My mosaic

My Zoho Documents

I am creating a document in Zoho Writer to try this application as part of our Library 2.0 blog. I think this should work quite well for me because you can save your documents online and access them from wherever you are. Another great advantage is that you don't need to install any software. 

 

 

Bluetooth Technology

This is a new post about technology. I somehow missed creating a post about technology which was one of the requirements. Anyway, I am doing it now.

I like Blue Tooth technology because it is wireless and connects mobile phones,laptop computers, MP3 players, stereo sets etc etc. It is also low cost and easy to set up. You can carry your PAN - Personal Area Network with you wherever you go and you can even connect to others. The 'Bluetooth' refers to a Danish King 'Harald Bluetooth'who unified Denmark and Norway.

I have bought myself a GPS. When I was travelling in the States there was a GPS in the car we rented and it took us everywhere without problem whether it was within a city or out in the country. You could program it to talk to you in Spanish or with an Irish accent, or you could have a man or a woman talking.

You can see a picture of a Bluetooth GPS in the left side.

Last post: the end or the beginning of the journey...

As a said before, it has been an interesting experience. I have enjoyed some of the sites, others I haven't found so useful but we will certainly need to become familiar with these sites if we are to help our customers. These are the type of searches that we will be doing, that we are already doing: Have you got any good podcasts on knitting? etc. etc.

Week 9: Podcasts, Video & ebooks

Exploring UTube and podcasts have been interesting. It is good to become familiar with these sites as we will need to find podcasts or videos for our customers. This is the new type of search and it is already happening: "I am interested in in a podcast on knitting.."

This is my video: Second Life

I have also had a look at NetLibrary and have opened an account. There are some interesting books. There is one called "Home with your ancestors.com: How to Research Family History Using the Internet" for those interested in family trees. In fiction there are all the classics. You can also search in Spanish.

My Video: Second Life Libraries

Waves

Week 8: Online Applications & Tools

There are so many sites to visit in the Web 2.0 awards list - even in the shortlist - that it is difficult to choose. There are many which we already know and have subscribed to, like flick'r, del.icio.us, technorati etc.

I have had a look at Biblio.com and I think this one would be good in a library because you can search for used and out-of-print books by author, by title, by keyword or ISBN and even by binding! There is Book Discussion, Book collecting, Textbooks, Rare books etc.

I also looked at Google Maps where I can trace and find streets and directions in little villages in Spain.

Week 7: Wikis

I have had a look at the wikis in the Discovery Exercise. I like them for different reasons. The SJCPL Subject Guides is good because it has loads of links to useful places in the home page itself. Besides books and desk information, you can find local public libraries, community organizations and resources, everything about health, travel, pets, gardening etc. etc. It's all there at the reach of a click. The Book Lovers Wiki is very good too, with all your favourite genres grouped there in the home page, e.g. biographies, chick lit, classics, horror and even staff reviews. This, and the fact that everybody can contribute and add content make a wiki a very good e-resource for libraries.

I have added my blog to the Favourite Blogs Page.

Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

I have been exploring del.icio.us and tagging things that interest me. There are so many sites... but you can find nice photos and designs in del.icio.us and flick'r. Folksonomies is collaborative categorisation.

Web 2.0/Library 2.0 is about sharing information and keeping in contact. Many people I know, not only in the library, have joined either flick'r or del.icio.us, Facebook or any of the others. It is a good way to explore the Web. Also, if you find anything that interests you you can tag it. Tagging is something that libraries can take advantage of. I haven't added the Technorati code because I am not sure I like the idea but it's a pity because I like using html. I might do for something else if I have the time.

del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/

Library 2.0: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm