Had a chance to chat with Jennifer online Wednesday night as I finished prepping for Thanksgiving dinner. Hopefully didn't catch her at a bad time considering the holiday and all. Love the chat feature and that it is included on Google- I mean really, Google is a wonderful one stop for all your needs place! No downloading for the chat which is a big bonus. My family has been trying to get everyone on one site but they all have their opinions of where and some require downloaded something which is always and I mean always a problem waiting to happen. I believe Jennifer did mention that most sites now don't require a download so I'm attempting to put the Google chat on a page to use, hopefully I can pull that off soon.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
29 November 2008
Twitter # 24
Really interesting idea, keeping up to date on everyone especially if they have to on the go technology traveling with them. My family would love it, lucky for me they don't know about it yet....shhhh.
It looks like you create an account and "follow" ? I haven't quite figured it out yet and am still learning. I should probably just sign up and search, add places to follow and figure it out like that.
Posting new or recently returned books could keep patrons very happy if the Twitter link to advertised to them. Along with the huge benefits of posting programs and possible cancelations.
I will have to spend more time with this, I want to check out other libraries around the country and their uses so far.
It looks like you create an account and "follow" ? I haven't quite figured it out yet and am still learning. I should probably just sign up and search, add places to follow and figure it out like that.
Posting new or recently returned books could keep patrons very happy if the Twitter link to advertised to them. Along with the huge benefits of posting programs and possible cancelations.
I will have to spend more time with this, I want to check out other libraries around the country and their uses so far.
way back machine #22
The early BPL page-
http://web.archive.org/web/19961030161655/http://www.bpl.org/
While searching on the site for old shows I remember I got a bit lost....way too much time! Didn't find alot of stuff I would love to have but did find this Jefferson Starship download from BB Kings from a few years back.
Okay, so it's not the Airplane or an old show but hey I didn't get a chance to make it there and this is a fun site!
http://www.archive.org/details/JStarship2006-08-12Schoeps
http://web.archive.org/web/19961030161655/http://www.bpl.org/
While searching on the site for old shows I remember I got a bit lost....way too much time! Didn't find alot of stuff I would love to have but did find this Jefferson Starship download from BB Kings from a few years back.
Okay, so it's not the Airplane or an old show but hey I didn't get a chance to make it there and this is a fun site!
http://www.archive.org/details/JStarship2006-08-12Schoeps
25 November 2008
wiki book thingy #18
Okay, I sure hope I did that right!! Trying to catch up and figure it all out has me a bit stressed out!! So I'm copying and pasting my booklist post here too just in case.
Hungry Planet What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
One of my favourite books, offering up an interesting and beautiful perspective on how people from different parts of the world eat. I've always loved glimpses into how others live and this book offers it up with beautfiul photos of 30 different families from 24 countries. Each family is photographed with their groceries for the week and facts are given about the country and budgets. The differences of course are striking as are the similarities. I love love love this book and their other, Material World!
Stacy...Bruinsgrrl
Hungry Planet What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio
One of my favourite books, offering up an interesting and beautiful perspective on how people from different parts of the world eat. I've always loved glimpses into how others live and this book offers it up with beautfiul photos of 30 different families from 24 countries. Each family is photographed with their groceries for the week and facts are given about the country and budgets. The differences of course are striking as are the similarities. I love love love this book and their other, Material World!
Stacy...Bruinsgrrl
Bountiful blogs #17.2
Love all the sites everyone listed! Playing around and spending alot of time on them all. I especially like Book Mooch, cool idea maybe I'll have to set up an account of my own. Thing is I'm pretty slow at mailing anything out....bad news for folks waiting for Christmas presents!! I also am just in love with the whole idea of learning a language from a podcast, all available for free!!!
18 November 2008
classroom thing 17
Having a hard time with this one.
I would like to see the library use everything available online to help patrons. Dedicated online classroom computers, a schedule for them possibly?
Someplace for patrons to learn about all the resources available online and know that even though they have no access to a computer they have a place they can count on to access this. Wikiversity even has an online introduction to computers class to get the nervous started.
Wikiversity is a beautiful thing! From the random lessons on the opening page that grab your attention to the list of subjects and grade levels it would have been an amazing tool years ago while I was homeschooling my son. I would have just loved the help with his math lessons! With the ability to customize your courses and ask for online help I can truly appreciate the greatness of the internet.
I would like to see the library use everything available online to help patrons. Dedicated online classroom computers, a schedule for them possibly?
Someplace for patrons to learn about all the resources available online and know that even though they have no access to a computer they have a place they can count on to access this. Wikiversity even has an online introduction to computers class to get the nervous started.
Wikiversity is a beautiful thing! From the random lessons on the opening page that grab your attention to the list of subjects and grade levels it would have been an amazing tool years ago while I was homeschooling my son. I would have just loved the help with his math lessons! With the ability to customize your courses and ask for online help I can truly appreciate the greatness of the internet.
Google docs #16
Had no idea about Google docs until now.
I'm not really too sure how often I would use them but I think the templates could come in handy if I remember they are there. Budgets, address labels and calendars are pretty useful things to be able to print out at work or home. Everyone in the office at one point or another has wanted one of these things and had no idea where to get them to print.
I am planning on trying my hand at the slide presentation. It could be a nice way to send photos to family. I'll post it if I am successful.
I'm not really too sure how often I would use them but I think the templates could come in handy if I remember they are there. Budgets, address labels and calendars are pretty useful things to be able to print out at work or home. Everyone in the office at one point or another has wanted one of these things and had no idea where to get them to print.
I am planning on trying my hand at the slide presentation. It could be a nice way to send photos to family. I'll post it if I am successful.
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