I'm learning facebook right now.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Wrap up
I have finished the 12 Week program. I enjoyed doing it. I sat infront my computer almost everynight. It was a wonderful experience for me.
I followed the guide of Learning 2.0 week by week and created my accounts with a number of websites. I actually learned some useful knowledge and skills along the way. Now, I am able to upload/link photos and videos, work with wikipedia and other online services. I am quit comfortable with my blog now. In fact, I posted all my findings and progress in Learning 2.0 in my blog.
I think that many of the online applications can used to enhance the library services.Libraries Learning 2.0 program provides a chance and some pressure for us to learn online applications systematically. I would like to thank the nswpln Learning 2.0 team for offering the opportunity to us.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Second Life library project
At first I couldn’t see anything good about it. I created an account with this website and looked around in it. It turned out to be a virtual-world game.
It looks like libraries can set up a library tour in the Second Life format. It can take people through the collections and locations of the library.
I downloaded the Second Life Library video from Youtube. It gives us some basic ideas of the Second Life Library.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Week 12: Social networks
Discover and Explore:
So what is social network?
Social network is a popular online service, where people can find others with common interests and explore activities of others. The service provide various forms for people to interact. I like Rotorua Public Library website, it looks cool.
In the library we can make a social network, say “new book club”, for reader to make comments, reviews, discussions and recommondations about new titles in the library.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Zamar
I tried Zamar as well. I converted one file from doc to html file. The converted file was sent to my email automatically. But when I tried to convert one file from doc to pdf, the file was not sent to my email until it was too late (you have to pay to get a converted file if you do not download the file within 24 hours).
Week 11: Online applications and tools
Google docs and Zoho
I have tried free online office applications from Google Docs and Zoho. These are good. For example, to create a meeting agenda, people can access and contribute their commons whenever they want. These applications can be used both online and offline, very convenient for users.
I used my Google account to access Google Docs. It is very easy to use.
I made a contact list for Sydney public libraries. I uploaded it into my Google Doc. Then I invited nswpln@gmail.com to share this file. The list does not include branches. Everybody is welcome to add branch contact details to the list.
I created an account with Zoho. Zoho has more features than Google Doc. It has Zoho Sheet, Zoho Meeting etc.. I like Zoho Meeting very much.
So many online applications are free. We could make use of these applications and tools in our libraries.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Song for Olympic 2008
FOREVER FRIENDS
Giorgio Moroder; Michael Kunze.
You’ve tasted bitter defeat and the sweet success.
You want it all and you settle for nothing less．
You’ve tried harder than the rest.
You’ve become one of the best.
This is the time you’ll remember for all your life.
Forever friends...
Week 10: Mashups
Mashups mix the features of web applications. For example, it can take advantage of both Flikr and Google Map.
Mashups usually include maps, videos and photos. I went through the description for Mashups in Learning 2.0. I posted my mashups using Big huge labs.
Mashups could be used in libraries for following activities.
Promotion: make fresh-looking library cards with various images and useful information; make interesting posters to attract readers.
Enhance library resources: mashup branch Locations with Google maps and catalogue information; mashup home-delivery service with Google maps.
There is a very good article, entitled “Mashups and Libraries: Resources, Articles and Links”, compiled by Darlene Fichter.
Pelican
Friday, April 4, 2008
Week 9 Podcasts and Audio
With podcast, one can listen to audio clips or watch video clips on a computer. One can also upload MP3 or video files to a podcast host (such as podbean.com) to share with others.
I read the notes from learning 2.0 and checked the links there as well. Then I thought I’d better to try to make a podcast myself.
I understand that we must be careful about copyright when posting media files.
I created an account with Podbean.com, which is a free Podcast website. I made a post with a beautiful piano piece. This is a free piece Moonlight sonata by B.D. Hugh.(Beethoven moonlight sonata), downloaded from http://www.classiccat.net/.
I think podcast can be wildly use in libraries. For example, it can be used for library training programs and education programs for youth.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Week 8 Answer Board Librarian’s Wiki
I followed the hints of Learning 2.0 and visited Answer Board Librarians wiki. It is a very interesting website. I can see so many people asking and answering various questions. The information people provide appears to be credible.
I noticed that librarians usually suggest that people go to local libraries first.Indeed, our library has a big information desk to help enquiries from the public and has updated reference collection, which should be very beneficial to the public.
Slamming the boards is also a very good idea, as patrons can communicate with librarians on internet and get answer quickly.
