My Second Life Cats

Courtesy of janhanford

Cats in Second Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-unHrPV6lc

Thank you and good bye!

The end of the adventure!!

I did look at a few of the social networking sites and I can see that libraries can use them to create communities of interest, with the added bonus of harvesting email addresses etc. And I think it would be a way of getting a bit more out there, with certain target audiences. It doesn't 'grab' me (and you won't find me in bebo, spacebook or skyblog) but wouldn't it be good if all the public libraries were friends of SLNSW!!

As for Second Life - the real is engaging enough, virtual still seems like playtime, but I'm open to suggestions. And come to think of it, keeping the genealogists in second life could be very helpful...

And I've enjoyed the program - thank you Ellen and Mylee. I wasn't a model student, I'm afraid. There were bursts and lulls, and there are still quite a lot of things I will go back and look at again when I want to apply them, or just to find out more. But I am better informed, I have looked at my preconceptions and jettisoned a few, and I've been challenged by some of the ideas and concepts.

As for my personal blogging future? May resurrect it again in my retirement...

Week 11

I have been having a little look at Google Docs and Zoho. I think I prefer Zoho - it is a little more 'intuitive' and I like their home page better (it's all in appearances, isn't it??)

Zamzar is a good site too.

I can see a lot of potential for document sharing amongst work teams separated by the eccentricities of our shared drives, and in a wider context, with other colleagues, elsewhere. It would also provide opportunities to work remotely on shared documents, presentations etc. And of course - SAVE SPACE.

I loved the tada list - my cup of tea!!

Podcasts

Apart from the name, I love podcasts! A great way to catch up on missed shows, presentations, lectures etc. Libraries could develop training and professional development programs for remote branches, record all their author talks etc. I think it is also a technology that is potentially quite diverting for kids and YAs too.

And then there's the whole audio book thing - the library in your handbook and on the bus...

Mashups - Week 9

I don't know about this one - not entirely convinced, But I've Warholised Perkins anyway.

In a public library setting, mashups could be used to create some quick and funky promotional material, posters etc highlighting items from the collections, users etc

Answer boards - Week 8

As you can see - LibraryThing now loaded - thank you Ellen! Now I shall have an important looking blog like others do...

I really like the Slamming the Boards idea - highlights what librarians do better than Google.

We could certainly showcase some of our unique resources using answer boards - 'fake' questions posed and answered eg Where can I see a convict's diary?