Week 10 post 23

10 weeks have gone by fast! And I have learned alot of new, interesting and fun things. From Internet Safety to blobbing, making a meeze, learning about Del.cio.us, Zoho, and YouTube. And much more. All of this has been new to me. Can I do it again. Well, maybe, after I review my notes. But I now know all this is out there in computer space ( and much, much more) What was the best. Having my own blog, and bloglines. Making a meeze was great fun. I hope to get back on Zoho and learn more about it. Learning about mashups, Library Thing and Elf was good too.

What was hard about iHCPL was finding the time to work on it. ( and I thought this would not be a problem but it was) One lesson a week would have been more my speed. But when I had to work on 3 lessons a week, it was a problem. I had a hard time finding 2 to 3 hours extra at work a week to get the lessons done. Overall it was a good program. Learned alot of interesting things. All for now!!

Week 9 post 22

Downloadable Media
I looked at Librivox and WOWIO. Librivox deals with audiobooks that are in Public Domain. Volunteers read the books. Lots of classics in Librivox. And you can get an RSS link. I Watched the Help with WOWIO tour. I did not know sites like Librivox and WOWIO were out there on the web.

HCPL's digital media site is full of so many new, interesting, and fun items. I watched the Digital Media Guide Tour. I found many things I was interested in. "The Good Cookie:.....", "Quick Family Meals in No Time" and "Your Planet or Mine" are some of the items I liked. You do have to install and upgrade some files. I guess this is the same for all downloadable media sites. All for now.

Week 9 post 21

Podcast. One more way to communicate with a group of people. You can put your information out there in computer space and anyone can listen or watch it. I do not understand who has time to listen to all of this INFORMATION!?! I know you can pick around and listen to just what might interest you. But just finding information on one subject takes time. I RSS to Kankalee Public Library Podcast. I listen to some of the information they were passing on. But I got bored. Again you have to be careful with the information, is it correct or not, who is really the source, and is the information timely.

Just like YouTube, a company can put out information about the company or new services and let people discover it on Podcast. All for now.

Week 9 post 20

YouTube is very entertaining. You can watch little videos all day long. You can find videos on anything!! I can see HCPL doing a little video to show the public something about a new service. I saw videos on cats, dogs, christmas, and my most favorite is the singing mom. She is singing about all the words or phrases she tells her kids all day long. It is a great little video. All for now.

Week 8 post 19

Well, I guess the doc. from Zoho was not formated right. But I was in Zoho and I now have an account. Looks great(until now). All for now.

hello.....Zoho Writer

Week 8 Post 19

Hello,

I have just signed into Zoho Writer. I have an account.

This is great. I am in Zoho writer right now. I will have to play with this. All for now

Week 8 post 18

I like to look at all the pictures on Dogster and Catster. The animals are all so cute! The tour on Facebook was interesting. I also looked at Myspace, Myopera, Infield Parking, Ning, and Linkedin. All fun sites, full of interesting people and things to do. Knowing of all these sites is good but I am not interested in them for me. I still like to see a face or hear a voice when I am visiting with people . I know I am old fashion. I also know that if you are going to be networking these days, for fun or business, all these sites have good information. All for now.

Week 7 post 17

Technology is great. We can now do so many more things because of it. But it all changes so fast. I will learn something new. Come back to it in a week or two. It has changed. I have to learn it all over again. I do enjoy change most of the time, but does it have to change so fast?Adopting new ways of working can be fun most of the time. And I do think the more we(libraries) keep current with technology, the stronger the library system will be.
All for now!

Week 7 post 16

I now have a login for ihcpl wiki. And I have added my blog to the favorite blogs page.

The most interesting facts about a wiki account is that it can be changed or updated by anyone out there in the internet world. This is a good and bad feature. If the wiki is for a group project, updating, communicating and discussing the project is easy for each person in the group. If the wiki is about one subject, with facts on the subject, the question is, who is the person writing the wiki and are all the facts true or not. This could be a big problem in the long run for people who might not know this. But if a group of people on a committee, working together, a wiki would be a great way to communicate with each member within the group. All for now!

Week 6 post 15

I have read A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto, Librarianship, and the article on Library 2.0 with great references. This is all new to me. I have not heard of library 2.0 before this. Some new ideas for me and some old ones.

With Library 2.0 library services are constantly updated and reevaluated to best serve library users. This is from Library 2.0. This is an old idea to me. All the Library systems I have worked for in the past (and now) have always worked very hard to be current with technology, resources, etc. Money has always been a problem. And I think money will always be a problem. New technology and resources can be a great expense. And the question is how up-to-date can we(HCPL) go.

