Today's photo shows lavender in bloom...wishing I could reflect camped in the middle of a lavender field!
I've been thrilled to participate in this entire learning process. It is the best training I have received at KCLS by far. It has opened the doors to new portals on the web some of which I had only heard about and others I never had.
It's been easy to get comfortable in the email/instant message world and not want to grow much beyond that. I've been somewhat amazed at my reticence; maybe I just don't want the world to change this much this fast.
Having said that, I admit to being so pleasantly surprised by this entire journey. This is by far the best training I've experienced at KCLS. I feel empowered even knowing a wee bit about places like del.ico.us and Flickr and finding wikis not so scary after all. I think this 27 things format would be a great way to continue to provide training as new technologies emerge. I think it's imperative that all KCLS staff are at least somewhat conversant with everything from MySpace to YouTube to RSS feeds, etc. I don't know why this program was strictly voluntary; I do hope new _xx_ things will be required for all employees.
Lastly, if I could suggest a "28th thing" to learn about it would be how to create our own podcast.
Thank you KCLS for putting this training together...and to the Foundation who is providing a new mp3 player!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 7, 2007
podcasts
I added "The Library Channel" to my blogroll. It was easy to use Bloglines to get it set up.
I like something I read on a library marketing website. The idea was that libraries need to think about "how we can facilitate" as opposed "how we can communicate." In the case of the latter, it presupposes a one-way communication i.e. the "old" model.
In this sense, I see podcasts being a great way to 'market' our libraries. Having a list of FAQs in podcasts might be a good way to start. Another idea would be podcasts that promote an upcoming library program event.
While I like the idea of using podcasts, they can be too long to wade through before getting to the information I'd actually like to hear. Maybe one day they'll be more like dvds in 'tracking' so one can jump around easily from one topic to another (?)
I like something I read on a library marketing website. The idea was that libraries need to think about "how we can facilitate" as opposed "how we can communicate." In the case of the latter, it presupposes a one-way communication i.e. the "old" model.
In this sense, I see podcasts being a great way to 'market' our libraries. Having a list of FAQs in podcasts might be a good way to start. Another idea would be podcasts that promote an upcoming library program event.
While I like the idea of using podcasts, they can be too long to wade through before getting to the information I'd actually like to hear. Maybe one day they'll be more like dvds in 'tracking' so one can jump around easily from one topic to another (?)
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
YouTube
The post preceding this one shows I had a successful venture going into YouTube and posting a video to my blog. Enjoy the kitten so aptly named "Cotton."
YouTube was easy to navigate. I'm sure I'll be spending more time there at home in the future. I think it's a great place for families/friends to share videos.
Unfortunately, though, there is questionable content on the site. It would be nice if YouTube didn't automatically display slides of the latest postings because this is where I saw the questionable content.
YouTube was easy to navigate. I'm sure I'll be spending more time there at home in the future. I think it's a great place for families/friends to share videos.
Unfortunately, though, there is questionable content on the site. It would be nice if YouTube didn't automatically display slides of the latest postings because this is where I saw the questionable content.
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