Week 7: Tagging, folksonomies, del.icio.us and Library thing

This particular weeks exercise was definitely a little long, even though it was good to be able to delve into the various sites. There is a great potential for research here, I especially liked the ancestry site within the Sutherland's Shire Library, together with the listing of the audio bookshops of available materials. The Cleveland's library site of "Homework now" would be invaluable for students of all ages.

I think that the camel bookmobile of Kenya was truly delightful, within the technorata site. Only time restraints prevented me from spending a lot more with this exercise. As with several other part-time workers, we are severely limited with our time away from the desk, and the priority has to be given to our collection every week of the books and materials for our housebound borrowers.

I look forward to going forward to the next weeks surprises and challenges.

Week 6: Video Online, Youtube & Google Video

For this week's work, I scanned both the Youtube and the Google videos. I found that the "We love our NJ libraries" was excellent, citing 3 reasons while the borrowers enjoyed spending time there. The "Showcasing oral histories" was really interesting showing Olive Riley returns to Broken Hill. Being able to talk about happenings and events during her lifetime of growing up in Broken Hill, is a great way to preserve our history. The State library of Queensland "timelapse construction" of the building was a fascinating look at what just can be achieved using this particular medium. I briefly looked at Paul Brunton giving a talk at the Mosman Library, and part 8 of Colleen McCulloch's dramatized novel of "Tim and Mary". Lack of time to properly explore the whole of the interesting videos, is the hardest part. I look forward to next week's adventure.

Week 5: Welcome to the wonderful world of the Wikis. There are so many wonderful places to visit on this particular site, a veritable "feast" in fact. I enjoyed the breast cancer research site, the woolworks, and the Lunar Planetary Institute. I also found that the Booklovers Wiki would be ideal, especially for library work. As I devour so many books in my spare time, this would be an absolute boon - to add my own personal choices.

Powerhouse Museum - Photo of the Day

Powerhouse Museum - Photo of the Day

Fun and games with the RSS searches

After a merry chase, and an exploration through the wonderful selection of searches, I have now added 13 feeds to my account. These include sites for animals, care and protection, library information, the quote of the day (!), and literature, I feel that I have more than enough to keep me busy.

Many thanks must go to my ever patient colleague, Judy, without her help, I would still be "lost" in a maze.

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