I went to Topicle and looked at several mashups, such as Canadian healthcare, librarian, and lyrics. Checked the most popular ones and was amused to see
that ukelele songs was listed (however, you can't search for Peter Sellers singing "Ukelele Lady"). One topic was CSS which I didn't know what it meant:
it stands for cascading style sheets and I still don't know what that means.
Wasn't sure that I was correctly searching Rollyo for librarianblogs discussing privacy. However, I did get to the Open Directory Project and found an item on
the U.S. Patriot Act and office privacy with this comment about personal privacy
and library records:
"Additionally, another section of the law known as the "personal privacy" exemption, provides that certain types of information may be kept confidential by a public agency where the disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.6 Finally, library policies that protect such records, if well drafted, might protect Internet use records."
Finally, I did attempt to create my own Searchroll on Canadian health sites:
http://rollyo.com/tamcairn/
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Podcasting and Online Hosting Video
I started the exercise late in the week and have benefitted from other people's experiences. Like others have commented, many of the 2.0 technologies are not that intuitive, so step-by-step instructions really help the first time you are using them.
In Odeo, I had a hard time finding a podcast with a clearly marked subscribe button.
Also, I had the experience of a co-worker who had taken several hours to complete this week's exercise, so with her assistance it took me less than an hour to do the readings/viewings and complete the exercise.
If you haven't seen the Mr. Bean at the Library clip, take a look. Warning: this may be potentially harmful for Rare Books/Special Collections librarians!
In Odeo, I had a hard time finding a podcast with a clearly marked subscribe button.
Also, I had the experience of a co-worker who had taken several hours to complete this week's exercise, so with her assistance it took me less than an hour to do the readings/viewings and complete the exercise.
If you haven't seen the Mr. Bean at the Library clip, take a look. Warning: this may be potentially harmful for Rare Books/Special Collections librarians!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Online Photo Sharing
I was unable to upload photos in flickr (darned IT restrictions), but could do so with Photobucket - at least I'll find out in a minute after I finish this message and try to do so.
Since I'm a naturally impatient person, I become somewhat frustrated with using many of
the Web 2.0 applications. Some are easy and intuitive, and others don't seem to work and
it's not clear if I'm missing something or if there are technological restrictions. But I do like to
be able to import photos for presentations to liven them up.
Since I'm a naturally impatient person, I become somewhat frustrated with using many of
the Web 2.0 applications. Some are easy and intuitive, and others don't seem to work and
it's not clear if I'm missing something or if there are technological restrictions. But I do like to
be able to import photos for presentations to liven them up.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Web Office Tools
I had a good time exploring the features of these programs and really see a place for these collaborative tools in my library projects. The article by teacher Christopher Case brought home how Google Docs (or a similar web office tool) could be used for group collaboration - this could be useful for MLA projects.
As I mentioned in my comments to Week 5, there was some frustration on not being able to upload a spreadsheet, but it may work with the other programs.
While all these new tools are great, I've learned that they really take time to explore.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Social Bookmarking
I'd previously signed up on del.icio.us for a Web 2.0 introductory course at the library last year, but never really used it to organize my bookmarks. And my bookmarks are in a chaotic state...
I like being able to access bookmarks from any computer and being able to search them. So now I will try to embrace and tap the features of social bookmarking.
Besides helping to manage personal bookmarks, social bookmarks could be used to customize content for users, e.g. five essential sites for consumer health, three great drug information sites, etc.
One aspect of social bookmarking that I need to consider more is how I tag the sites. Obviously, tagging everything as "health" may not be that useful when I'm searching a great quantity of bookmarks later. Or should I tag them both generally and specifically? What I haven't done yet is to see how others have tagged sites that may be of interest to me and expand my topic areas.
I like being able to access bookmarks from any computer and being able to search them. So now I will try to embrace and tap the features of social bookmarking.
Besides helping to manage personal bookmarks, social bookmarks could be used to customize content for users, e.g. five essential sites for consumer health, three great drug information sites, etc.
One aspect of social bookmarking that I need to consider more is how I tag the sites. Obviously, tagging everything as "health" may not be that useful when I'm searching a great quantity of bookmarks later. Or should I tag them both generally and specifically? What I haven't done yet is to see how others have tagged sites that may be of interest to me and expand my topic areas.
Social Networking Tools
I was somewhat leery to embark on the world of personal "reach out and touch someone" sites, such as Facebook and MySpace. While I'm not convinced that this is a solution for me to interact with others - deciding what levels of information to disclose on Facebook was a strange exercise: did I want to connect with "friends of friends"?
Like, Daniel Chudnov - a librarian/information technology specialist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress - I question the motivation of the Facebook creators.Chudnov states in an April 2008 Libraries in Communities article:
"I don't want to participate in Facebook for reasons I wrote about a few months back. One of these reasons is that my participation in the Facebook community and all the seemingly personal connections of that participation are fodder for profit making activities by Facebook itself and its business partners, salesmen, and marketing agencies alike. That Facebook turned on a service called Beacon that blatantly exploited user activities in service to this objective (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_(Facebook)) shortly after my column about this ran is coincidental. I wasn't trying to predict that it would happen, I just wanted to highlight that this is what these online communities are ultimately for when they're run by people with a primary motive of making a profit."
And on a health promotion website in Canada I saw this recent post:" I am looking for any evidence, research or success stories about the use of Facebook as a marketing tool for increasing program awareness and as a point for information exchange."
