library2.0

In the time that I have been involved in libraries I have seen the changes. I first started working in libraries in 1983, quailified as a library technician in 1991, took some time off with family commitments from 1997-2003 then in 2004 started volunteering in a school library when the youngest started school. In 2005 I studied computers at TAFE to add to my Lib tech skills as I could see computers had become a vital part of libraries and now I am at cclc as a Hamster!

technorati

mm interesting stuff yet again but oh for the time to truly discover! This site is like magazine of popular interesting stuff but for all different ages and interests. There is a blog for all interests! You can go from one blog to another which just adds to my idea that computers are indeed the world greatest timewasters....

del.icio.us

mm interesting as always wish I could have more time to just play with this more but found a site via del.icio.us (with Laura's help) that had a marvellous array of storytime assistance. I had a good wander around there and found songs, book suggestions, craft ideas, "fingerplays" and so on. I already copied off soem stuff for the new kit that I am making! This particular site had been tagged by a good number of people so I had therefore thoguht that it must be good and it was!

Rollyo

Well I made a rollyo for Aussie native plants. I was then able to look up a specific native plant name using the sites I had nominated as good sites and got some information on that plant. Pretty handy really. I actually made a search called "aust native plants" and then realised i was supposed to actually register first so there is a second one titled "aussie native plants".

Flickr and "mashups"

I found a place where you can make postcards and send to a friend - something individual. You add a picture either from the site or your own and add some text and add your email and your fiends and bobs your uncle! Of course you can also keep your own photos on the site for friends to access without having to email them!

Well this was fun. I wish I had more time to muck around with this. I can see this could be fun for birthdays and even for making up signs in the library and so on ...

"Feeds"

Wow this topic is a bit different. I found though that the feeds were mainly American so was quite disappointed in that but was pleased to note that topix seemed more Australian in its content.

On a different note my German student has now left our household so I hope to find that life settles down somewhat and hopefully I can catch up with my work on here. I also managed to fix my email problem which was stopping me getting my library 2.0 emails so hopefully its all systems go now!

Keeping in contact

I moved interstate away from my best friend ten years ago and have used email and digital images in order to keep contact with her. After exploring flickr I can see this could be a great way of us sharing pics without sending them via email or downloading them to our respective computers. Workwise it could be a great way of sharing images between libraries eg displays, new developments etc

My first Blog

Heavens it seems I am making my way on this journey... new job, new studies AND kids on school holidays!!! Wow talk about doing it all - just remembered got a student arriving this weekend from Germany too and all that that entails!!! No wonder I am feeling tired this afternoon. Three days off until Monday though... Ingridm64