Rollyo - sounds like those yummy chocolates
Well - this seems a very good idea - so how to put it into practice.
I tried to open the sites given in the exercises to check it out - it seems that my son has used up all my broadband for the month - very very slow to load. The free photos example came back with the following message The link you came here on appears to be from a 'link spammer' trying to promote their site through Rollyo. OOPS
Not to be put off I launched straight into exploring the Rollyo site.
I created a roll New Book & Reviews. I entered 5 sites. I then went back and looked for the keywords girl dragon tattoo. A list of the reviews on the sites came up - Great. It brought up the reviews from all my sites. I then noticed that at the bottom of my list the whole web was also searched. Went into edit to see if I could remove that option. NOPE. However when I scrolled through to the end of my results only my sites were shown and then the option to open up to the web is available. Good - wasn't wanting all the web in my directed searches. Then went back and added shorelibraries and ChCh libraries to the list.
Yes I can see that this tool would be very useful for directed searching. I didn't create another username - so I guess my searchroll is just under the everyman code number. I did manage to put it into my blog though.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Library Thing Exercise 14
Well I created a list of 5 titles. Very easy to use. 2 of my titles were books published in the 1960's. All details were found. Very easy to edit and tag.
Can think this would be of value in many ways. If I wanted to catalogue my library, but why I ask. Of greater value I should think would be to share a resource. I have been in many groups - playcentres, church groups that have small libraries. Using Library Thing would capture all the titles available to members and also enable the organiser to track just what is in the library. A lot easier than writing them down in the little black book.
Would also be useful to track the titles read over time, put reviews or impressions. Not a good sorter though. Would have to rely on the tags to refind the entries. Would want to be able to sort by date placed or author/title. OOPS - just found the up and down arrows that do sort the entries. Can sort by a wide range of options.
Overall most impressed. See gadget at bottom of blog
Can think this would be of value in many ways. If I wanted to catalogue my library, but why I ask. Of greater value I should think would be to share a resource. I have been in many groups - playcentres, church groups that have small libraries. Using Library Thing would capture all the titles available to members and also enable the organiser to track just what is in the library. A lot easier than writing them down in the little black book.
Would also be useful to track the titles read over time, put reviews or impressions. Not a good sorter though. Would have to rely on the tags to refind the entries. Would want to be able to sort by date placed or author/title. OOPS - just found the up and down arrows that do sort the entries. Can sort by a wide range of options.
Overall most impressed. See gadget at bottom of blog
Image generators - exercise 13
ЦTTЗЯ ШДSTЭ ФF TIMЗ
Interesting but not for me folks
Can't see me using - too much of a time waster me thinks but good to know about
Wet paint - don't touch Exercise 12
A very easy form of wiki. Liked the clear instructions on the video but I still did need the hint in the exercises to find the cursor to start. Added a favourite book and holiday spot. Couldn't find where to put my name so am probably anonymous.
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Wikis
Am on my way to understanding the wikis - more investigation needed before finishing this blog.
Wikis - the collabrative way of working. I guess I have been using the Wikipedia for some years now to find information- just reading but not wanting to update or correct the information found. In the last month I have come across more examples of Wikis in libraries. The latest one being the eLGAR sharepoint. As a member of a working party in eLGAR we now have access to sharepoint and will be using this site for communication, filing of our minutes and more importantly - discussion/threads of future work. Any change control requests will be done thru this medium. No more emails going back and forth. Just a record of discussions, thoughts and points of view before we make a decision. Then once the decision is made - this record of the discussion will always be found.
A wiki would also be very useful in managing staff communications at work. Imagine the senario of Xmas dinner for the staff. Where, when, who could all be online. All staff to have input. At present it seems only those at the staff meeting get a say - no-one replies to an email with suggestions and very few have their say on the noticeboard... The staff meeting minutes could all be accessed thru the Wiki so could be accessible from anywhere not just at work on the G drive.
New best practice procedures could be done this way also - put the document up for discussion and comment. Work any changes into it. Publish and file for future reference
However I don't have the time to set this up so status quo continues.
Wikis - the collabrative way of working. I guess I have been using the Wikipedia for some years now to find information- just reading but not wanting to update or correct the information found. In the last month I have come across more examples of Wikis in libraries. The latest one being the eLGAR sharepoint. As a member of a working party in eLGAR we now have access to sharepoint and will be using this site for communication, filing of our minutes and more importantly - discussion/threads of future work. Any change control requests will be done thru this medium. No more emails going back and forth. Just a record of discussions, thoughts and points of view before we make a decision. Then once the decision is made - this record of the discussion will always be found.
