tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33296801073436162772024-02-21T07:09:42.700-08:00Librarian Kathryn's reflectionsKathryn Greenhill does the Murdoch University Library 23 ThingsLibrarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-33103752290203729542008-12-11T20:52:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:57:33.826-08:00Thing 21 : Videos of LibrariansHere they are, the results of mixing a group of librarians and Viddler.<br /><br /><a id="titleLink" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/sirexkat/videos/15/" title="Thing 21 workshop. Murdoch University Library. 9 December 2008" rel="bookmark">Thing 21 workshop. Murdoch University Library. 9 December 2008</a><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_2e148b15"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/2e148b15/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/2e148b15/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_2e148b15" ></embed></object><br /><br /><a id="titleLink" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/sirexkat/videos/16/" title="Thing 21 workshop. Murdoch University Library. 12 December 2008" rel="bookmark">Thing 21 workshop. Murdoch University Library. 12 December 2008</a><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_e8902cd8"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/e8902cd8/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/e8902cd8/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_e8902cd8" ></embed></object><br /><br /><a id="titleLink" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/sirexkat/videos/17/" title="Thing 21 workshop. Singing Librarians Murdoch University Library. 12 December 2008 " rel="bookmark">Thing 21 workshop. Singing Librarians Murdoch University Library. 12 December 2008 </a><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="370" id="viddler_3798babb"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/3798babb/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/3798babb/" width="437" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_3798babb" ></embed></object>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-65878333893704879662008-11-30T19:17:00.000-08:002008-11-30T19:23:47.934-08:00Playing with a Twitter Client - TwhirlThis week I'm using the 23 Things as an excuse to play with using a Twitter Client.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CHtabq_Ez-NbvvLq8tjRGKMA5lx6fpFW-fJwasSC4BARAE4P5j7NZl1r3NTXwGrG42KWbsljZYCDm8uWFyvdMjPnUNdkWZSVX9q4H8UJ2M79PCOlzuM6XZPj2Zwcn02XmvUYxEnEYtI-/s1600-h/twhirl.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CHtabq_Ez-NbvvLq8tjRGKMA5lx6fpFW-fJwasSC4BARAE4P5j7NZl1r3NTXwGrG42KWbsljZYCDm8uWFyvdMjPnUNdkWZSVX9q4H8UJ2M79PCOlzuM6XZPj2Zwcn02XmvUYxEnEYtI-/s400/twhirl.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274654290450247954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Earlier this year I used Flowgram to make a little history of microblogging where I talked about the different products that tried to fill twitter's niche and the different tools to use with Twitter, <a href="http://beta.flowgram.com/f/p.html#u7ip6qkx84dp9b">Adventures in Microblogging</a> . Flowgram is an online screencast making tool, with the difference being that the user can interact live with all the screens shown.<br /><br />In the Flowgram, I mentioned that I hadn't had much time for Twitter Clients - that is pieces of software that let you access twitter without using a web browser, and allow you to do much more fancy things when you post or read tweets. The 23 Things is an excellent time to test my "tried it but didn't like it" prejudice.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="342"><param name="movie" value="http://www.flowgram.com/widget/flexwidget.swf?id=u7ip6qkx84dp9b&hasLinks=false"><param name="flashVars" value="id=u7ip6qkx84dp9b"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><embed src="http://www.flowgram.com/widget/flexwidget.swf?id=u7ip6qkx84dp9b&hasLinks=false" flashvars="id=u7ip6qkx84dp9b" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" width="400" height="342"></embed></object>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-4780342807310025882008-11-27T21:00:00.001-08:002008-11-27T21:14:49.258-08:00Twitter and FacebookI use Facebook because I have to understand it for work. I don't use it to keep tabs on what my friends - real or imaginary - are doing. I have used it to send casual messages to "friends" that I would otherwise be too timid to email officially. Very occasionally I will use the chat function if someone I know is on at the same time.<br /><br />Twitter has changed my life. I am on it almost constantly. It keeps me in touch with librarians all over the world, the Perth web community and international social media specialists. I have found a cleaner, obtained birthday entertainment for one of my children, get useful links pushed out each day, watched over twenty international conferences via the tweet streams of my friends, vented, sympathised, been incredibly silly and become up to speed with all sorts of random issues that later I discover are very useful.<br /><br />I have embedded a twitter badge for my work twitter account in my <a href="http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/kathryngreenhill/">work blog</a>. It tells people when I am on campus and how to contact me each week.<br /><br />I love this slideshare set that was created by Michael Sauers when some of my librarian friends tried to explain what <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/twitter-is-like">Twitter is like</a> ...<br /><br /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;" id="__ss_201239"><a style="margin: 12px 0pt 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/twitter-is-like?type=powerpoint" title="Twitter is like...">Twitter is like...