I agree with RRRiverina Ruby
I don't believe that the common courtesies of face to face communication will ever be replaced by online social networking. However, I can see the applications for the workplace.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Week 11 - On line applications and tools
I created a document and shared it with three collaborators.
I also collaborated on two other documents, editing slide shows and I downloaded an image.
I could use Google Docs widely in my workplace with my colleagues in the branch libraries and look forward to exploring more free tools online.
I also collaborated on two other documents, editing slide shows and I downloaded an image.
I could use Google Docs widely in my workplace with my colleagues in the branch libraries and look forward to exploring more free tools online.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Week 10 - Mashups

The sites I looked at in this module were amazing.
Mashups would be useful for making promotional material eg. book marks.
Week 8 - Answer board and social searching
Answer Boards are a great idea, particulary for students who can't find answers to difficult questions.
I enjoyed looking at the Taste website. My husband does all the cooking in our family - so he knows about this site now!
I enjoyed looking at the Taste website. My husband does all the cooking in our family - so he knows about this site now!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Week 9 - Podcasts and Audio
I was unable to download the podcasts for this module.
I think the library would find it useful for staff training/inservice and conducting library tours. Meetings could also be recorded for staff in other branches to access.
I think the library would find it useful for staff training/inservice and conducting library tours. Meetings could also be recorded for staff in other branches to access.
Week 7 - Tagging, folksonomies, del.icio.us and LibraryThing
Unable to attempt LibraryThing, it was blocked by the council website.
Del.iou.us is a social bookmarking service, which means you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people and see what other people are bookmarking.
Libraries save bookmarks to a central location and classify them all with tags. I viewed Sutherland Shire Library tag cloud and Clevland Public library tags. Also searched the Riverina Regional Library site.
I did get a different number of hits inTechnorati when I searched for "bookmobile" in the standard and advanced searchs.
Del.iou.us is a social bookmarking service, which means you can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people and see what other people are bookmarking.
Libraries save bookmarks to a central location and classify them all with tags. I viewed Sutherland Shire Library tag cloud and Clevland Public library tags. Also searched the Riverina Regional Library site.
I did get a different number of hits inTechnorati when I searched for "bookmobile" in the standard and advanced searchs.
Week 6 - Videos online
It was really interesting to explore all the sites in this activity - it opened a whole new world for me!!!
Video could be used throughout our library for showing exhibitions, recording oral histories, book reviews and guides to using library services.
Video could be used throughout our library for showing exhibitions, recording oral histories, book reviews and guides to using library services.
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