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Module 5
Daisies from FLICKR!

This is such a neat tool in the technological world. I like the fact that it is extremely organized and user friendly once you get the hang of it.

Now as far as using this in a library setting.....oh yes! I always took photos of the programs I had presented in my library.Patrons need to see a visual of what is going on in the library. It enables to patrons of the library and others to see and get a good sense of how much fun we have with all our books!

Just as with everything else, there kinks (rules and regulations) to work out for this day and age. I agree with what was said in Michael Stephen's article about privacy laws. They need to be updated because their is so much user input in today's world. Posting pictures of people is scarey. Ya want to show and wonderfulness of the opportunities using FLICKR, but at the same time there are always those who can take a wonderful thing and turn it into something not so wonderful. Sad but true. Laws need to be adjusted to a happy meeting...to expose the goodness but also protect everyone!

This is a great tool for patrons to enhance their projects.

I'm not totally comfortable with putting my personal pictures on FLICKR. Generic type photos such as plants and animals, I have no problem with. Something with others having access to the personal me does set happily with me. I'd be afraid of someone using it to promote or better themselves or god forbid identity theft.

Module 4

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http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FTheAlmanacBlog

http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.vegetablegardener.com%2Ffeeds%2Frss%2Fall.xml

RSS-Really Simple Syndication!
Google Reader!

RSS! How wonderfully simple! It is so true! What a wonderful way to get information and updates of websites all in one place! Sound to good to be true but this time it is true. In floating around in Google Reader, I chose a subject that is fun for me...GARDENING! I subscribed to feeds based on how many subscribers were already there thinking that the more the subscribers the better value of knowledge coming from that site would be. May not be true as in "The Farmers Almanac" page. It's something that has been around for over 100 years..mostly credible....but not many subscribers. Once there, boy what great information...people don't know what they are missing if they think like I did in my reason for subscribing to a site....the more the better...not necessarily true in this case anyways. That might be a kink that needs to be worked out in the great technology world of Google Reader.

Anyway, I liked the convenience of really selecting sites, pointing and clicking to subscribe and wow...informative, great, and current information pops right up! I liked that there was the option to share with others. Imagine the great article and video about how to make paper cups for seed plantlings being shared with my fellow gardeners!

The recommended items feed was neat in that it showed current different items like the photographer that shot photos of people then and now! How different and interesting. People might enjoy something like that after a long day...needing a little distraction.

I can definitely see me using this RSS technology! I loved it...it is convenient. No more going up to my favorites and scrolling down to each site to find information and updates! Saves a lot of time to get current news...something we all like...saving time!

Module 3 Computing in the Cloud

Computing in the Cloud!

Wow! What a concept! Just like a cloud in the sky technology trends seem to be floating right above us.  Trends in technology are ever present. Right now, the trend seems to be collaboration of data, with people being able to freely access that data from any where, any time and at any place with any device available to them. All I can say is "wow!"

I think about how wonderful this new trend is going to be. For example the Zoho technology. As I "floated" in the Zoho cloud, my mind became planted in some businesswoman's shoes. She had a job and a responsibility and a deadline on an important project her boss asked her to be in charge of. She had people working under her who depended on her, yet she had a young family and dinner to prepare and laundry to fold. Wow, what if she could work on that project at home after the kiddos are were in bed. She could freely access her files and collaborate with others in the same boat and get that project done by the deadline without having to worry about "did I leave that file at work?" or wondering just when she was going to meet with the other people on the project.

Working with Google documents and having others with the ability to jump in and collaborate is great! Can you imagine working on a spreadsheet for library budget with a co-worker but this co-worker just happens to be at a conference in Maine? I mean I could be running a book fair and during break collaborate with my co-worker in Maine. Talk about saving time! All the work could be done stress free. No worries about just one person doing all the work in a rush job.

Working with the cloud technology trend, I see greatness, especially in a library setting.   A library can be "the hub" supplying access to those in need of collaborating with others. Internet availability with plenty of browsers and access  to many applications with librarian no-how is necessary. Librarians must have experience with these applications in order to be able to be the driver of "the hub." Data can be accessed wherever a signal can be picked up on a device, any device, that may be available to a person. All that can be available in a library. Most libraries today have those capabilities and accessabilities.
It's just a new way to think and work and utilize the library. Just as books were new to people when libraries came in to being all those years ago. A new way of thinking back then and new way of thinking now.


As with any trend there are drawbacks. It's new. Kinks have to be worked out. Rules and regulations have to be created. There is definately a need to teach people "their responsibility" in this trend such as back up and privacy. One MUST NOT assume that the people of our time understand and know "their responsibility." It MUST be taught by ALL who are going to engage in this new technology.....this new cloud!

Method 1 & Method 2

My thoughts about the beginning of learning all about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0.

We live in an invigorating technologically advancing time. So many technology practices and devices have been discovered, created and implimented into our educational and even our daily lives.

I agree with Stephen Abram when he expresses the thought that librarians must find the time for this priority. This new time of technology advances must be experienced by librarians so that they basically can keep up with these advanced times that are occuring. Librarians need this experience in order to be able to teach and guide others in their learning of these new advances.

Much data and information is being gathered, used and shared. We as librarians must change the way we think as technology changes in order to be up and connected to the world of technology that we live in.Our role must change to facilitator and guide as opposed to the more traditional roles of librarians who's role was or still is to store and house information in a big room. Our libraries have to shift to a more experienced based library where patrons gather, collaborate and communicate with other user created information.

Patrons are learning much differently these days and so we must learn to teach differently. As librarians we must provide a library that is to be a hub of these different ways of learning.

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