Thing #9

Thing #9 was to explore web collaboration tools. I signed up and helped to edit the Google Docs option. I can definitely see where it would be a useful tool for collaboration with someone who isn't in the same building. It allows each person to make suggested changes at their leisure.

I don't see myself using them in my job, or even in my personal life, but I can see the potential for their use in business and in the library world.

Thing #8

My creation
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Thing #8 was to use various internet tools to manipulate pictures you have into slide shows or various fun things that you can do with pictures. Of course, I took this opportunity to play with some pictures of my daughter in her new medieval outfit.

Thing #7

Thing #7 is about different types of internet communication and how they can be useful in a library setting. I've used many different programs for internet communication and my two favorites are email and instant messaging (IM). I use both of these tools daily, both at work and at home.

I find that for asking a quick question, IM is very handy. Email is better for communicating lengthy ideas or documents. Most of my family uses the internet, which is handy since they live 2000 miles away and it's much less expensive to have a daily IM conversation than it is to have a daily phone call. I think that is the part of internet communication that is most valuable to libraries, the ability to communicate quickly and inexpensively.

Thing #6 - Part 2

My creation
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Thing #6

My creation
Originally uploaded by mrowpurr

Thing #6 was to play around with various online image generators and to use some pictures that we have uploaded to our flickr accounts and play with them. I've done two, both pictures of my daughter. We take a lot of pictures of her, so I had a lot to play with.

These could be useful for libraries to use as a way to introduce themselves to the patrons and also for other promotions.

Thing #5

Thing #5 is about playing with Flickr and learning how to use different tools that people have created to enhance your blog or website using Flickr. I chose to do the Spell with Flickr option and made a cute ransom note version of my name.

Thing #4

BlueSophia
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This is a picture of my daughter. She's wearing one of her Christmas dresses that her grandmother is making her for her present. I think she's got blue eyes of doom in this photo, which was taken at the little kids play area at Apache Mall in Rochester.

Thing #3

Thing #3 was to set up an RSS account and add various feeds to it. This particular thing was very easy for me to complete, because I have had a Google Reader account for a year now. I love having all the blogs that I enjoy reading collected in one place. I have 121 different RSS feeds in my account right now, and any time I come up with a new blog that looks interesting, I toss it into my account.

One of the things I enjoy about Google Reader is the ability to organize my feeds into categories. I have separate folders for library blogs, food blogs and hobby blogs. I would never be able to visit 121 different sites in a day, but since they are all collected and only the updates are posted, I only have to visit one site.

Thing #2

Library 2.0 seems to be all about the interconnectedness of the internet and how it can be interactive and all about communicating between people from all over the world. This relates to libraries in how we serve our patrons, and in job how we communicate with our member libraries.

Blogs are becoming one of the new ways that companies are communicating with their customers, I have over 20 blogs that I read daily as a way to get news and recipes and just to find out what is going on with my friends. As a communication tool, blogs are very user friendly and not intimidating at all. With this 23 things program, I'm looking forward to exploring different web tools that I'm not familiar with, or looking further into the tools that I am familiar with and learning how to use them more effectively.