Yes, there certainly are privacy concerns about Facebook and MySpace. Many examples abound of individuals being expelled/suspended from institutions, not being hired for positions or fired, and even arrested for messages posted on these public sites.
I found a lot of interesting observations in Meredith Farkas' May 10/2006 reading. She rightly points out that we need to know where are users are going, and they are going in droves to Facebook and MySpace. She states that libraries can play a valuable role in educating young people about online privacy and the possible negative effect of putting too much personal information online; also, a key is educating parents and making them get involved in their childrens' online lives.
For libraries, I can see a role in going to where users are to try to engage them, e.g. get recommendations of materials to be added to the library collection, and for ideas for programs.Indeed, my library is exploring having Facebook and MySpace presences as effective outreach and marketing tools.
Like, Daniel Chudnov - a librarian/information technology specialist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress - I question the motivation of the Facebook creators.Chudnov states in an April 2008 Libraries in Communities article:
"I don't want to participate in Facebook for reasons I wrote about a few months back. One of these reasons is that my participation in the Facebook community and all the seemingly personal connections of that participation are fodder for profit making activities by Facebook itself and its business partners, salesmen, and marketing agencies alike. That Facebook turned on a service called Beacon that blatantly exploited user activities in service to this objective (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_(Facebook)) shortly after my column about this ran is coincidental. I wasn't trying to predict that it would happen, I just wanted to highlight that this is what these online communities are ultimately for when they're run by people with a primary motive of making a profit."
And on a health promotion website in Canada I saw this recent post:" I am looking for any evidence, research or success stories about the use of Facebook as a marketing tool for increasing program awareness and as a point for information exchange."
Yes, there certainly are privacy concerns about Facebook and MySpace. Many examples abound of individuals being expelled/suspended from institutions, not being hired for positions or fired, and even arrested for messages posted on these public sites.
I found a lot of interesting observations in Meredith Farkas' May 10/2006 reading. She rightly points out that we need to know where are users are going, and they are going in droves to Facebook and MySpace. She states that libraries can play a valuable role in educating young people about online privacy and the possible negative effect of putting too much personal information online; also, a key is educating parents and making them get involved in their childrens' online lives.
For libraries, I can see a role in going to where users are to try to engage them, e.g. get recommendations of materials to be added to the library collection, and for ideas for programs.Indeed, my library is exploring having Facebook and MySpace presences as effective outreach and marketing tools.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Blogs and Wikis and Facebook, oh my!
Blogs are a series of periodic posts, listed by most recent, that are like an online "diary" on a topic. They are great for current perspectives on recent events, but since they can present
very personal viewpoints should be used with caution.
A wiki is a website that allows users to contribute content - Wikipedia is a well-known example of online collaboration - but different levels of collaboration can be assigned. For example, you may not want to let everyone edit the content on your wiki. It is easy to add, edit and link new content on a wiki, and you can track your changes.
very personal viewpoints should be used with caution.
A wiki is a website that allows users to contribute content - Wikipedia is a well-known example of online collaboration - but different levels of collaboration can be assigned. For example, you may not want to let everyone edit the content on your wiki. It is easy to add, edit and link new content on a wiki, and you can track your changes.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Pub Med and Journal RSS Feeds; Value of RSS Feeds in the Library
RSS Feeds: PubMed and JAMA T of C
Depresssion and Treatment
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=pubmed&term=depression%20and%20treatment
Fibromyalgia and Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=pubmed&term=fibromyalgia%20and%20cmaj
Table of Contents - Journal of the American Medical Assocaition - Current Issue
http://jama.ama-assn.org/rss/current.xml
Value of RSS Feeds
RSS feeds could be used in the library as a current awareness tool. For example, if you wanted to be alerted to collection development essays and book reviews in Library Journal, you could set up RSS feeds in those categories. For health-related information, you can set up a number of feeds in PubMed to make it easier to collect information for patrons on a regular basis, such as setting up a RSS feed search by topic and limiting it to specialty journals, e.g. articles on macular degeneration in the Journal of Ophthalmology.
Depresssion and Treatment
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=pubmed&term=depression%20and%20treatment
Fibromyalgia and Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=pubmed&term=fibromyalgia%20and%20cmaj
Table of Contents - Journal of the American Medical Assocaition - Current Issue
http://jama.ama-assn.org/rss/current.xml
Value of RSS Feeds
RSS feeds could be used in the library as a current awareness tool. For example, if you wanted to be alerted to collection development essays and book reviews in Library Journal, you could set up RSS feeds in those categories. For health-related information, you can set up a number of feeds in PubMed to make it easier to collect information for patrons on a regular basis, such as setting up a RSS feed search by topic and limiting it to specialty journals, e.g. articles on macular degeneration in the Journal of Ophthalmology.
Film RSS Feeds
Here are a variety of film-related feeds:
http://www.metacritic.com/rss/movie/film
- reviews by critics
http://www.futuremovies.co.uk
- current & forthcoming films, especially from the U.K.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS01
- reviews by Roger Ebert
http://movies.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html?partner=rssnyt
- New York Times film stuff
http://blog.library.temple.edu/fma
- Temple University Film Studies info
http://www.metacritic.com/rss/movie/film
- reviews by critics
http://www.futuremovies.co.uk
- current & forthcoming films, especially from the U.K.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS01
- reviews by Roger Ebert
http://movies.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html?partner=rssnyt
- New York Times film stuff
http://blog.library.temple.edu/fma
- Temple University Film Studies info
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