Thing 10: Tagging and Delicious

Well gee...I had never heard of Delicious until today. Sometimes I get alittle "click happy", so let's see if I can retrace my steps, because this is a very useful tool. I think that the applications are probably beyond what my first exploration has found, but nonetheless tagging and tag searching is quite a resouce.



First I went to the Delicious website and then I explored tags. I chose Storytime themes and got a gazillion options, some that I have used from a google search and others that were new to me. At one point I stumbled upon the Whatcom County library and their awesome Storytime theme handbook. Try this link: http://www.wcls.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=133&Itemid=214



I'll have to check with Amy at BT because I think she used some list of reference tagging to help me find some information for a patron, once upon a time. Assuming you have the time to research and tag your favorites this is yet another wonderful way to better serve our patrons.



I'm gonna choose my favorite 23 Things of NEFLIN links and tag them.

Thing 9: Sharing

Well, this was an easy one. I recommend Big Huge Labs...very user friendly with loads of creativity. Would be fun for a storytime blog.

Carla and I did a Warhol Art Project last month so that is my inspiration for this picture.

Next I turned a photo of my dear mother into a trading card. I think the kids will love this one. Could they scan their anime drawings and turn them into trading cards? Sort of the step-up from Pokemon cards. It would be a good campaign tool for class officers or something like that. I imagine that the movie poster feature would work much the same.

Thing 8: Communication Web 2.0 Style

Thought I would add this photo of my gang. We went to a family reunion in New Mexico and rode this train through the beautiful mountains. I'll have to add all of my cousins as "buddies" so we can IM.

If information is what the patrons want and if they want it fast IM, texting, and conferencing is the way to go. Immediate! I have used several website chat opportunities in the past. The NE FL Board of Realtors has a wonderful technical chat site to help realtors thru problems with their database. Properly monitored this type of tool could be a useful resource for libraries. It is the way of the world.

I set up a Meebo account and had my husband and daughter (she already had one) do the same. We IM'ed from three different rooms in the house and then had a three way chat as well. I think my sister, who lives up north, and I will have alot of fun with this. Certainly when Jess goes off to college we can drive her crazy with contact!

Thing 7: Online Image Generators

This was a fun exercise, though I got hung up in Toon Doo trying to add 23 images of Thing 1 and 2, so I gave up and went to The Generator Blog which is awesome. So many choices. I think we could really reach the kids with some of these gizmos. There seems to be many potential applications for eye-catching blog items.

Thing 6: More Mashups

These are fun and could be quite useful because they are so eye catching.

This photo is from Children's Book Week, we posted the reviews for everyone to read at the pizza party.

Thing 6: Mashup

Picture Post

Jessie helped with the Halloween festivities at BT.

Thing 5: Flickr

Been waiting several minutes now for the video"Online Photo Sharing in Plain English" to start playing. Looks like it's not happening so hopefully I can move on without it. The Clemens an Alcuin libraries had a good application of flickr on their website.



Think I will move on with Option B (always looking for more fun!).



Step 1: Set up Flickr account. That was easy, but I decided to upload my own buddy and that took a long time.

Step 2: Take pictures...just used ones we already had

Step 3: Upload. That was easy too. I tagged them all with 23 Things @ NEFLIN....wonder if that matter.

Step 4. Upload picture to my blog. That worked too, but next on my list is to figure out how to add the flickr pix to the blog.

I think flickr is a great way to get people to view our website. We never seem to tire of looking at our kids pictures. It can surely help to get the word out about all the wonderful events we offer at the library.

Thing 4: RSS

RSS is a great time saver, but it is making me feel computer illiterate. I added my first RSS to Google reader with no problems. News4Jax local breaking news...pretty cool. Then I decided to add the library's RSS feed..could only add it to google by the old "cut and paste" method. Both feeds are subscribed, but I really thought they would mysteriously land on my blog too. Hmmm. So much to learn. Any of my wonderful followers have a helpful hint?

Quite a useful personal tool, though I will have to think about how to put it to use for the library system. For now I am off to set-up a movie for the BT Wednesday matinee...

PS Who knew that google was so much more that just a search engine...(probably everyone but yours truly)