Quite a bit of very useful stuff here. I loved NoteMesh, the wiki style class note sharing place. How handy is that. But would it have encouraged me to (occasionally) cut class? Possiblly. On nice days.
Not quite sure I completely understand Stikkit, even after the tutorial. There seem to be so many ways to share bits of information, or to have a meeting, or to share ideas, is there a niche for Stikkit? Well, I guess so!
I gravitated to Jobster since I know a few young people who are job hunting. In fact I just might be related to one or two of them. I plan to get one of them to start an account so I can see how it really works. Not much to see without an account.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Twitter. 'Nuff said.
Who names these things? The premise of Twitter reminds me of my 4 year old neighbor who asks anyone walking by her house "What are you doing?" or "Where are you going?" or "Why?" (It's a pretty safe street) In KRL Twitter posts, most people indicated that they were finishing up their KRL2.0 assignments and what a collective sense of relief ! Is Twitter like IM-ing, but with a bigger group?
Many of the assignments have been fun, useful, and mind-opening (and boggling?) but I am a little dismayed at how much time, potentially, one could sit in front of a screen!
Library uses for Twitter, for the people who would "subscribe", could offer up to the minute updates on changing conditions, new material, or even or even "write bites" (as opposed to sound bites) on what our jobs entail. Nuff said. What are YOU doing?
Many of the assignments have been fun, useful, and mind-opening (and boggling?) but I am a little dismayed at how much time, potentially, one could sit in front of a screen!
Library uses for Twitter, for the people who would "subscribe", could offer up to the minute updates on changing conditions, new material, or even or even "write bites" (as opposed to sound bites) on what our jobs entail. Nuff said. What are YOU doing?
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Social netmapping, or where are we?
Interesting article on social networking and libraries, but what I find most useful is the long list of posts and blogs and sites relating to MySpace, Facebook and more. The Denver Public Library's MySpace connection is very engaging as are some of the college sites.
The author of the article mentioned that many students 'couldn't' find the library on the university home page (though it seems easy enough, she commented) but could through a Facebook connection. In fact, visitors can even search the library catalog from some site profiles and in some cases, find lists of books, CDs and movies of interest to teens and college students.
Some good cases for social networking in and around libraries.
The author of the article mentioned that many students 'couldn't' find the library on the university home page (though it seems easy enough, she commented) but could through a Facebook connection. In fact, visitors can even search the library catalog from some site profiles and in some cases, find lists of books, CDs and movies of interest to teens and college students.
Some good cases for social networking in and around libraries.
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