</a><object style="margin: 0px;" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=twitter-is-like-119749313524212-4&stripped_title=twitter-is-like"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=twitter-is-like-119749313524212-4&stripped_title=twitter-is-like" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View SlideShare <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/travelinlibrarian/twitter-is-like?type=powerpoint" title="View Twitter is like... on SlideShare">presentation</a> or <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?type=powerpoint">Upload</a> your own. (tags: <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://slideshare.net/tag/cil2008">cil2008</a> <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://slideshare.net/tag/twitter">twitter</a>)</div></div>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-29159194601492581852008-11-27T20:50:00.000-08:002008-11-27T20:53:15.097-08:00Oour feet in the 23 Things workshop today 26 November 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV96Cfdhz660BQVtFoo7H00mGFkNWK0sW-YMGJClb_vvxGmsdHvGZn9tfoyZaf1dwuzGXx-LhTEGFcq_mwrNdfjYt-accyZ0QkDYTH2ruG0zDiLV_MfdzyBaKC8oQTXk7Z22SF6rUxeND/s1600-h/DSC01845.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuV96Cfdhz660BQVtFoo7H00mGFkNWK0sW-YMGJClb_vvxGmsdHvGZn9tfoyZaf1dwuzGXx-LhTEGFcq_mwrNdfjYt-accyZ0QkDYTH2ruG0zDiLV_MfdzyBaKC8oQTXk7Z22SF6rUxeND/s400/DSC01845.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273566628538165906" /></a>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-80321389167492606532008-11-20T21:50:00.000-08:002008-11-20T22:39:50.135-08:00Things 13, 14, and 15I joined Flickr when we first started the MULTA project back in June 2006. Since then, I have uploaded 572, but 387 have been this year - and 174 since the start of the month.<br /><br />I'm using it more and more as a public diary, and a social tool and having much more conversation with others using Flickr.<br /><br />One of my favourite photos from the last month is this one from the kids' section of the Botany library in Auckland:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpIWzhfIapnahtm3pXnUdcbxIEElYRDOJM5qleKKGEhVdc4tdx9wzZEjJFjPWWzl2Ms60Ghe4YDFeRiyUXNRk1JUU8zuHpI11zSwmBF3DYYXazPO9p2em6AuS8BDg9D8FsVJmCHmJUcMB/s1600-h/botanykids.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpIWzhfIapnahtm3pXnUdcbxIEElYRDOJM5qleKKGEhVdc4tdx9wzZEjJFjPWWzl2Ms60Ghe4YDFeRiyUXNRk1JUU8zuHpI11zSwmBF3DYYXazPO9p2em6AuS8BDg9D8FsVJmCHmJUcMB/s400/botanykids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270985529683597378" border="0" /></a><br />My most frivolous set is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/sets/72157608027763863/" class="Plain" id="contextLink_set72157608027763863">Minifigs go travelling (Set)</a>. My sons each gave me a minifig (lego person) to take with me on my travels. They were very helpful. I'm taking photos so the boys can see what their minifigs have been up to.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2953021367_630d39ea1e.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2953021367_630d39ea1e.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/2953021367/in/set-72157608027763863/">Minifigs are almost eaten by an amorous rat and pig 2.</a></span><br /></div><br /><br />I also contribute to the<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/librarianshoes/pool/" class="Plain" id="contextLink_pool912942@N22">Librarian Shoes (Pool)</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2925545949_5a4a3dd970.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2925545949_5a4a3dd970.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/2925545949/in/pool-librarianshoes">Elizabeth shows me her other shoes</a></span><br /></div><br />I think that using <a href="http://friendfeed.com/">Friendfeed</a> has made me use Flickr more, as I keep seeing fabulous photos in the feeds from my contacts and then friending them on Flickr.<br /><br />For my image generator this week, I went to the Generator blog recommended in Amanda's post and chose the <a href="http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/"> (product name) baby generating site</a> . I gave it a photo of my husband and me from which to create a baby. It is a nifty way to advertise a product that I am sure you will be able to guess from the results below. Click on the mouth and it makes baby noises....<br /><br /><div style="width: 445px;"><div style="height: 321px;"><object width="445" height="321"><param name="movie" value="http://content.oddcast.com/host/babymaker/swf/workshop_295_msPlayer.swf?doorId=295&clientId=164&mId=28731205&ds=http%3A%2F%2Fhost-d.oddcast.com"><param name="BASE" value="host-d.oddcast.com"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="salign" value="t"><param name="scale" value="noborder"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" name="hostMov" swliveconnect="true" src="http://content.oddcast.com/host/babymaker/swf/workshop_295_msPlayer.swf?doorId=295&clientId=164&mId=28731205&ds=http%3A%2F%2Fhost-d.oddcast.com" base="host-d.oddcast.com" scale="noborder" salign="t" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="445" height="321"></embed></object></div><div style="position: relative; height: 36px; width: 445px;"><img alt="Create Your Own" src="http://host-d.oddcast.com/babymaker/images/footer_01.gif" style="border: medium none ; position: absolute; top: 0pt; left: 0pt;" /><a href="http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/" target="_blank" style="position: absolute; top: 0pt; left: 220px;"><img alt="Make a Routan Baby" src="http://host-d.oddcast.com/babymaker/images/footer_02.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></div></div>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-13897305215134138422008-11-13T21:24:00.000-08:002008-11-13T22:00:46.268-08:00Thing 11 and 12<span style="font-weight: bold;">THING 11</span><br /><br />I did my searches on the term "cerebral palsy". Most people (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">I would</span> hope) would use more than one term and narrow down the aspect they are searching for.<br /><br />I found that:<br /><br /><p>• <a href="http://delicious.com/">del.icio.us</a> Was a rather blunt instrument, although much of the focus was on childhood cerebral palsy and family issues, which I'm most interested in.