The key principles of Library 2.0 are not just about access to books and information. It is about innovation, about people, and about community building, enabled through the participation that social computing brings. This is also from Libraray 2.0. Social Computing is a new term for me. At this time I do not understand this term . I will have to read more about.

What I do understand about Library2.0 is that libraries should be in constant motion. Always looking for the newest resources out in the world. And open to new ways of doing things and servicing the public.

Week 6 post 14

Got into Technorati. Sooo Much information!! I did a search by Blog Post on learning 2.0 and I got 127 hits. With Blog Directory, I got 311 hits on the same search. The hits with Blog Directory was more on the business of learning 2.0. While with Blog Post, chatting about learning 2.0 was more on the fun side. I also looked at adding a link to my bookmark toolbar for Technorati. I decided not to do it. And I am afraid of a little code you can configure for automatic pinging. I will not be doing ping. I also looked at the most popular Blogs. Again so much information. I could be looking at blogs all day. All for now!

Week 6 post 13 second posting

Well, I got into Del.icio.us tutorial. The tutorial is alittle weak, you can not see what the speaker is talking about. But this is a great resource. I have found the comments and tags. Great way to share information. All for now!

Week 6 Post 13

I have got into the Del.icio.us tutorial and it will play for 32 seconds and then start all over again. I have done this 6 times in the last 15 minutes. I have also looked at the website Del.icio.us, Several habits and us.ef.ul. I do not have an account but in the past I have looked at and used the HCPL Account for somethings. Tonight I will look at the tutorial again and see if I can watch it. All for now!

Week 5 post 12

I have registered for Library Elf today. From what I can see, the muliple card checking feature would be great for families with lots of library cards. This feature would be very helpful for a busy family on the go. For me, (one person) what HCPL does is just fine. All for now!

Week 5 Post 11

Here is my link to Libray Thing. I have a list of 5 books. Very helpful site. I am thinking I can use this site with my list of displays and the items that are on display. All for now!
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Booking25&shelf=list

notechgirl

Week 5 post 10

Picture of my meez is above. Had fun doing this. Could have done this for hours and hours. I think Meez and Yahoo, Avatars are the same thing. Also Customize Comic Strips is fun. All for now!

Week 4 post 9

I have checked out all the site ihcpl listed for bloglines. Very interesting!! I could read about any subject under the sun if I wanted too. I liked the feeds for weather, travel, news and libraries. This sounds very boring but this is what I find interesting. I loved the title of one feed, Peek @ Rare Books. I enjoyed this feed. All for now!

Week 4 Post 8

Well, I now have a blog and bloglines. I am learning alot but I do not have time to enjoy all this. I have to rush to get the lessons done. Oh well, I do like knowing what is out there in tech land. I have 15 feeds now. Garden's Gift, NYT Book Review, Bloglines/News, BBC News, About Literature: Contemporary and Home & Gardners TV are just some of the ones I have subscribed too. All for now.

Week 3 post 7

First picture (green horses) I used Pixer. And for the second picture I use Picnik.

Doll Display IHCPL

Doll Display IHCPL
Originally uploaded by pille.cindy

Lomo-ish format second picture for this post.

Week 3 post 7

Green Horses!! Oh boy !

Week 3 post 6

Had fun looking at the mashups, tools, etc. I liked Spell with Flickr. But I really like Colr Pickr(Colorpicker). The colors are just wonderful. May I use a picture from Colr Pickr in a flyer or poster that I might make? I could look at this site all day. What a delight to see all the color and movement in the pictures. All for now.

Week 3 post 5

I had to do this lesson twice. The first set of pictures do not link to Flickr. The second set of pictures do. I did not understand that this was part of the lesson( to link with Frickr). So anyway, I got it the second time around. Learning alot doing ihcpl. All for now.

Doll Display IHCPL

Doll Display IHCPL
Originally uploaded by pille.cindy

Doll display at the library in September

Doll Display IHCPL

Doll Display IHCPL
Originally uploaded by pille.cindy

Doll dsplay at the library for September.

Week 3-lesson5

Doll Display at Barbara Bush Branch Library IHCPL

Internet Safety

We all must be careful with what we post online. We have to remember, what we put online, the whole world can see. Anyone can read, and use the info. I have friends who pay all their bills online. I will not do this yet. I do feel that sometime in the future, bill paying will only be done online. In the meantime I am very careful sharing personal info with anyone on the internet. I do enjoy the internet! So much information is out there to find. All for now.

Learning about iHCPL

Getting all the homework done for iHCPL will not be very hard.
I enjoy learning new things. Finding the time to get the homework done will be the hardest thing about this project. I am off the Reference Desk in the afternoon for 2 hours, so I will take an hour to work on iHCPL at this time. I can not believe I have a blog! All for now.

Good Morning to you!!

Good Morning to all. This is my first posting on my Blog.