Mashups

I found this week quite fun after a bit of frustration when I thought I had lost all the work I did. There are just so many different types of mashups to try so I decided on the mosaic maker but I also liked the calendar and jigsaw ideas,my Mosiac is using the State Library with our value of Energy and Teamwork.

podcasts

Wow, I think there is a lot of potential for podcasting at the library, just think we could have one for our exhibitions, with dates and maybe even a brief talk about them. We could put up staff talks, or even sections from seminars/conferences that may of interest, we could even have movies at the metcalfe.
I think that the library shop could benefit as well with maybe new books/items they have just purchased or even specials.
The only thing I think is important is to keep them interesting and not too long otherwise they can become boring.

World Youth Day 2008

Now that World Youth Day 2008 has ended I thought a slideshow of photos taken by pilgrims in flickr might be in order, so enjoy.

Sea Gull_Fishing

Sea Gull_Fishing
Originally uploaded by Stewart Ho

We aren't the only ones that go fishing. I thought this photo was appropriate after the fishing comment from last week.

Answer boards

After last week with Del.icio.us, Technorati and Library Thing, this week seems like a breeze. I found that the reference libraries movement who are "slamming the boards" seems like quite an interesting way in getting answers to any type of question. In the Exemplary answers one of the questions asked was "Where does whale poop go?" what an interesting question and the answer was 5 star, another 5 star answer was to the question "How much pain do fish have?" this answer has turned me off fishing not that I was ever a keen fisherman but apparently fish do feel pain but the good thing is their memories are short so pain is short lived which is good to know as I'd hate to think of any animal (or human for that matter) in pain. Another question which was asked was "Help me choose my business name please" so with a little help from the librarians out there it has now been narrowed down from 10 to 2.
Signatures & Tag Lines - the one I particularly liked was "Librarians -We eat questions for breakfast", well that's it for this week, catch you next week.

Del.iciou.us, Technorati & LibraryThing

I've finally gotten back to Learning 2.0, where did the last few weeks go, it seems there is never enough hours in the day. It's week 8 and there is so many things to look at and learn, so where to start.

Del.icio.us great name it actually makes me think of food or recipes particularly the sweet type, which is my one weakness. I found this to be a great site for social bookmarking as let's face it how many of us have so many favourites that sometimes it's so hard to find what you're looking for, this way they're all in one location. I have set up my own del.icio.us account and here is the link - http://del.icio.us/grace.angelgirl
I can see great benefit in this as a research tool for the library, it opens up a whole new world in searching.

Technorati - so many blogs, so much to see, not enough time, but interesting what you can get from different searches.

LibraryThing - Great site, this has so much potential, I have found books by certain authors that I haven't read but have made a note to do so. Maybe I'll even get some spare time at home and catalogue our books, just think eventually I'll have my own book catalogue as well as my photos on Flickr, just need to find some spare hours on the weekends. My link to LibraryThing is http://www.librarything.com/catalog/grace.angelgirl