<br /></p> <p>• <a href="http://www.connotea.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Connotea</span></a> Retrieved "popular" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">scholarly</span> articles of the soft education, general overview kinds, rather than hard scientific medical studies<br /></p> <p>• <a href="http://www.citeulike.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CiteULike</span></a> Retrieved scholarly articles with much more medical focus.<br /></p> <p>• <a href="http://prospero.murdoch.edu.au/search/d">Murdoch University Library catalogue subject search </a>A list of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LCSH</span> subject headings<br /></p><p>• <a href="http://www.library.uq.edu.au/">http://www.library.uq.edu.au/</a> Book records, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">faceted</span> searches, a tag cloud and enough to make me feel there were threads to follow to get to exactly what I wanted.<br /></p> <p>• <a href="http://www.google.com.au/">google </a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Wikipedia</span> entry first and then Australian entries. - because google knows who I am and where I am. The ads on the left hand side always annoy me - although I'm not sure there are any searchers who are naive enough to believe they are actual search results.<br /><br /><a href="http://zuula.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">zuula</span></a> - I like the ability to pick the search engine, but again a rather blunt instrument.<br /></p> <p>• <a href="http://kartoo.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">kartoo</span></a> - I'm a very visual learner and I find this suits my style really well. I find it very easy to narrow down the search and find exactly what I wanted - even finding suggested topics that I hadn't realised I want via serendipity. Do I use this in my everyday life? Nope. Maybe I should.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thing 12</span></p><p>I have been using delicious for a couple of years now - and I use it almost daily. Unfortunately I use like I used photocopying when I was a student .... I presume that if I use delicious I will actually read or go back to the items linked there. I never do really...but I live in hope...</p><p>I added 23<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">katethings</span> to my network. I can see this working for groups of teachers sharing their resources. I tend to use <a href="http://friendfeed.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Friendfeed</span></a> to pick up links from my friends on delicious.</p><p>I did discover when I did this that I have 9 fans - and real people that I know - but I'm wondering whether it should fan them back, and what the point would be...<br /></p><p><br /></p>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-53220466524069697662008-11-13T20:40:00.000-08:002008-11-13T20:44:24.563-08:00Video and voice in gtalk via gmail<div class="entry"> <p>Yup. Video and voice are now <a href="http://www.google.com/mail/help/videochat/learnmore.html" rel="nofollow"> integrated into gtalk in gmail</a> - but not yet via the gtalk stand alone client. A Skype-killer I would think?</p> <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3027618076_b7fab66c0f.jpg?v=0" width="500" height="375" /></p> <p><small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/3027618076/">Cindi-cam via gtalk in gmail </a>Uploaded to Flickr on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/archives/date-posted/2008/11/13/" class="Plain">November 13, 2008</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/" title="Link to sirexkat's photostream"><strong>sirexkat</strong></a></small></p> <p>I remember going to the Science and Technology discovery centre (<a href="http://www.scitech.org.au/">Scitech</a>) 15 years ago and seeing an “amaaazing” and expensive device to allow video telephone calls - with a screen refresh rate of about 10 frames per minute.</p><p><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/3027302715_c981f0e044.jpg?v=0" width="500" height="375" /></p> <p><small><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/3027302715/">google video chat w/kathryn </a> Uploaded to Flickr on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/archives/date-posted/2008/11/14/" class="Plain">November 14, 2008</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/" title="Link to cindiann's photostream"><strong>cindiann</strong></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/3027302715/"> </a></small></p> <p>As <a href="http://citegeist.com/">Cindi</a> pointed out, all it needs now is screen and ap sharing functionality….and it’s still useful how you can do this in a window while working on a google doc together …. or anything else. Me? I want to see split screen conference calling so you can have three or four people video conferencing at once.</p> <p>Do like.</p> </div>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-24847788314429353282008-11-11T01:21:00.000-08:002008-11-11T01:26:57.739-08:00Pasting into wordpress without getting gobbldygook codeHere's how you cut and paste text into a Wordpress post without inserting gobbldygook code at the same time.<br /><br />The screencast can take a while to load, so it is easier to:<br />1. Press the play button<br />2. Pause the playback while it downloads, then;<br />3. press play when you have the whole screencast downloaded.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="498"> <param name="movie" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/bootstrap.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/FirstFrame.jpg&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/Wordpressgobbldygook.swf&width=640&height=498"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showall"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/"> <embed src="http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/bootstrap.