Topic 23 - Where to from here?

Twenty three things is finished, It has been a long journey of fun?, learning?

After a few hiccups at the start waiting for passwords and logins, the course pretty much played out as it should.

The tools we learnt and read about were all new generation but a few of them were all ready known to me.

A few tools can be used in libraries, depending of course on the IT infrastructure. It would be nice to have youtube video's up to show our customer's our services or how to use equipment.

Overall twenty three things was fun, informative and a great staff development exercise.

Topic 22 - Web 2.0 tools

The web 2.0 tool that I have choosen was youtube.

I choose this tool as it has alot to offer libraries in the use of videos, I feel students would rather watch something than read alot of information, (they tend to switch off if theres to much to read)

The visuals would be able to show the students what the library looks like, without them trying to guess from written words,

It is easier to do demonstration instructions for say photocopying, printing, logging onto the computers, searching for a book, opac use, rather than try and figure it out from written instructions , to see the process feels alot better and easier to understand.

Topic 21 - Web Based Applications.

Having used google docs for the duration of this training course I can see how easy it is to use and and access the information.

I do think it would be a good idea of sharing documents if you cannot gget access to our S drive (for presentations,displays) but I think that there needs to be some rules set if using with alot of people .

If no rules are set anyone who has access can change the document or even delete it, as long as that is covered I think its a great tool to use.

Topic 20 - second life

I have had a play with second life when it first came out with alot of hype, I did check out a few places but didn't really seem to think it was as good as it said it was. Now the hype has sorta died down a bit I'm not sure if it's all that popular now.

As for use with libraries I don't know if many people will use it as it seems to need a pretty powerful PC and alot of internet usage. Also why go to all that trouble when you can just google a few clicks and you may get the same results quicker.

Topic 19 - Yammer & Twitter

I haven't played around with twitter or yammer as I have as much as facebook or myspace, but i think its just a smaller condensed version of them. You can only post certain amounts of text.

It seems to be useful if somethig happens at that moment and people would be interested in the event. I'm not sure how this could work for libraries, the only thing I could think off is the letting students know the status of the network, printing etc. (but that may say its down more often than it's up)

Topic 18 - Online Communities

Having previously joined facebook, I know about the tools and options available to its members and I think some of these can be used for tafe libraries.

I also am a member of the TAFESA library page/group and the postings put up there show what facebook can offer. With further postings and playng around it could be a useful tool.

Topic 17 - Library Thing

I am unsure what this could be used for in TAFESA libraries, but it does seem interesting to see what other people are reading or what subject is popular at the time.

I can't really see this being used by students at TAFE, I don't think they will have the time to add stuff or review.

anyway here is the link to my library :

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