I've been meaning to subscribe to a couple more podcasts for a while. I love having a hefty stash of good podcasts to listen to on long car rides. So, I signed up for the NPR StoryCorps and This American Life podcasts.
I love the idea of having gallery tour podcasts available for download. It's like your own personal audioguide but you don't have to worry about what kind of cooties the last user had. Perfect!
I want to give a big THANK YOU to Katherine for organizing such a wonderful professional development program for the VHS. We didn't have to fly across the country or stay in a hotel, but we got some great education right on our own turf. What could be better!?
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Week 8: Google has got it all!
I'm a big fan of all things Google. I love Gmail and Google Talk and Picasa. I'm now lovin' Google Documents too. Collaborating on projects just got a little bit easier.
I can definitely foresee using this at the VHS. I know that revising the Digital Imaging Policy is somewhere in my future. Anyone want to join me?
I can definitely foresee using this at the VHS. I know that revising the Digital Imaging Policy is somewhere in my future. Anyone want to join me?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Week 7: It just keeps getting better
I think the VHS wiki is pure genius! Thanks to all who heeded my call to sign up for the Lumpkin's Jail tour through the wiki. Didn't it work well?!
I'm thinking I might add a page to the wiki that tells you what to do if you scan a collection item. My motto as image guru is scan it once, scan it for keeps. So, if someone on staff takes the time to make a good scan of something (maybe I ought to spell out what constitutes a good scan), I would love for them to send it to me so that I can file it away for the future. But I need more than just the Tiff. I'll have to post the laundry list of metadata that need to accompany every image so that we can all help build our digital collection.
I'm thinking I might add a page to the wiki that tells you what to do if you scan a collection item. My motto as image guru is scan it once, scan it for keeps. So, if someone on staff takes the time to make a good scan of something (maybe I ought to spell out what constitutes a good scan), I would love for them to send it to me so that I can file it away for the future. But I need more than just the Tiff. I'll have to post the laundry list of metadata that need to accompany every image so that we can all help build our digital collection.
Week 6: Easy as pie
MySpace -- check!
Facebook -- check!
Meebo -- check!
I must admit that Facebook has won out over MySpace. No contest really. I like how I can be a "fan" of VHS on FB rather than being a "friend" of VHS on MySpace. It just makes more sense. I do wish there was a better forum for a blog on Facebook since I think that we've done some pretty nice blogs on the VHS MySpace page.
I love meebo. I love the idea of being able to IM the reference desk. Some folks might not understand why someone would want to IM rather than pick up a phone and call. I talk to patrons on the phone quite regularly and I often end up saying, give me your email address and I'll send you a link to our forms, or our catalog, or whatever. I would imagine that our librarians often do the same sort of thing. When you're IMing you can have a conversation with the regular back and forth flow, but you can also beef it up with links.
Since I was already using Facebook, MySpace and Meebo, I thought I'd better try something new for this week's exercise. I signed up for LinkedIn. Once I get some connections it might be a neat tool. I can't really tell yet. I have located some people who I haven't found on Facebook, so there is potential here.
Facebook -- check!
Meebo -- check!
I must admit that Facebook has won out over MySpace. No contest really. I like how I can be a "fan" of VHS on FB rather than being a "friend" of VHS on MySpace. It just makes more sense. I do wish there was a better forum for a blog on Facebook since I think that we've done some pretty nice blogs on the VHS MySpace page.
I love meebo. I love the idea of being able to IM the reference desk. Some folks might not understand why someone would want to IM rather than pick up a phone and call. I talk to patrons on the phone quite regularly and I often end up saying, give me your email address and I'll send you a link to our forms, or our catalog, or whatever. I would imagine that our librarians often do the same sort of thing. When you're IMing you can have a conversation with the regular back and forth flow, but you can also beef it up with links.
