I have created a link on the Favorite Blogs page. It took awhile as I could not find the world/chain icon. I am thinking that others were on at the same time and it prevented me from seeing that link, as all the sudden the tool bar changed and added that link....
I pestered several co-workers trying to find that world/chain link and then...blink... it appears as I'm sitting and looking at the computer.
Now I know how Murphy feels when he pesters me and I have no idea what he wants...
Monday, July 16, 2007
23 Things Week 7 #16
Interesting Wiki Things I found:
~ SJCPL - Under antiques I visited the Studebaker Museum
~ PB Wiki- Make a free wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwhich
~ Book Lover's Wiki - Great for Book Reviews by staff and/or patrons
~ Lib Success Best Practices Wiki - Puts their info material manual on a wiki
~ Bull Run Wiki - Run by a library patron - found Blurb, where anyone can publish a book
What is a Wiki? A Wiki is basically a website anyone can edit - the most famous being Wikipedia. A Wiki is always changing and is a work in progress.
I already use a Wiki as a Pipeline correspondent and every other month imput my branch's news on our system's staff info and photos, similiar to a newspaper.
Running to play Wiki, I mean frisbee with Murf!
~ SJCPL - Under antiques I visited the Studebaker Museum
~ PB Wiki- Make a free wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwhich
~ Book Lover's Wiki - Great for Book Reviews by staff and/or patrons
~ Lib Success Best Practices Wiki - Puts their info material manual on a wiki
~ Bull Run Wiki - Run by a library patron - found Blurb, where anyone can publish a book
What is a Wiki? A Wiki is basically a website anyone can edit - the most famous being Wikipedia. A Wiki is always changing and is a work in progress.
I already use a Wiki as a Pipeline correspondent and every other month imput my branch's news on our system's staff info and photos, similiar to a newspaper.
Running to play Wiki, I mean frisbee with Murf!
23 Things Week 6 #15
In the Away from the Iceberg's article by Rick Anderson of Universitity of Nevada, Reno Libraries, he wrote of 3 iceberg's libraries need to say away from:
1. The Just-In-Case Collection
2. Reliance on User Education
3. The "Come to Us" Model of Library Science
I can see where at NCC we have already begun to make some of the changes Mr. Anderson is addressing. Interfiling our reference materials and also allowing patrons to check out reference materials is an example of this. Having a "roving librarian" like we started last year is skiriting around another iceberg he mentions.
Like Murphy, Librarians must keep moving.
1. The Just-In-Case Collection
2. Reliance on User Education
3. The "Come to Us" Model of Library Science
I can see where at NCC we have already begun to make some of the changes Mr. Anderson is addressing. Interfiling our reference materials and also allowing patrons to check out reference materials is an example of this. Having a "roving librarian" like we started last year is skiriting around another iceberg he mentions.
Like Murphy, Librarians must keep moving.
23 Things Week 6 #14
Technorati has an amazing amount of information and it is overwhelming, but I did find it easier to use than Del.icio.us.The top favorited blog was Boing, Boing (2,323), the top search was You Tube and the top blog was Engadget (30,364). It was interesting how these lists varied.
Murf, I should video you and put you on You Tube - your meeting with a much larger dog on Fri night would have been very funny.
Murf, I should video you and put you on You Tube - your meeting with a much larger dog on Fri night would have been very funny.
23 Things Week 6 #13
ERROR: www.library2.0.ottergroup.com is temporarily unavailable or does not exist. Please check the address and try again.
I have tried several times over the last few hours to view the 12 minute Del.icio.us tutorial and keep getting the red message above. I'm going to move on.
I looked at the PLCMCL2 account and appreciated the presentation of the Charlotte Mecklenburg County entitled "My Space for Parents", which was a library program about the dangers and proper use of My Space. You may want to check it out: http://youthtech.wordpress.com/20006/10/15/myspace-for-parents-pt-21
I looked on bookmarks and also saw the comments others had added about the bookmarks. It was interesting to read the comments. I see there is potential for this research tool, but for myself I think that bookmarks you can access from anywhere are easier.
For short time I had a Del.icio.us account to explore and experience, but then I deleted it for now.
Yes, Murf you are not the only one who makes "errors"...
I have tried several times over the last few hours to view the 12 minute Del.icio.us tutorial and keep getting the red message above. I'm going to move on.
I looked at the PLCMCL2 account and appreciated the presentation of the Charlotte Mecklenburg County entitled "My Space for Parents", which was a library program about the dangers and proper use of My Space. You may want to check it out: http://youthtech.wordpress.com/20006/10/15/myspace-for-parents-pt-21
I looked on bookmarks and also saw the comments others had added about the bookmarks. It was interesting to read the comments. I see there is potential for this research tool, but for myself I think that bookmarks you can access from anywhere are easier.
For short time I had a Del.icio.us account to explore and experience, but then I deleted it for now.
Yes, Murf you are not the only one who makes "errors"...
23 Things Week 5 #12
I enjoy news, so Rollo gives me a way to get to a number of News Sources. Here is my search roll: http://rollyo.com/mwenzel/. For librarians, having a list of their favorite websites could be very helpful. No Murf, Rollyo is not is not a new kind of Frisbee!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
23 Things Week 5 #11
I cataloged some of my favorite books in Library Things. A year and a half ago I meet author Karen Kingsbury and had breakfast with her while visiting in Alabama. I cataloged one of her recent books and that book was mentioned this week in Publisher's Weekly below:
Kingsbury Takes Top Honors in Christian Publishing
By Lynn Garrett -- Publishers Weekly, 7/11/2007 7:34:00 AM
Bestselling novelist Karen Kingsbury took top honors from two key associations at the International Christian Retail Show this week in Atlanta. The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) presented its 2007 Christian Book of the Year award to Kingsbury’s Ever After (Zondervan)—the first woman and the first novel ever to receive this honor. Kingsbury, who accepted the award in person on Monday night, has more than six million books in print, selling two million in the last year alone. Kingsbury was also named Author of the Year by the Association of Logos Bookstores at its awards banquet on Sunday.
Karen would love Murf!
Kingsbury Takes Top Honors in Christian Publishing
By Lynn Garrett -- Publishers Weekly, 7/11/2007 7:34:00 AM
Bestselling novelist Karen Kingsbury took top honors from two key associations at the International Christian Retail Show this week in Atlanta. The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) presented its 2007 Christian Book of the Year award to Kingsbury’s Ever After (Zondervan)—the first woman and the first novel ever to receive this honor. Kingsbury, who accepted the award in person on Monday night, has more than six million books in print, selling two million in the last year alone. Kingsbury was also named Author of the Year by the Association of Logos Bookstores at its awards banquet on Sunday.
Karen would love Murf!
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