At last.
A completed project!
Thanks to Mark (aka mystery man) for guiding us through this process.
We now have a greater appreciation for the talented youngsters who create their myspace and facebook pages so effortlessly!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Ebooks #22 (are rarely free!)
What a dismaying process! To find a free ebook took an awfully long time,and was extremely frustrating! Thank heavens for the presence of print to curl up with!!
Free ebooks at http://gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top
#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools
Library Thing is it for me!
It supersedes the copies of book jackets,when trying to recall all your favourite titles to recommend to others!It offers book suggestions and recommendations,and lists of works by the authors in easy-to-access format.
My brain on my blog!
It supersedes the copies of book jackets,when trying to recall all your favourite titles to recommend to others!It offers book suggestions and recommendations,and lists of works by the authors in easy-to-access format.
My brain on my blog!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Perceived virtues of Web 2.0
Re-quoting Sarah Houghton’s (LiB) definition of L2, which has been used as the de facto standard since Michael Stephens simply said he liked it.
“Library 2.0 simply means making your library’s space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs. Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites. The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives…to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.”
“Library 2.0 simply means making your library’s space (virtual and physical) more interactive, collaborative, and driven by community needs. Examples of where to start include blogs, gaming nights for teens, and collaborative photo sites. The basic drive is to get people back into the library by making the library relevant to what they want and need in their daily lives…to make the library a destination and not an afterthought.”
Rollyo-the verdict!
Another account,another password! Will it be worth it?
After trial I have found it to be quite useful.
After trial I have found it to be quite useful.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
This is so our lives!
COOL QUOTE:
You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians.
"Gorilla Librarian." Monty Python's Flying Circus,
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/gorilla.htm
Monday, October 8, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Technology
l need someone under the age of 20 to show me how all this works!
And now, some useful information about RSS feeds!
Faster than lightning, and there on demand, RSS provides the means of delivering the best flights and travel news and fare alerts as they are released, straight to your own news reader program (also known as a news aggregator).It costs you nothing, is spam free, virus free and protects your online privacy. Every time you open your News Reader you can access all the latest available specials in the system.What do I get with RSS? Each time we update our news feeds with a newsletter or fare alert you will be notified in your news aggregator with a series of short headlines that contain the summary of the available specials and the option to find out more if it interests you. Simply click on the link and you are directed to the web page with the full details of the offer.Why would I use RSS? RSS brings it all together - under the one roof so to speak. Using your favourite News Reader you can get all the latest gossip, news, blogs and information from around the world on the one program. You're in control - and choose what you want to receive.The time saver... no need to wade through all the spame mails to reach those travel updates. If you've ever experienced problems due to email viruses, lost mail,or spam filters that have black listed your emails then this solution will get you the goods when you want to access it.We look at this as being yet another tool in our toolkit for the delivery of our great specials to our customers. So if you've already got a news reader, or would like to try it out... give it a go, it's fun and simple to do.What does RSS Mean? RSS is short for Rich Site Summary - Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary, an XML format for syndicating Web content. Basically it is a format for marking up content that is read in suitable programs that can then react to the information received.Popular in the weblogging community a news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favouriteweblogs/news feeds by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of them... weblogs?blogging? What's that??? Weblog is, literally, a "log"of the web - a diary-style site, in which the author (a "blogger") links to other web pages he or she finds interesting using entries posted in reverse chronological order. Some of these sites have become popular for daily review ... a look into the life of a particular publisher and their thoughts.
Links to RSS News Readers if you haven't already got a favourite News Reader installed on your computer, can find plenty of free ones to use.
And now, some useful information about RSS feeds!
Faster than lightning, and there on demand, RSS provides the means of delivering the best flights and travel news and fare alerts as they are released, straight to your own news reader program (also known as a news aggregator).It costs you nothing, is spam free, virus free and protects your online privacy. Every time you open your News Reader you can access all the latest available specials in the system.What do I get with RSS? Each time we update our news feeds with a newsletter or fare alert you will be notified in your news aggregator with a series of short headlines that contain the summary of the available specials and the option to find out more if it interests you. Simply click on the link and you are directed to the web page with the full details of the offer.Why would I use RSS? RSS brings it all together - under the one roof so to speak. Using your favourite News Reader you can get all the latest gossip, news, blogs and information from around the world on the one program. You're in control - and choose what you want to receive.The time saver... no need to wade through all the spame mails to reach those travel updates. If you've ever experienced problems due to email viruses, lost mail,or spam filters that have black listed your emails then this solution will get you the goods when you want to access it.We look at this as being yet another tool in our toolkit for the delivery of our great specials to our customers. So if you've already got a news reader, or would like to try it out... give it a go, it's fun and simple to do.What does RSS Mean? RSS is short for Rich Site Summary - Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary, an XML format for syndicating Web content. Basically it is a format for marking up content that is read in suitable programs that can then react to the information received.Popular in the weblogging community a news aggregator can help you keep up with all your favouriteweblogs/news feeds by checking their RSS feeds and displaying new items from each of them... weblogs?blogging? What's that??? Weblog is, literally, a "log"of the web - a diary-style site, in which the author (a "blogger") links to other web pages he or she finds interesting using entries posted in reverse chronological order. Some of these sites have become popular for daily review ... a look into the life of a particular publisher and their thoughts.
Links to RSS News Readers if you haven't already got a favourite News Reader installed on your computer, can find plenty of free ones to use.
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