Thing 10

What did you find interesting about the wiki concept? Anyone can add or edit. All participants is the same document...no need to catch up on e-mails to stay current.
What types of applications within libraries and schools might work well with a wiki? Additions to the catalog, community information sharing, in-house communication and policy sharing...
Many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research. What do you think of the practice of limiting information by format? It can be a good place to start, but confirm information elsewhere.
Which wiki did you edit? 23things on a stick wiki.

Thing 9

Zoho Writer had great templates. What an easy way to share and update information on a project. Need to create tickets to an event? Just edit their example. The resume and cover letter portions my be of great help to patrons trying to create their own. Google Docs didn't seem as "flashy" but looks to be very functional. I had difficulty trying to edit documents without creating an account or having someone provide permission. I probably missed something.

Thing 8

Thing 8 was a lot of fun and with a little help from a co-worker, the cube is spinning. The Library of Congress photo archives is a real treasure. The photo cube is spinning on the side of the blog.

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.