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/FirstFrame.jpg&content=http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/Wordpressgobbldygook.swf&width=640&height=498" allowfullscreen="true" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/LibKat/folders/Default/media/ae64d1f3-8083-4d3d-9644-fd364dc4c12d/" scale="showall" width="640" height="498"></embed> </object>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-67554627354837685802008-11-06T22:48:00.000-08:002008-11-06T23:02:22.950-08:00Things 9 and 10I find Google docs extremely useful to store my travel itineraries. I can print them out to carry with me, always have an online copy to check details and times. I share them with my husband so he knows where I am at any time. If I am going to lots of places on a trip, I will create a google map too so I can check where I will be.<br /><br />I use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PBwiki</span> extensively for work projects and things like the <a href="http://unconferencewalibrary.pbwiki.com/">WA Library <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Unconference</span></a>. I should get around to creating a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MediaWiki</span> installation on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">webhosting</span> I have for work , but I find that it is easier to have separate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wikis</span> that other people can "own" as much as I do. I do use the backup facility for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">PBwiki</span> to ensure the data is safe - as I don't like the idea that if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">PBwiki</span> company goes under, then I lose my data :(<br /><br />I also like using the original version of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">PBwiki</span> as a place to experiment with what is produced by the embed code from other web services. For example, I was playing with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Stickam</span>, video conferencing site with a mob of other librarians when I noticed we could embed our live output - so I whacked Jason <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Griffey's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">channel into</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">PBwiki</span> wiki: <a href="http://libcasting.pbwiki.com/FrontPage%20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Libcasting</span></a>. When we were live, it looked like this:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2568196596_c3bc48afe3.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 290px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2568196596_c3bc48afe3.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>Kathryn Greenhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504485957075355595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-14581608163991834462008-10-30T22:04:00.000-07:002008-10-30T22:36:06.966-07:00week 3: Thing 7 and 8 - Firefox<div><br /></div>I have been using Firefox and extensions for quite a while now. It's ironic, I'm using google's chrome browser to make this post :) It is much lighter-weight and requires less processing from the PC, so I use it for reading. It's not so great for editing, so I tend to edit things in Firefox.<div><br /></div><div>I still use Internet Explorer to read my Outlook Webmail from home as - suspiciously - this Microsoft product only works properly with the Microsoft reader.</div><div><br /></div><div>The major Firefox extensions I use are:</div><ul><li>Colourful tabs - which makes each tab display in a different colour<br /></li><li>Del.icio.us toolbar - lets me tag things instantly for upload to del.icio.us<br /></li><li>Evernote web clipper - lets me upload almost anything as a "note" in my private notes database<br /></li><li>Greasemonkey - allows me to run a number of little useful scripts that do other things<br /></li><li>Meebo - instant messaging<br /></li><li>OpenURL referrer - from OCLC - I was fiddling with it for the Web Presence project<br /></li><li>Remember the Milk for gmail - puts a "to do" list into my gmail account</li><li>Ubiquity - I press [CTRL] [SPACE] and a command line appears, allowing me to just type a command and look up something on wikipedia or sent a message to twitter or something to gmail, all from one spot</li><li>Zotero - see Thing 8</li></ul>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-56991011018953268772008-10-23T21:10:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:21:11.965-07:00Week 2 Thing 6 - RSS feedsThe feed that I subscribed to this week was <a href="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=27793158@N00&lang=en-us&format=rss_200">Dave Pattern's photograph feed on Flickr</a>. Dave works in the library at the University of Huddersfield and creates very beautiful data visualisations based on things like book covers and the number of hits on particular terms on the OPAC.<br /><br />He also illusatrates how RSS can be used in creative ways. Check out this "portrait" he created in coloured words taken straight from my RSS feed: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/davepattern/2101122343/in/set-72157603427133462/">kg_001</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/2101122343_6f79edf7f3.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 381px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/2101122343_6f79edf7f3.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There are more portraits of librarians in this set here: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/davepattern/sets/72157603427133462/">In their own words.... </a><br /><br />Dave explains how he did it on this post: <a href="http://www.daveyp.com/blog/archives/268">Librarians - in their own words</a> .Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-5146437210754526352008-10-22T02:45:00.001-07:002008-10-22T02:50:43.540-07:00Why am I trying to use video in my 23 Things Blog ?This <a href="http://seesmic.com/video/5cdvNsNwgK">exchange between me and Connie Crosby on seesmic explains why</a>. Connie had just conducted a workshop about video etc at Internet Librarian 2008 and was questioning why she doesn't tell more stories using video. I replied telling her about how I find it hard to socially find a way to ask people to talk to my video camera - but I want to learn how to do it. She answers with her experience with trying to get people on her podcast - suggesting that after hearing Howard Rheingold keynote the conference - there are new literacy skills involving knowing how to talk into a video camera, how to create movies.<br /><br /><span style="display:none;"><span>Internet Librarian - Connie's Day 2 Wrap-up</span><span>Connie talks about being newly inspired at Internet Librarian. Check out http://www.shanachietour.com for more info.</span></span><span style="padding:0px; margin:0px; display:block"><object width="435" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://seesmic.com/embeds/wrapper.swf"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#666666"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="flashVars" value="video=zfegKlJFyD&version=threadedplayer"/><embed src="http://seesmic.com/embeds/wrapper.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="video=zfegKlJFyD&version=threadedplayer" allowFullScreen="true" bgcolor="#666666" allowScriptAccess="always" width="435" height="355"></embed></object></span><span style="display:block; width:435px; margin:0px; padding:0px;background:url(http://seesmic.com/images/seesmichtml.gif) left top repeat-x"><a href="http://seesmic.com" target="_blank"><img width="100%" height="29" style="border:none" src="http://seesmic.com/images/spacer.gif" border="0" /></a></span>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-45806402702361196172008-10-22T02:41:00.000-07:002008-10-22T02:43:19.325-07:0023 Things Week One - the videoHere is my 23 Things Week One video. I've used seesmic, which is usually a post and reply kind of site, not a "record things for embedding" site - so I hope the users are OK with it:<br /><br /><span style="display:none;"><span>23 Things Week One</span><span>I'm running a 23 Things programme in my library. I'm also participating. I've decided that I'll experiement with making my blog posts using video and other graphic tools</span></span><span style="padding:0px; margin:0px; display:block"><object width="435" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://seesmic.com/embeds/wrapper.swf"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#666666"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="flashVars" value="video=0PLi6MPM9q&version=threadedplayer"/><embed src="http://seesmic.com/embeds/wrapper.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="video=0PLi6MPM9q&version=threadedplayer" allowFullScreen="true" bgcolor="#666666" allowScriptAccess="always" width="435" height="355"></embed></object></span><span style="display:block; width:435px; margin:0px; padding:0px;background:url(http://seesmic.com/images/seesmichtml.gif) left top repeat-x"><a href="http://seesmic.com" target="_blank"><img width="100%" height="29" style="border:none" src="http://seesmic.com/images/spacer.gif" border="0" /></a></span>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-22603747511713265422008-10-20T04:14:00.001-07:002008-10-20T04:29:19.048-07:00THINGS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5THING 1: I've read the "About" and "Timetable" pages - heck I wrote them, so I should know what they say.<br /><br />THING 2: <br />Lifelong learning habit that is easiest for me - probably playing, followed closely by teaching/mentoring others. Sounds really corny but I find that whenever I teach people something, I often learn more about it than I would with independent learning. Others can ask questions or suggest an approach that I often haven't thought of. I like that.<br /><br />Lifelong learning habit that is hardest for me - beginning with an end in mind. I like it when my learning meanders and takes me places I didn't expect. I like learning for learning's sake, and as part of an overall process...so often just jump in without a goal.<br /><br />My goals for this 23 Things session<br />* To learn more about how other people learn<br />* To help others grow and develop their skills in teaching and presentation<br />* To learn from my colleagues<br />* To do every Thing as quickly as possible after it is published so I have an idea of what participants are going through<br />* To use unusual publishing tools to create pretty embeddable graphics and movies in my blog posts.<br /><br />What I need in my learning toolkit<br />* Moderation - I need to do this to the best of my ability but balance it with other commitments<br />* Patience to support other people who are doing for the first time what I have done oodles of time before<br />* Some groovy graphics and some nice publishing tools.<br />* Webcam<br /><br /><br />THING 3<br />My gmail address, if anyone wants to know is: libkat(at)gmail.com<br /><br />THING 4<br />Here's the blog.<br /><br />THING 5 <br />Just about to tick off these things now.Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-33955050902610670282008-05-30T00:34:00.000-07:002008-05-30T00:35:43.730-07:00Testing Blip.tv embeddingLet's just see what this screencast looks like when embedded. Can you read the text? Is the sound quality OK?<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AbqgfwA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="630" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-84520982823640276032007-12-10T20:14:00.000-08:002007-12-17T21:02:42.035-08:00Brown bag lunchIrene and I are talking about our travels on Tuesday 18th at 1pm and I wanted a spot to place some useful links.