Friday, April 18, 2008
Thing Twenty - Libraries and Social Networks
I have both MySpace and Facebook accounts. Myspace seems a bit young for me, can hardly stand to look at it anymore. Facebook has become, for my extended family, a fun way of keeping in touch and sharing (and tagging each other in) photos. It's obvious who has spare time and who doesn't because you could waste, um, enjoy hours and hours joining groups, poking each other, blah, blah.
As far as library uses, I can see having a library account, adding friends, updating with recent activities, add photos of recent events, current events, linking book and authors, etc. My church recently started a facebook account and is adding members. The young kids are especially drawn to it as a format for acquiring info, because they're on facebook with their friends anyway.
As far as library uses, I can see having a library account, adding friends, updating with recent activities, add photos of recent events, current events, linking book and authors, etc. My church recently started a facebook account and is adding members. The young kids are especially drawn to it as a format for acquiring info, because they're on facebook with their friends anyway.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Thing Six - online image generators
More fun, fun, fun. These are so easy and so cool to do. We can do lots of postings on library walls, computers and websites that would make programs more exciting and eye-catching.
I especially love the card catalog card and the featured Carleton College trading cards! I worked at Carleton and was amused by the trading cards - they actually have them printed and students grab them by the handsful (one reference librarian is particularly coveted). I am going to make a special card for the head of technical services, who doesn't get (but who deserves) much public attention.
I especially love the card catalog card and the featured Carleton College trading cards! I worked at Carleton and was amused by the trading cards - they actually have them printed and students grab them by the handsful (one reference librarian is particularly coveted). I am going to make a special card for the head of technical services, who doesn't get (but who deserves) much public attention.
Thing Five - more Flickr!
Oh, I could spend lots of time with this fun eye candy! The color wheel is stunning, Flickrball (or another version of the "6 Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon" is hilarious. I can think of a few uses in the library - posters, for one. You could use clockr for a screen saver on computers.
I love Spell with Flickr. Flickr is a creative way to share photos, and find photos. You could use it for training - showing pictures of what the reserves on the reserves shelf should look like, for example.
I'll have to stop now...
I love Spell with Flickr. Flickr is a creative way to share photos, and find photos. You could use it for training - showing pictures of what the reserves on the reserves shelf should look like, for example.
I'll have to stop now...
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