wiki yet but I did set up an RSS feed to several discussions. (http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/masasite/class.htm)

Blog vs wiki:
I think if your purpose or intent is to get a lot of people involve the wiki is a great way to go. You do need people willing to use the format. I tried to get out book club to use the wiki to bring up discussion questions, etc. since the presenters were coming from different departments and building but it didn't go well in part I think that was due to the idea of more "computer work". Blogs are more solo and I have hit upon a way I would really use one in my environment yet. I am wondering if MLA is going to have more committee work done on "closed" wikis. As a new committee member, I am interested in how we will be conducting business.

Week Two Assignment

I think I'm starting to get the hang of some of this! But I'm slow. My wiki is up although I'll admit it two tries. I started with a library theme but I don't really need a lot of input so not quite what I need in a wiki. On to idea number two - something fun! I'm the author of Location Adaptations and I hope people will contribute set locations for sites around the country. Now on to the rest of the assignment.

Week One Assignments

I was able to finish the assignments for the first week. Very interesting! I was surprised at the amount of time I am going to have to devote to this course. Not that the time isn't well spent just that it takes so much.

I can see using RSS feeds for my own interests and I can understand how others would find them helpful. One does need to keep reminding yourself to go and check all the links I put on my bloglines account. It was harder to find a journal I was interested in following than I thought. I suppose the number with RSS feeds will increase in the future. I think patrons would like to use the PubMed search feed although I believe I am one of those who will not see their links due to proxy server interference. It was helpful to read several comments regarding that possible glitch. A question that I wondered about was the benefits of using the RSS feeds with a PubMed search vs. a MyNCBI saved search? I will have to find the other comments from my fellow students to see if the question has already been asked. For now, I will post this comment. I have a nurse in mind that would be interested in the search I just set up for her with the RSS feed. I will wait to see what I receive in the next few days before I sit down with her. Can't wait and hope I remember all this - lots of notes!

At this point, I think the funniest event was my blogging site sent me a message that my site "has been identified as a potential span blog"! Like I know enough to fulfill such potential!

On to lesson two. . .

Week One of MLA's Web 2.0

Yea, I got this far! I've already fallen behind due to too many hockey games needed to secure a spot in post-season play. Now on to RSS readers and feeds.