Friday, August 8, 2008
Week #16 Online Applications and Tools
I am familiar with Google Docs but this was my first experience with Zoho applications. I can see the advantages of these tools for our patrons but, as I understand it, there are security/privacy issues.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Week #15 Search Engines
In your blog post write about whether you prefer any of the metasearch engines over another. I was pleasantly surprised by Rollyo. It retrieved the most relevant results and very clearly identified sponsor links. Did anything surprise you about the results you received for your searches? I must confess, I've been using Google almost exclusively out of habit. I had used Dogpile before for some reason haven't used it lately. In any case, while doing a search on an author it was very refreshing to see the author's blog in the top ten of the results list in each search engine.
Week #14 Podcasting
Which library podcasts did you listen to? I listened to a couple of book review podcasts.
Do you see podcasting as a useful tool for Sno-Isle Libraries? Yes, I like the idea of having librarians create book reviews. I also like our use of podcasts for reading stories.
Any ideas about which topics our patrons might be interested in hearing? The above?
Do you have any experience with listening to, or creating podcasts? I like to listen to podcasts of NPR shows that I have missed. I have not created any podcasts.
Do you see podcasting as a useful tool for Sno-Isle Libraries? Yes, I like the idea of having librarians create book reviews. I also like our use of podcasts for reading stories.
Any ideas about which topics our patrons might be interested in hearing? The above?
Do you have any experience with listening to, or creating podcasts? I like to listen to podcasts of NPR shows that I have missed. I have not created any podcasts.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Week #12
Did you notice anything you liked, didn’t like? Everything went very smoothly.
How was the selection of titles on the topics you browsed? So so.
Were your favorite authors available in the collection? I failed to browse by author.
Did anything surprise you about this service? No surprises but the "add to cart" and "checkout" aspects threw me a bit as they do patrons.
How was the selection of titles on the topics you browsed? So so.
Were your favorite authors available in the collection? I failed to browse by author.
Did anything surprise you about this service? No surprises but the "add to cart" and "checkout" aspects threw me a bit as they do patrons.
Week #11
Here is the link to my bookmarks http://delicious.com/katjo
How can libraries take advantage of social bookmarking sites? After giving it some thought, I can see the almost innumerable means by which libraries can use this resource...homeowork help...assignment alerts... early learning...Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Hummmm...not quite able to picture it at the moment....Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere? I do love this aspect!!!!
How can libraries take advantage of social bookmarking sites? After giving it some thought, I can see the almost innumerable means by which libraries can use this resource...homeowork help...assignment alerts... early learning...Can you see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Hummmm...not quite able to picture it at the moment....Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere? I do love this aspect!!!!
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