Sunday, March 29, 2009

Discovering Feeds

I really enjoyed looking at the Staff Feeds/SCLS Feeds (could be more interesting)/ Public Feeds, etc. On the MMSCL website the RSS feeds were a little disappointing because they were only listings of new materials. Is there a way for patrons using our website and catalog to view the Public Feeds I saw in the Staff Catalog?
I added the NYT Book Review to my Google Reader account. I think I'll use Google Reader from now on.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

???

Am I pasting the correct address into my staff page when I'm verifying the completion of an exercise?

RSS and Newsreaders

I assumed that RSS feed readers were a useful tool for heavy users of the internet to quickly access updated information on sites they have a keen interest in. But it's also a useful tool to find blogs on a topic ( i.e., Yankees) that may be hard to find using a browser.

SuffolkWave

I found SuffolkWave a little tough to navigate, though I'm sure the computer savvy would have no trouble with it. Quickly glancing at the SW homepage, I was looking for underlined words to click on, so got into NetLibrary, then tried to find downloadable audio books but couldn't find them. It wasn't until I meandered back to the homepage that I realized I should have clicked on the big Suffolk Wave banner ( I always forget that you can click on them) that I found the audio books. I had no trouble downloading Overdrive Media, but tried twice to download books and couldn't. (Error:Ox80070057: the parameter is incorrect). It could be my home computer. ???
I think I'll move on to the next segment. One thing that I disliked about SuffolkWave was that many of the audiobooks didn't have copies available to download. Why is this and how can it be remedied? What's the point of having a catalog if very few are available? I'll stick to Books on CD and hard copies, thank you very much :-)

Friday, March 27, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

You Tube

You Tube is fun, and can be educational, too. Here's Michael Rosen performing his' We're Going on a Bear Hunt" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s
My account at LibraryThing is: http://www.librarything.com/home/diberger.
I use LibraryThing to record children's books. Does anyone know how to make separate book lists or folders on LibraryThing? Is there a way to list books in the order you've posted them, instead of alphabetically?

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Delicious + tag clouds

I may use Delicious for my bookmarking and I have actually used our OPAC's tag cloud when helping a patron.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

My Space and Facebook

Both were interesting. I particularly liked the My Space graphics and thought, what a good idea to be able to look at what's happening currently, and what the library has been up to in the recent past. Anything that helps with the library's visibility is a good thing!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

twitter

I wrote 'now i know what twittering is all about'
i may check it out again sometime

debby's Blog

This is my new blog.