Thursday, April 17, 2008
Answer Boards and social blogging Explore
Like any information it needs to be filtered out "the good" from the "bad". The Answerboards provide a "brainstrust" (like the Einstein Factor on ABC TV) for answers. A tool to extend our reference expertise and resources. Great for rating books/bookclub resources in the Library
Signature and Tag Lines
Good to link libraries all together with searching with key words. The link was for Libraries on the Web for the USA. http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Public-main.html
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Answer Boards and Social Searching Discover
The Answers given by Librarians on the Answer Board Librarian Wiki are in detail.
Individuals are directed to internet resources, book, audio or practical advice. Looking at a number of responses individuals gave 5 star ratings to the librarians.
As mentioned on the website, this demonstrates librarians being "Active and Dynamic" and supporting the use of both web 2.0 and the local library to answer information questions.
Individuals are directed to internet resources, book, audio or practical advice. Looking at a number of responses individuals gave 5 star ratings to the librarians.
As mentioned on the website, this demonstrates librarians being "Active and Dynamic" and supporting the use of both web 2.0 and the local library to answer information questions.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Technorati and Librarything
Looked for nswpln2008 but had no hits with either the basic or more advanced search?
Had hits for the search for bookmobile.
Librarything with the ratings, sort tags and reviews with no commercial bias but a social focus is great for bookclubs.
I've viewed the account set up but unable to add to list. Beans Gallipoli is a great read relating back to his WWI diaries with photographic evidence.
I wanted to add two books I've recently read People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks and Eye of the Jade by Diane Wei Liang both Novels but based on factual information. People of the Book set in a variety of settings in the past and present and Eye of the Jade set in China. Excellent reads.
Had hits for the search for bookmobile.
Librarything with the ratings, sort tags and reviews with no commercial bias but a social focus is great for bookclubs.
I've viewed the account set up but unable to add to list. Beans Gallipoli is a great read relating back to his WWI diaries with photographic evidence.
I wanted to add two books I've recently read People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks and Eye of the Jade by Diane Wei Liang both Novels but based on factual information. People of the Book set in a variety of settings in the past and present and Eye of the Jade set in China. Excellent reads.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Technorati Week 7 Discover #2
Technorati being a search tool for blogs is like using Google for searching for general information.
Searching with a general search and more advanced search gave different results.
Searching Bookmobile with a general search gave 395 results with the advanced search 663.
Search result gave information relevant to the library environment.
One article Bookmobile by mail was similar to my experience providing resources in a rural area. Another Digital Publishing and Bookmobiles links with experiences with audio books etc.
Searching with a general search and more advanced search gave different results.
Searching Bookmobile with a general search gave 395 results with the advanced search 663.
Search result gave information relevant to the library environment.
One article Bookmobile by mail was similar to my experience providing resources in a rural area. Another Digital Publishing and Bookmobiles links with experiences with audio books etc.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Delicious - week 7 activities
My delicious account is http://delicious/grabthehour and I've added the National Library - www.nla.gov.au, The National Archives www.naa.gov.au and State Library of Tasmania www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au to my list
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Tagging and Delicious Discover
Listings with the tag cloud in the special account created for the exercise was easily viewed. The link to related tags like a see also reference.
Sutherlands tag cloud had some great links with family history, the law and health which would be beneficial to look at further for reference searching.
The first screen for the Cleveland site used the term bookmarked for the listings for the tag cloud. When the listings are viewed you are then linked to the more familiar view for the tag cloud.
Sutherlands tag cloud had some great links with family history, the law and health which would be beneficial to look at further for reference searching.
The first screen for the Cleveland site used the term bookmarked for the listings for the tag cloud. When the listings are viewed you are then linked to the more familiar view for the tag cloud.
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