Finnished!

Wow Its finally over, I have learnt ALOT about the internet and websites that i never even knew existed and I just want to thank everyone for helping me out!!!
I will use my knowledge in the future to help myself and other find information, communicate and callaborate!

The only bad thing about the course was that the 15 min a day was abit unrealistic! It took 15 min to just read and watch the examples sometimes!

Im sad to be leaving my Blog - I have become quite attached to it!

I cant wait for the day when technology wins over workplaces it will simplfy everything and everyone will gain a greater understanding, with less confusion!
So im happy that I learnt all that I did now instead of later on down the track!
so thankyou again!!!

KEEP SMILING!!

Luv Bree!

Wrap up; social networks and catch up!!!

YAY finally something i know!!!
Social networking seems to be my life sometimes, I have a Myspace, Facebook, Bebo and a high5
Nobody used telephone anymore I talk to my friends and keep in close contact Via the internet!
I mainly only use Myspace because it has the most people which means i can find almost anybody I know to talk to! so its excellent for keeping in touch with old school friends etc!
You do have to be carful though, I make sure that i dont put any private information online and Also i have set my profile to private so that only friends can see what im doing and see pictures etc.
I think this would be an excellent way to communicate with Patrons, especially teenagers I would love to sit down at the computer and just chat and help out people Via myspace, its so simple the library could create a professional myspace, when you become a member of our library we will add your e-mail to our website so that you can post questions etc in our comments, Someone from the library can them go to your profile and answer your question via comment or message!

But this would take ALOT of staff time, But i do think it would be a great way to presuade teenagers into our library system!!

Because everyone in the whole world would have access to our kibrary page we could become a GROUP and add other libraries around the world and talk to each other about events, promotions and just news in general!

This would stop the need for directors and managers traveling overseas to meet and greet because you could just talk to overseas Libraries and spread the word about our own library in online meetings! you can even use webcams so that it is more personal! AND the best part of it is ITS FREE!!!!!!

The possibilities and Endless!! seriously!
I LOVE SOCIAL NETWORKING!

Online applications and tools

I sent my Page to nswpln@gmail.com so you can look at it, I hope it worked ok.

It was abit confusing at first i did'nt really know what to do, So i just did a write up on Horseflu at the moment to share with my friends so they can add to it when they hear updates etc.

I think this is great and could be used in a library. I think that libraries could use this to talk communicate with each other about certin topics and to help patrons from home if we cant help them straight away at the library.

for example, say if John Smith came in and asked for information for this daughter about a topic and i could'nt find the answers anywhere he could go home instead of waiting and i could make a Online application and invite him to look and have input into it when i have found the information he needed. he can then simply invite others e.g his daughter and instead of sending messy e-mails there would be one document there that they could both share and change.

I think its an exclellent idea, But it would take up alot of staff time, i think down the track when technology is going to be a major factor in Life this will be a life support for students, teachers and everybody.

Mashups!!!

haha This is My Mash-up, I took this picture on my way to Stanthorpe on the weekend! it was All country on the way out there and I had to stop and take a picture of a cow hehe

I dont know how mash-ups could be used in Libraries? Maybe for signs or promotional materials? Or if we had a library blog we could all muck around with photos, I think its an excellent website though and actually come to think of it, in the future when children use the internet as much as adults we could run a Storytime where they can bring in photos of themselves on usbs and we they can make mashups with them haha

No but seriouesly im not to sure how this would work in a library system but it was fun to play with!

Yee Ha

Podcasts and Audio

I think my Library could benifit from the use podcasts for patrons and staff!
we could have a Podcast feed for different links on our internet site, We could use it for booktalks so that people could HEAR and WATCH instead of just reading book reviews.
You could use it for things such as local history where people could watch Speeches etc - But issues would have to be considered such as copyright.
Im not sure if IT has restrictions on Podcasts and Audio on public PCS that may be an issue aswell.
But overall I think you could use podcasts and Audio to advertise the library and to open up new ideas and new ways of communicating and sharing information with patrons.
This could benifit vision impared patrons aswell - the possibilities are endless!

slamming the boards

This is a good idea though I think that it would only appeal to younger and computer literate people who are happy to deal with a computer and not a real person!
I know my library deals with alot of seniors that thrive and depend on interacting directly with a person, they would struggle and get upset if they did'nt have that face to face aspect of our service.
The other downfall of using this would be that it would take up alot of staff time both promoting and answering online questions.
Though if there were extra staff who were keen to partake in Slamming the boards and there was enough interest from patrons this would be an excellent concept for helping out people who dont like the confronting situation of asking questions in person.
Yup :)

Library ThAng haha

MY LIBRARY THING!!!

Well well well This is fantastic!!! Wonderful! Great! Finally i can search for a book Via Tags! WhooHOO!!!!

I think this is a super idea! and one worth celebrating :) you can see what other people think of the books that you like! then you can see what They like and usually its around the same Themes! so you can expand your reading and authors and read something different than what you would usually pick up!
YAY!
This is just a wonderful idea, expecially for Bookclubs! Goodie!

Oh and storytime! this would be fun for storytime! everyone could calaberate ideas and themes and what books chicldren respond well to!
YAY! again!