A wiki would also be very useful in managing staff communications at work. Imagine the senario of Xmas dinner for the staff. Where, when, who could all be online. All staff to have input. At present it seems only those at the staff meeting get a say - no-one replies to an email with suggestions and very few have their say on the noticeboard... The staff meeting minutes could all be accessed thru the Wiki so could be accessible from anywhere not just at work on the G drive.
New best practice procedures could be done this way also - put the document up for discussion and comment. Work any changes into it. Publish and file for future reference
However I don't have the time to set this up so status quo continues.
On the road again
Yes - I am on the road again with this technology catch up. For the last few weeks I have been looking at what I achieved last year and revising and remembering.
I am still liking the look of my blog and wouldn't change it. Still proud of the features I managed to insert last year. Interestingly though - I haven't used it since finishing last year. I guess I am not a person who keeps a diary. Of all the techonology I visited and explored last year only the RSS feeds module is one that I use on a regular basis. My images preference is Picasa and I share web albums with the family all over the world but searching for images I first go to Google images before Flickr.
The Delicious/Technoratii module - I note that I had set up delicious account - to keep a record of recipes. Still only 3 recipes in it - lack of time and motivation I guess.
So onward I travel
I am still liking the look of my blog and wouldn't change it. Still proud of the features I managed to insert last year. Interestingly though - I haven't used it since finishing last year. I guess I am not a person who keeps a diary. Of all the techonology I visited and explored last year only the RSS feeds module is one that I use on a regular basis. My images preference is Picasa and I share web albums with the family all over the world but searching for images I first go to Google images before Flickr.
The Delicious/Technoratii module - I note that I had set up delicious account - to keep a record of recipes. Still only 3 recipes in it - lack of time and motivation I guess.
So onward I travel
Monday, October 27, 2008
Web 2.0 perspectives
"but if our own services can't be used without training then it is the services that need to be fixed - not our patrons"
I found this quote very thought provoking. How often have we sat beside our patrons and guided them in the correct way to search our catalogue, or find answers in resources that need set ways of searching. If there is one thing Google has shown is that people can search for information the way they know how - they are not concerned about author first, don't put the, spelling etc. They give it their best shot and expect to land somewhere close to the mark. Intuitive searching is the way of the future. "We need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need, so they can spend as little time as possible wrestling with lousy search interfaces and as much time as possible actually reading and learning"
The “just in case” collection comments were also very interesting. I still have a tendency to be reluctant to withdraw some items - books that I have found invaluable over the years in answering those tricky questions. But I am finding that I am not using these books anymore - patrons are finding the answers on the web themselves, or I am using the web to find the answers and then comments /bloggs on the relevance of that answer are also found.
The librarian skills for librarianship in a web 2.0 environment make interesting reading. Just how many of these traits have I embraced - how many have we at NSL embraced. Do we make good but fast decisions? Are we a trendspotter? Are we learning from the successes and also the failures of our services. The future library will be an exciting environment in which to work - working, listening to our people to create their LIBRARY
I found this quote very thought provoking. How often have we sat beside our patrons and guided them in the correct way to search our catalogue, or find answers in resources that need set ways of searching. If there is one thing Google has shown is that people can search for information the way they know how - they are not concerned about author first, don't put the, spelling etc. They give it their best shot and expect to land somewhere close to the mark. Intuitive searching is the way of the future. "We need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need, so they can spend as little time as possible wrestling with lousy search interfaces and as much time as possible actually reading and learning"
The “just in case” collection comments were also very interesting. I still have a tendency to be reluctant to withdraw some items - books that I have found invaluable over the years in answering those tricky questions. But I am finding that I am not using these books anymore - patrons are finding the answers on the web themselves, or I am using the web to find the answers and then comments /bloggs on the relevance of that answer are also found.
The librarian skills for librarianship in a web 2.0 environment make interesting reading. Just how many of these traits have I embraced - how many have we at NSL embraced. Do we make good but fast decisions? Are we a trendspotter? Are we learning from the successes and also the failures of our services. The future library will be an exciting environment in which to work - working, listening to our people to create their LIBRARY
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