I can imagine that we will get more and more reference enquires through the library online service.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Week 7 Technorati
I created my account with Technorati.
Under “bookmobile”, I got 1373 results with both of Standard search and Advanced searches. The only difference is when I used Advanced/The exact phrase search, which gave 1376 results.
Same thing happened for the search on “nswpln2008” (7 results for both Standard and Advanced searches).
But I got diffent results when I use the Tag search.
"Standard search" checks keyword only but "Advance search" can check keyword, blogs, My favorite, URL and Tags.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Library location of Coolink20
Guess where?
This image is downloaded from my favorate Google Earth.
Haha
Week 7 Tagging and Delicious
Discover and explore
Firstly, I had a go with these notes prepared by Sharon Morris. It is a well prepared guideline.
Secondly, I browsed del.icious and got some ideas about tagging. This is a bookmarking website. One can use it to store bookmarks online.
Del.icio.us can help people to keep links to favorite sites. One can also use del.icio.us to search for interesting links.
Tags are like keywords. One can use unlimited number of tags to one bookmark such that the bookmark can be accessed by different tags or bundled tags.
Sutherland Shire’s library tag cloud looks very good. I thought del.icious is a useful tool for libraries. I hope our library will use it in the future.
I also like the tags of the Cleveland Public Library.
Finally I have got my del.icio.us account.
I put some of my favorites in my bookmark there. You are welcome to visit my bookmark.
Coolink20 bookmark
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Week 6 done
YouTube and Google Video are quite good and easy to use. Libraries can use this technology for promotion, training and research. For example, we can use some videos from the Youtube and we can also put our videos on the Youtube for promotion purposes.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Introduction of the Go game
Go game
I embedded this video from youtube. This video is an introduction of the Go game. The rules of the Go game are very complicated. After you watch this video, you might get some basic ideas about how to play the Go game.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
More Wikis
I have received the invite key from nswlearning 2.0 wiki. I made a wiki page “A List of Sydney Public Library” and linked it to http://nswlearning2.pbwiki.com/.
My answers to the two questions, which are listed below in blue, were placed under “Technical Service”.
The best thing is that we have chances to see new items all the time. I feel great the new items are catalogued and become an integrated part of the library.
People may not know that it takes a lot of time for a good cataloguer to update his/her knowledge.
I am going to start with Week 6 tasks.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Wikis discover
I had a go with the SJCPL Subject Guides wiki. I think the Subject Guides are very useful. Each subject has links with relevant pages. The format is simple and clean. The guides also include some popular and useful directories, such as Google Earth and International Phone Number Lookup.
I also had a look at the Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki and found it useful and interesting. It covers almost everything we do in libraries. At the moment, I roughly know how to edit entries in Wikis. But there are a lot of things to be learned.
I checked out all others recommended wiki pages in the Discover list. I thought some of pages are very interesting but others are not. It took a lot of time to do the Discover list.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Week 5 : wiki page
This PBwiki is not easy to use. Nevertheless, I created a wiki page "A List of Sydney Public Libraries", which includes the addresses, contact numbers and webpages of all Sydney public libraries. This is a piece for practice purpose. The information listed is useful. It took me a lot of time to complete it.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Feeds from Bloglines
Week 4: bloglines and feeds...?
It was not hard to create an account with Bloglines and add some feeds. I got 9 feeds in my Bloglines, including the required Powerhouse-Museum-Photo-of-the-Day feed. My problem is how I can get the Libraries Learning 2.0 to know my progress.
East coast of Tasmania
Just try to use Flickr's "blog it" feature.
This is a photo taken when I visited the east coast of Tasmania. I like this picture as it always reminds me of the sunny day we were there.
This is a photo taken when I visited the east coast of Tasmania. I like this picture as it always reminds me of the sunny day we were there.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Week 3: a photo from Flickr
I saw this fatastic photo in Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2okatcher/45563687/
which is a summer view of Riomaggiore, Cinquaterre, Italy. You see amazing colors homarnize together. One day I will visit this place!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Week 2: so far so good?
Ink is a liquid, classically used for writing and drawing for many years, now computers and new technologies take over its job. That is why ink needs to be coolink. In a time like ours, we need to continuously renew our knowledge and skills to be able to take advantages of new technologies. I planned to get familiar with some of the useful stuff in the internet in this program. So far, I have been able to register with Blogger and Flickr. I have also been able to post in Blogger and upload pictures to Flickr. It has been fun so far. This Libraries Learning 2.0 is good in that it provides a chance and some pressure for us to do these systematically.
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