Since I was already using Facebook, MySpace and Meebo, I thought I'd better try something new for this week's exercise. I signed up for LinkedIn. Once I get some connections it might be a neat tool. I can't really tell yet. I have located some people who I haven't found on Facebook, so there is potential here.
Week 5: Not nearly as exciting
I cannot tell a lie. I'm just not all that jazzed by Delicious or Technorati. I'll take Delicious over Technorati if I must choose one of them. Delicious did lead me to an interesting photo story about the floods in Venice...who knew that on Monday Venice was under more water than it's been under in 22 years? How did I miss that?
So, earlier this year I participated in a couple of online courses and the instructor had put together a Delicious page with bookmarks for helpful sites. Using Delicoius as a training tool...now that's tasty!
So, earlier this year I participated in a couple of online courses and the instructor had put together a Delicious page with bookmarks for helpful sites. Using Delicoius as a training tool...now that's tasty!
Week 4: So much to explore!
What would we do without the Internet? I don't know about you, but I'm completely hooked. The sites we had to check out this week only re-energized my addiction. There's so much cool stuff out there!
LetterJames - fun. Not all that helpful for work stuff, but fun nonetheless.
Flickr Toys - So many cool things to do with your images. I want to make a puzzle! I find the list of top digital cameras interesting, but I have to keep reminding myself that it's not a ranking of the best cameras on the market, but just the most popular ones used to take pics that end up on Flickr.
LibraryThing - A neat way to get our library out there. Just out of curiosity, how much activity do we see on our LT page?
Rollyo - This seems useful if you wanted to set up a very specific search. I don't see myself using it. I'll stick with Google.
Jott & RememberTheMilk - Cool in theory but it seems like it would take longer to set up the programs than it is worth. I'm going to stick with the old post-it system.
Live Mocha - I took the test and was recommended for French 202. I'm pretty sure that's the same class I barely got through my freshman year of college. I may have maxed out my foreign language capacity. Very cool site though!
Web 2.0 Award Winners - I'm definitely going to spend some more time checking these out. I took a brief look around and discovered Farecast. What a cool site! It tells you whether plane tickets will go up or down in price and when you should buy. Looks like I'll be waiting a while to buy tickets to Vegas for March. I'm also liking what I see at UrbanSpoon. I found more info about Mezzanine in Carytown from this site than I did from a Google search. I love restaurant feedback. I'm going to use this in conjunction with my one of my other favorite sites Chowhound.
LetterJames - fun. Not all that helpful for work stuff, but fun nonetheless.
Flickr Toys - So many cool things to do with your images. I want to make a puzzle! I find the list of top digital cameras interesting, but I have to keep reminding myself that it's not a ranking of the best cameras on the market, but just the most popular ones used to take pics that end up on Flickr.
LibraryThing - A neat way to get our library out there. Just out of curiosity, how much activity do we see on our LT page?
Rollyo - This seems useful if you wanted to set up a very specific search. I don't see myself using it. I'll stick with Google.
Jott & RememberTheMilk - Cool in theory but it seems like it would take longer to set up the programs than it is worth. I'm going to stick with the old post-it system.
Live Mocha - I took the test and was recommended for French 202. I'm pretty sure that's the same class I barely got through my freshman year of college. I may have maxed out my foreign language capacity. Very cool site though!
Web 2.0 Award Winners - I'm definitely going to spend some more time checking these out. I took a brief look around and discovered Farecast. What a cool site! It tells you whether plane tickets will go up or down in price and when you should buy. Looks like I'll be waiting a while to buy tickets to Vegas for March. I'm also liking what I see at UrbanSpoon. I found more info about Mezzanine in Carytown from this site than I did from a Google search. I love restaurant feedback. I'm going to use this in conjunction with my one of my other favorite sites Chowhound.
Friday, November 21, 2008
LetterJames
The LetterJames site is pretty cool. I love sending e-cards. Personalizing them is a lot of fun...
LetterJames E-card
LetterJames E-card
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