Thursday, October 23, 2008

Thing 22

I am delighted this afternoon as my chat on Goole talk finally worked. It was just a matter of waiting until someone I had invited came on line. What I don't understand is how strangers meet this way. Our instructions were to invite people we knew. How do strangers meet this way?

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Thing 21

Podcasting is very convenient. I was able to put a program I had chosen onto my iGoogle page and also another one on my blog.Now I'm wondering if it would be possible to place a podcast into an Infolink.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Thing 20

I have been using You Tube to look at music videos for a long time and i really enjoy it. The only issue i ever have had is that often a message pops ups to say that the video is no longer available.

There are some useful videos on there about library resources etc like this one explaining how to use ArtStor- a database of pictures which can be freely used.
There's also how to use JStor.


Monday, October 13, 2008

Thing 19

As I didn't have a pet picture I selected a "pet" - a bluebird which would be wonderful to see in the wild but a bit sad to see as a caged bird.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Thing 18

I have been playing around with searches on Encore and I do like it. I think it will appeal to students as it looks good and is easy to navigate. I like the tag clouds and in the future if students can add them I think Librarians could learn tags which students a familiar with and likely to use. The fact that they are sized to show what's more common and relevant is great. It also gives students the chance to see other tags or keywords which might be useful.

Thing17

delicious is a great tool. i work at different sites so being able to keep my favourites in one place instead of only on my office computer is great. I want to get the tagrolls going and use delicious more in the future. I do think delicious could be useful in InfoLinks. Later i want to go back to delicious and spend more time working with it.