Mashups and Rollyo

Mashups are new technology to me. I'm all about food, so of course I chose to look at LunchBox, one of the Award Winners. It was a Mashup of Google and Yelp. It touts itself as "reputable lunch places". Hummmmm... I find it no better, and less listings than Google maps where you can type in restaurants and search by zip code. So maybe their sites are pulled up by advertisers? Cheap Chain restaurants sit at the top of the list.

Also, my favorite lunch spot is not even listed. Maybe the site is still developing - as Yelp develops? Ah, I see that Yelp is subtitled; Real People, Real Reviews. So they need more reviewers. Guess I'll get eating and write some reviews for Yelp. LunchBox does list mostly local restaurants which I can appreciate.

I did search Yelp - which is new to me for quilt shops in Chicago. Might come in handy for a brief jaunt.

Library use of Mashups, think we need to gain access to more Web 2.0 technology that are not blocked by computer security and then can post some available useful links.

On to Rollyo... so much advertising on the screen - whew!

Easy way to search multiple blogs, but then I think Gabe set this up for us? - I liked the Shifted Librarians blog about privacy, from May 2007. This is wild. If a child is born today, maybe? the parent should immediately register the child's name as the domain name in Facebook, YouTube,

Flickr, LiveJournal, Xanger, Bebo, IMNetworks, Gmail. Oh my, this concept blows me away. Get out there with your information before it gets out from someone else. Oh no! "Maybe adults should do this too". Yikes. I am so not ready for this. Interesting concept that young people view their life as already public, and that privacy is already an illusion. I feel more comfortable with the illusion for now, although I am a pro at swiping my debit card. Whoops, now the world knows!

I appreciate you including Mashups in the course - they were all new to me. Good to keep learning on the edge.

Later.

Podcasting Final Submit

I bought an Ipod in December 2006 and intended to post a web page of links to medical podcasts on our Medical Library web page for our Medical School students, residents and faculty. The students were ready for this at that time. I soon left the University and moved on. I still think this is a great idea.
Now, the addition of You Tube would add value to such a web page.
I love the idea of using You Tube for party invites - for a Library Open House, for library virtual tours, for online newsletter items, etc.
Humm, The You Tube Video I found yesterday, I can't find today.... frustrating it was a cool invite for Public Health Faculty leaving a? Univ. with American Gothic embellished portrait.

Podcasting

I bought an Ipod in December 2006 and intended to post a web page of links to medical podcasts on our Medical Library web page for our Medical School students, residents and faculty. The students were ready for this at that time. I soon left the University and moved on. I still think this is a great idea.
Now, the addition of You Tube would add value to such a web page.
I love the idea of using You Tube for party invites - for a Library Open House, for library virtual tours, for online newsletter items, etc.
Humm, The You Tube Video I found yesterday, I can't find today.... frustrating it was a cool invite for Public Health Faculty leaving a? Univ. with American Gothic embellished portrait.
Now here is cool link from You Tube that is versions of American Gothic that will have to suffice instead: I'm not sure if the video will post properly, it doesn't show it in "preview" but I followed the instruction son the blogger web page-

Podcasting

Photo Sharing

The LC Flickr page is amazing. Great way to post and access the historical photos!
Photo sharing has uses for library online newsletters, for informational library online pages, for library open house and marketing photos, etc. Very useful:)
Now I see how people post photos to Facebook!
This photo was taken during the process of moving my entire library from a site 60 miles away to it's current location. We've been working about 3 hours a week, since January to unload and shelve journals A to J. This process includes barcoding and entering the collection into a new online catalog! We hope to have the collection completly cataloged before National Medical Librarians Week - depending on getting some staffing to help ASAP!

Office tools

This weeks assignment was very useful. I can use Google Docs to post work documents on my google account and retrieve from home. Our institution does not have proxy access, so this is a great work around.
The google docs, spreadsheet, and presentation slides seem more user friendly than the ones on Word. I like the tab functions - up front!
I like the Zoho Notebook concept. What will they think of next?
Look out Microsoft - these products may turn you on your ear! Yes, these products are the wave of the future. I will continue to use Google Docs. These web products relieve the user from always copying and transporting files, by means of flash, discs,etc. Plus it takes the stress out of transporting documents.

Delicious

Delicious works great. Glad you included this site in our class. This tool is one I will use. Plus it is reachable from home and work, for myself and for our library patrons. It takes the work out of saving bookmarks in multiple physical locations, rather becoming one stop shopping. At least it isn't blocked - yet at work. Delcious looks like a tool for subject guides and pertinent library user information.
I like the human touch, of using your own tags and them becoming an added searching tool!
The Visual image by Maarten Janssen drove the point home. thanks for including that in the reading materials.

Social Networking Tools

The Denver Public Library eVolver http://teens.denverlibrary.org/
site for Teens was incredible! Loved the interaction and teen information - quite a contrast to medical libraries, where we take ourselves so seriously!I would love to see usage stats on their site and how they respond to teen input, or if they have teens on their "board" for the web page? Or maybe they are just plain responsive to the teens, so it works.
MLA could use social networking for hot topics and discussion, sending and responding to information from Librarians.
Facebook is blocked at our Federal library organization, but Linkedin works - they must not know about it! It would be a great way to have an online type newsletter and respond to questions and provide feedback. I'm curious if organizations that use Social Networking tools also have a web page or use a combination of both kinds of tools? They must have a staff larger than 1. Can the information be easily transferred from web page to social networking pages?
Everyone has their own level of comfort with privacy. So that is an individual issue.
I preferred the ease of use of Facebook and that it found "friends" for me very easily. Almost scary.
This has been a valualbe learning experience.

Wiki's versus Blogs

Wikis feel more like a loose newsletter with various levels of participation based upon invites:open, closed, invited, etc. Less structed than Blogs. Wikis can be used for committees, or group projects as a way to share information - without the hierarchy. Not necessarily listed in chronological order. Feels messy!

Blogs appear to be communication from one individual to another,while Wikis can communicate with groups of people and include more links to various new kinds of media? On-line videos, etc.
Blogs are controlled by the author, as far as editing and responding. Blogs are easier to post.
Blogs can be used to share information in a more controlled setting than by using a Wiki.Could write a library blog for your patrons with the library holding the authorship. However, if want to use a Wiki, more participation is available which would include but not belimited to the library community.

RSS Feeds

RSS Feeds could be used to send PubMed TOC's and PubMed Searches to hospital staff who request information. The recipients of the feeds would need to set up the mechanism to recieve the feed.

No print collection

Imagine your/a library with no print collection in the year 2007! Been there, done that. This was part of the process of moving the library from one location to another. Five months later, library materials are being unpacked, cataloged and placed on the shelves. Out went the old card catalog, in with the new online cataloging system.
The staff at this medical hospital/clinic could not recognize the library without the physical collection. This concept, seemed to be too abstract for them to grasp. We have excellent online resources and were able to continue service during the entire process of weeding, moving and now unloading.