<br /><br />The events I visited were:<br /><ul><li><a title="http://www.quloc.org.au/" href="http://www.quloc.org.au/" target="_blank">QULOC</a> Social Software and Libraries one day event (Program here: <a title="http://bibliophil.wordpress.com/" href="http://bibliophil.wordpress.com/">Librarian Too</a> ) Oct 10 </li><li><a title="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/unconference" href="http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/publib/news/unconference">State Library of Queensland Unconference</a> ( Wiki here: <a title="http://slqlibrary2unconference.wetpaint.com/" href="http://slqlibrary2unconference.wetpaint.com/">slq Library 2.0 Unconference</a> ) Oct 11</li><li>WA Tafe Libraries' Learning Resources Network <a title="http://lrsn.blogspot.com/2007/11/motivational-speaker-shanta-surendran.html" href="http://lrsn.blogspot.com/2007/11/motivational-speaker-shanta-surendran.html">Libraries of the future Forum 2007</a> Nov 29</li></ul><p>The presentations I gave were:</p><ul><li>QULOC - <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sirexkat/second-life-libraries-universities-and-murdoch-university-library#slideshow_stats" target="_blank">Second Life, libraries, universities and Murdoch University Library</a>. Plus one hour workshop about doing more with avatars in Second Life, plus panel discussion</li><li>Unconference - <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sirexkat/what-is-library-20" target="_blank">What is Library 2.0?</a> plus session on Second Life and facillitated the closing session -" Library 2.0 skeptics"</li><li>TAFE - <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sirexkat/five-social-software-sites-that-libraries-shouldn" target="_blank">Five Social Software Sites that Libraries Shouldn’t Ignore</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Bits and pieces I picked up:</strong></p><p><em>Overall theme from all events - libraries are trying to use the tools that users are already using, (eg. google docs, CE6 ) and integrate library content into these.</em></p><p>QULOC and TAFE followed similar format - presentations to everyone before lunch, break into smaller groups after lunch. QULOC's focus on hands on workshops was great. The unconference was less formal than the WA unconference, with many sessions being "sit around and talk" sessions. Like WA, it was a useful sharing of information across library sectors.</p><p><a href="http://www.library.qut.edu.au/subjectpath/internetresourcesforci.jsp">QUT Creative Industries have use delicious tag cloud embedded into a web page as subject guide </a>- and have embedded this into Blackboard / CE6 Learning Management System</p><p>Yarra Plenty Library System incorporates LibraryThing tags in its catalogue. See this <a href="http://yprl.sirsidynix.net.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x7LVYi31hI/YPRL-HQ/221380734/9">example for Tim Winton's Cloudstreet</a>.</p><p><strong>QULOC</strong></p><p>University of New England - received funding to create a social network for students, but beginning to conclude that it is not necessarily a case of "If you build it they will come". May be better to use an Open Source network or to tap into something pre-exisiting like Facebook - especially by making widgets to tap into this. Cameron Barne's presentation slides are <a href="http://www-personal.une.edu.au/%7Ecbarnes/quloc.ppt">here</a>,: </p><p>Gina Velli is a young librarian working in legal deposit at the State Library of Queensland. She gave a presentation about MySpace / Facebook and concluded that MySpace is not what it once was and Facebook is preferred by more mature library users.</p><p>Andrew Bennett from UQ talked about using Web 2.0 tools as part of the IT Standard Operating Environment, citing the advantages of single sign-on, standardisation of tools, "light-weight accesss to heavy weight tools". Disadvantages - bakups and repository, scalability. **. Focussed on Zoho and Google docs.</p><p><strong>Unconference</strong></p><p>I went to those sessions I was most unfamiliar with at the unconference - so learned about how to offer services to youth, and a bit more about using chat reference.</p><p><strong>TAFE -</strong> </p><p>Deb and Pim also presented about the Learning Common.</p><p>UWA Library have integrated their information literacy into Blackboard / CE6, but wanted to ensure their course content was more portable. At the moment it is very hard to reuse material from course to course. They are experimenting with using HIVE to store learning objects that can be access from different learning modules.</p><p>Kay Schneider's igoogle presentation was excellent.</p><p>Jody ex-Curtin's "start with google" information literacy classes. Demonstrated a search on google giving tips about using the + and site: operators. Then took same search to google scholar. Then went from google scholar into library databases...all the time talking about accessability, search strategies and academic validity of the sources.</p><span style="font-weight: bold;">IRENE<br /></span>The event she attended and presented about at the Brown Bag Lunch is the<a href="http://learningfutures.anu.edu.au"> Learning Futures Symposium</a> .<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-54431408035643704972007-12-06T03:11:00.000-08:002007-12-06T03:20:56.592-08:00Here's a meebo chat boxHere's a meebo chat box as an example of how it can be embedded in any web page. I'm sometimes logged into meebo to access the Library Society of the World chat room, but more often am offline.<br /><br />The chat box won't show up in an RSS reader. I have also embedded one into the sidebar of this blog<br /><br /><!-- Beginning of meebo me widget code.<br />Want to talk with visitors on your page? <br />Go to http://www.meebome.com/ and get your widget! --><br /><embed src="http://widget.meebo.com/mm.swf?ScWpYSmeFH" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="190" height="275"></embed>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-37039652991095601852007-12-04T15:05:00.000-08:002007-12-04T18:06:04.562-08:00My other blog nominated for an Edublog Award<p><br />My other blog, <a href="http://librariansmatter.com/blog" target="_blank">Librarians Matter</a>, has been nominated for “Best Librarian/Library Blog” in the <a href="http://edublogawards.com/" target="_blank">2008 Edublog awards</a>. </p><p>To vote for me, click here, <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-library-librarian-blog-2007/" target="_blank">Best library / librarian blog 2007</a>. Or, you may prefer to vote for one of the other nominees:</p><ul><li><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/heyjude.wordpress.com');" href="http://heyjude.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Hey Jude</a></li><li><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/alibraryisalibrary.blogspot.com');" href="http://librariansmatter.com/blog" target="_blank">Librarians Matter</a></li><li><a href="http://alibraryisalibrary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Library By Any Other Name</a></li><li><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/hwlibrary.wordpress.com');" href="http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Spineless?</a></li><li><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/technotuesday.edublogs.org');" href="http://technotuesday.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Techno Tuesday</a></li></ul><p><br />Previous library blog winners have been:<br /><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.librarystuff.net');" href="http://www.librarystuff.net/">Library Stuff</a> - 2004<br /><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/joycevalenza.edublogs.org');" href="http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/">Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search</a> - 2005<br /><a onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/heyjude.wordpress.com');" href="http://heyjude.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Hey Jude</a> - 2006</p><p><br />I’m chuffed to see that West Australian Sue Water’s blog, <a href="http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">Mobile Technology in TAFE</a> has been nominated for <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-individual-edublog-2007/" target="_blank">three</a> <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-new-edublog-2007/" target="_blank">separate</a> <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-educational-tech-support-blog-2007/" target="_blank">awards</a>, and that Australian Jo Kay’s Second Life Island, Jokaydia, has been nominated for <a href="http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-educational-use-of-a-virtual-world-2007/" target="_blank">Best Educational Use of a Virtual World</a> .</p><p>I'm hoping to attend the <a href="http://edublogawards.com/some-more-info-about-second-life/">awards ceremony on 8th December in Second Life</a>.</p>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-73720828912662269462007-11-30T04:49:00.000-08:002007-11-30T04:53:26.659-08:00Blogs in Plain EnglishYes, it's another Commoncraft explanation - this time about blogs. Did you realise you were creating alternative news sources and community just by blogging?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI">Blogs in Plain English</a> - when I looked at it on Friday at about 9:30pm, I was the 78th person to view it. Would love to know where it was at when you looked (you'll need to click through to YouTube see those stats ).<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN2I1pWXjXI&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN2I1pWXjXI&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-29989606468523007252007-11-22T04:36:00.000-08:002007-11-22T04:41:51.831-08:00Social Networking in Plain EnglishI didn't use this one in the Facebook/ Twitter section of the 23 Things - mainly because I forgot .<br /><br />It's rather short, and talks about social networks connecting you to a great job or a fantastic partner. I don't use my online social networks for either of these, but every day I use them to get information that I need to do my job better...and to find out about what is happening in Perth and hundreds of quirky little things that make me smile or think.<br /><br />Here's the CommonCraft video - <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc">Social Networking in Plain English</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6a_KF7TYKVc&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6a_KF7TYKVc&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-16482963965862982772007-11-20T00:18:00.000-08:002007-11-20T00:22:24.179-08:00CSI 2.0Okay - a couple of weeks ago <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfXb6zb6Upc">CSI set an episode in Second Life</a> and I didn't mention it because I didn't want to seem THAT geeky.<br /><br />But <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5yCnEr8kQ">last night's episode of CSI where they showed Twitter</a> just had me wondering what's going on with them. Quote of the night: "These people don't care about privacy, they value openness".<br /><br />Has all this stuff become mainstream now? Is US commercial television cutting edge?Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-28529946704543183672007-11-07T16:24:00.000-08:002007-11-07T16:35:28.559-08:00A place for organisations in FacebookAccording to the <a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=6972252130">Facebook blog </a>, they now encourage and have a place for organizations - Facebook Pages.<br /><br />The "and more" bit mentioned below includes a category called "Library/Public building" that you can select when you create a Facebook Page .<br /><br /><blockquote>We've launched Facebook Pages, which are distinct, customized profiles designed for businesses, bands, celebrities and more to represent themselves on Facebook. We noticed people wanted to connect with their favorite music, restaurants, and brands; but there was no good place for these types of affiliations to exist. Now, there is a place for them and you can become a fan of whatever pages you choose in order to interact with your passions in new ways. You can post reviews for a local restaurant, buy tickets to a new movie, or be the first to get a heads up about new promotions.<br /></blockquote>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-71328089052436511372007-11-05T06:29:00.000-08:002007-11-06T00:41:27.733-08:00Should libraries be in Facebook?Maybe not libraries, but definitely librarians - it is a useful way to network.