Thing 7

Email-Not surprising, the most familiar of the tools. The tips for e-mail productivity were good reminders.

Instant messaging-Interesting articles. This is used at our reference desk but may be an under used service. Interesting quote from Karen Wenk, science digital initiatives librarian, Rutgers University, "We are able to talk about things that we would hesitate to say in an email," she notes. "Office politics and more 'feeling' type of things are best said without the thought of an everlasting email trail." (smile)

Text messaging-As mentioned in the article, this may be a good tool for reserve notices..but don't patron's pay for every text message? This might create a bit of bad PR.

Web conferencing-One of the most beneficial bits of technology in my mind. Save travel time, save gasoline, learn without hassle.

Thing 6

Graphics are more and more important in today's world. Catching the patron's eye can lead to more library usage. This was a good lesson in saving and sharing images.

Thing 5

It's amazing to see some of the tools out there. Spell with Flickr could provide fun graphics for childrens' or young adult web pages or promotional items. The "add image" icon would not allow the upload, but adding the address to "edit Html" proved to be the solution. Playing on these sites is, indeed, time consuming.

Thing 4

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress". Photo from the Library of Congress' photo files.



The Common craft video people did a nice job. I was able to create Flickr account, was able to upload a picture, and added tags. On to Thing 5 for more adventures with Flickr.

Thing 3

Ok. I read about RSS feeds and watched the video, set up a bloglines account, searched for some interesting sites with RSS options, and added a few feeds. This is a helpful tool, especially if you're willing to spend the time to keep up with the information. The video was very creative but would stop and start with great frequency. Technology is still not keeping up with the creative imagination. It's also a challenge to spend large blocks of time to fully appreciate the capabilites. Perhaps these opportunities will move up my priority list with time.

Thing 2

The blog post by John Blyber and the article about Library 2.0 from "Library Technology Reports" were interesting. After repeated tries, only the virtual library video has been viewable. Perhaps another day or another time of day will bring success. The overall concepts are challenging and may be most appealing to those with a sci-fi bent. So many issues come to the forefront. Aspects of the "new library world" are fun and exciting while other issues, including authorship, identity, ethics, and privacy are not comfortable yet.