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Week 12: Wrap up; social networks and catch up

Finally it's the farewell time - but I don't feel sad. I've learnt so much from this program and I am happy and grateful. It's a great program which helps me understand a lot of what happened in the technology world. Though I am not up to the stage that I dare say I am good at it. At least I had some ideas of almost a bit of everything, and I knew I will keep learning in a life long time. Thanks heaps to State Library who organized this program for us.

Week 11: Online applications and tools

After watching the video of Google docs I was inspired that it will be quite useful on when library management review library policy. Management of library and staff related can make and share the draft policy in Google docs and both party will be able to amend it till eventually the final one is agreed.

Google docs can be also used when staff plan their work review or work plans with supervisor. It allows supervisor to comment and give suggestions so that staff could amend it accordingly.

Week 10: Mashups

Wow, Mashups is such a favorite thing of mine. It's really fun to use. It can be used for library posters, activity advertisement, library brochures and event flyers, etc,...

Local history team can use it for their exhibitions by combining pictures and texts. Reference team can use it to promote books on a particular subject. Even IT team could use it to make a user friendly computer or scanner manual for both staff and patron.

Week 9: Podcasts and Audio

Podcasts can be used for new staff induction program and it will save a great deal of time for HR. It can also be used for library tours, OH&S issues and author talks, etc., In fact it will suit many activities requiring group attendance. And these audio files will be part of library archives.

Library can use Podcasts for staff trainings especially came to think how hard to get all staff rostered for a training. With Podcasts staff can simply turn on their computer to listen and watch. I think Podcasts will be very useful for library.

Week 8: Answer boards and social searching

I am positive Answer boards would be an niche for our reference librarian. In fact they do this every day on the service point and this time they are going to answer questions on computer in stead of in person. We could use Answer Boards for students asking home work questions after hours. They post their questions on line and our reference librarians can get onto them later. This will especially help some little kids who can't come to library by themselves. Then again our answers to their questions have to be really simple and easy to understand. With busy University students this will be useful too. They could do their assignments at home by asking some specific reference questions. Interesting!

Week 7: Tagging, folksonomies, del.icio.us and LibraryThing

Discover 1

http://del.icio.us/just_4_fun

I think I quite like the idea of you make up tags when you need them and you can use as many as you like. This way our library could do exactly the same as Sutherland Shire Libraries tag cloud and Cleveland Public Library’s tags The only difference is how we might use it and who are our targeted users.

Discover 2

I have tried keyword search of bookmobile in Technorati. My discovery is I got more hits with advanced search. I also tried the keyword search of nswpln2008 and was at beginning puzzled with completely no hits at all. Untill I read another fellow blogger's blog I realzied no posts, no blogs and no videos don't necessarily mean no photos. We were all tricked by Technorati. Lesson learnt. Haaa...

Discover 3

Isn't Librarything really something? It would work perfectly for staff who does Book Club in the library. It will help them pick titles for the reading group easily. And one thing worth to mention is to join up them is so easy. Gone the usual many blanks to be filled in and loads of questions to be answered. Instead just an account name and password you decided and that's all. I give it a thumbs-up! It truly makes no sense to complicate things if it's not necessary.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/just_4_fun