<br /><br />Should we try to offer our library services there? I <a href="http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2006/07/28/wait-for-meeee/">wasn't so sure in July 2006</a>, when I wrote:<br /><p></p><blockquote><p>Our younger users are definitely there. The question is “should we be there too?”. Or would we come across like a little kid following the big kids around, yelling “wait for meeeee?”.</p> <p>I guess it’s a bit like blogs. If there is a need for them, then they are great tools. A couple of times recently I’ve heard of organisations considering starting blogs “because there’s an expectation”, but without really knowing what they’d post. Same applies with some of the social web sites. If there is a need that they fill and we enjoy using them, then we should do so. If we are just doing it to join our users on their own turf, I’m not sure it is a good enough reason, and that we won’t come off looking like prats.</p> </blockquote>Today I would answer the question "Yes - we should offer services there" - but the operative word is OFFER - not coerce, demand, stalk, or invade. This doesn't necessarily mean setting up a "library friends" group (unless users want one) or even using a Facebook profile at all. I'm much more interested in offering a starting point to our library content, which users can install or ignore as they want.<br /><br />Since August this year, it has been possible to create small applications that Facebook users can choose to add to their profile. There are currently over 5000 on offer. It is easy to create a small application with a searchbox for the library catalogue, a searchbox for the library portal and a link to the "Ask a Librarian" service.<br /><br />If staff or students spend a large amount of time hanging out in Facebook and prefer to search our library from an application they have chosen to add to their profile, then it is a win/win situation. They are in control and can choose instead to go straight to the library web site, or straight to google Scholar.<br /><br />I remember the debates that librarians had about whether we should put our library catalogues online - it wasn't just "How soon should we divert resources and do this necessary thing?", it was "Should we be online at all ? Is this really space that it is appropriate for us to occupy?".<br /><br />Last Thursday google<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6813"> announced OpenSocial</a>, where google gadgets can now be embedded into other social sites like Open Social partners Orkut, Ning, MySpace, Friendster and LinkedIn. This is aimed directly at weakening Facebook's market share - users can now embed these cool little aps at other places where they hang out, not just inside Facebook. Google gadgets are <a href="http://immike.net/blog/2007/04/25/how-to-make-a-google-gadget-in-15-minutes-or-less/">easily created by the layperson who knows a bit of html</a>.<br /><br />The implications of these little aps is that successful web sites will morph into successful web presences.<br /><br />I agree with Karen Coombes who is the Head of Web Services at the University of Houston Libraries, who had this to say in <a href="http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2007/09/16/the-future-of-web-services-isnt-the-library-website/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The future of Web Services isn’t the Library website">The future of Web Services isn’t the Library website:</a><br /><blockquote>meeting your users where they are isn’t about making them come to the library website. In considering our long term virtual presence plans, the library website is a given. People who come to the site know we exist and want to use our services. To truly be successful we have to get our content into the path of the people who wouldn’t walk through our door (physical or virtual)...<br /><br />...[some issues with potential website redesign ]....would be resolved if users had alternate ways of accessing our data. Does the typical mobile user want the library website or a specific piece of information or tool from the library site? If faculty could do their searches without coming to the library site would they? I think the answer is yes. Focusing on content rather than look and feel will allow us to provide these different types of services. It will also allow different types of users to potentially selectively access content.</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><blockquote><br /></blockquote>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-34727286303707247892007-11-01T22:28:00.000-07:002007-11-01T22:32:21.532-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPrUqlo6qVa3k7AC4Pdi9BuZ1suYbLznt_U8Ea3yU0HprjZJosLuS6uJn5RPD8GVzOiseBmYP8drjfj2BVRCUXaeQsvYLUsBZ4slGeCb4W_Lehak-JTHzq1Cr1VR90Hrd-S44iIAGAbB2/s1600-h/CIMG9940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128110785871976530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPrUqlo6qVa3k7AC4Pdi9BuZ1suYbLznt_U8Ea3yU0HprjZJosLuS6uJn5RPD8GVzOiseBmYP8drjfj2BVRCUXaeQsvYLUsBZ4slGeCb4W_Lehak-JTHzq1Cr1VR90Hrd-S44iIAGAbB2/s320/CIMG9940.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329680107343616277.post-74901349574276340772007-10-29T22:35:00.000-07:002007-10-29T22:37:29.807-07:00Thing 14: It's about growing your own gardenJust the kind of reminder I need right now.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrT7NnDcFYu2Ib0XLheZjLMJwfBLTnjEER7pIe3gINGvKX1M26Wzf55ySlamfaKryeGlV6gkpvXvrhC5upuEokaH4G9fFl3zXodgQ4lKbCb6mI5Zt9AzeS1ymjgusPYhQ_sRC7a7_lKwY/s1600-h/fall-bouquet-pumpkins-flowe-garden_www-txt2pic-com.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126999441609300034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" width=500 src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrT7NnDcFYu2Ib0XLheZjLMJwfBLTnjEER7pIe3gINGvKX1M26Wzf55ySlamfaKryeGlV6gkpvXvrhC5upuEokaH4G9fFl3zXodgQ4lKbCb6mI5Zt9AzeS1ymjgusPYhQ_sRC7a7_lKwY/s400/fall-bouquet-pumpkins-flowe-garden_www-txt2pic-com.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Librarian Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139568507878636843noreply@blogger.com0