Thing #18
I edited the Favorite Books page and added one of my very favs, Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. I also edited the Favorite Movies and added Steel Magnolias, Soound of Music, Office Space, Rear Window and The Empire Strikes Back.
In terms of the library's mission wiki's could advance the vision of "services, public programs and events that promote reading, convey valuable information and extend the value of the Library to its community". Maybe by having a library wiki or wikis about different topics or books or genres, patrons could engage in conversation with the library staff and each other about their favorites. I don't know though, doesn't having a library blog or Facebook do the same thing though?
But a library wiki would also promote the library's value of providind a "community forum for ideas"...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thing #15: Finding and embedding online video:
Well, I really wanted to embed this other video showing how to make duct tape roses but the creators of that video requested the embed option be disabled, poo...so instead here is a video for picking flowers out, don't ask why I chose it, I find it interesting...
I really wanted to post that Charlie Sheen cooking tips but I can't find a video to embed...HAHA, I found it! I cannot help but be mesmerized over the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen...his fingertips radiate sunshine...he says that I swear...watch, he does...
Thing #16: Exploring NetLibrary
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
8 hours and 42 minutes
Thing #17: Browsing the podcast universe
I think I am in love with podcasts now...I've known about them for a long while and I even used them during college to listen to lectures and so forth but I haven't listened to any recently until now and of course now I am obsessed. I subscribed to the Dealista RSS feed on the Quick and Dirty Tips. I also subscribed to the Merriam Webster's Word of the Day podcast RSS feed and the Storynory RSS feed. I love all thing BBC and anytime I can listen to someone talk on and on with a British accent, or any accent for that matter, holy cow...so of course I LOVE the BBC podcast website. I listened to the BBC World Service News Hour. Well, I didn't listen to the whole 49 minutes but for some reason anything I listen to from the BBC is so damn soothing. It can be about the world wide recession, trouble in Libya, tsunamis in Japan, royal weddings, who knows, it doesn't matter, it completely soothes my nerves and worries and any anxiety I am feeling. I think this will be one of my new favorite websites. I just added a BBC news app to my iPhone and several of the BBC RSS feeds to my Google Reader :)
I listened to a podcast by Dealista (on the Quick and Dirty Tips) on how to get the best deals at Target. I thought it would be interesting because I shop at Target at lot. It was a very helpful podcast! I learned that on Mondays Target marks down electronics, kid’s clothing, and stationery. On Tuesdays its domestics, women’s clothing, pet supplies, and food. Wednesdays is when the men’s clothing, toys, lawn & garden, and health & beauty items are clearanced out, Thursday sale items usually include housewares, lingerie, sporting goods, shoes, music/movies/books, décor, and luggage and on Fridays automotive items, cosmetics, hardware, and jewelry. Like I said earlier I added the Dealista to my RSS feeds on my Google Reader.
I also like the LearnOutLoud podcast website. I listened to a bit of the Art History podcast and the Classical Mythology podcast, very educational and interesting. The Podomatic, Podcast Alley and Podcast.com websites kind of made my head hurt. I want to look through them more but there is so much to choose from and look at I don't know where to start! I kind of feel after this and the RSS thing I am nearing information overload...
Well, I really wanted to embed this other video showing how to make duct tape roses but the creators of that video requested the embed option be disabled, poo...so instead here is a video for picking flowers out, don't ask why I chose it, I find it interesting...
I really wanted to post that Charlie Sheen cooking tips but I can't find a video to embed...HAHA, I found it! I cannot help but be mesmerized over the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen...his fingertips radiate sunshine...he says that I swear...watch, he does...
Thing #16: Exploring NetLibrary
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
8 hours and 42 minutes
Thing #17: Browsing the podcast universe
I think I am in love with podcasts now...I've known about them for a long while and I even used them during college to listen to lectures and so forth but I haven't listened to any recently until now and of course now I am obsessed. I subscribed to the Dealista RSS feed on the Quick and Dirty Tips. I also subscribed to the Merriam Webster's Word of the Day podcast RSS feed and the Storynory RSS feed. I love all thing BBC and anytime I can listen to someone talk on and on with a British accent, or any accent for that matter, holy cow...so of course I LOVE the BBC podcast website. I listened to the BBC World Service News Hour. Well, I didn't listen to the whole 49 minutes but for some reason anything I listen to from the BBC is so damn soothing. It can be about the world wide recession, trouble in Libya, tsunamis in Japan, royal weddings, who knows, it doesn't matter, it completely soothes my nerves and worries and any anxiety I am feeling. I think this will be one of my new favorite websites. I just added a BBC news app to my iPhone and several of the BBC RSS feeds to my Google Reader :)
I listened to a podcast by Dealista (on the Quick and Dirty Tips) on how to get the best deals at Target. I thought it would be interesting because I shop at Target at lot. It was a very helpful podcast! I learned that on Mondays Target marks down electronics, kid’s clothing, and stationery. On Tuesdays its domestics, women’s clothing, pet supplies, and food. Wednesdays is when the men’s clothing, toys, lawn & garden, and health & beauty items are clearanced out, Thursday sale items usually include housewares, lingerie, sporting goods, shoes, music/movies/books, décor, and luggage and on Fridays automotive items, cosmetics, hardware, and jewelry. Like I said earlier I added the Dealista to my RSS feeds on my Google Reader.
I also like the LearnOutLoud podcast website. I listened to a bit of the Art History podcast and the Classical Mythology podcast, very educational and interesting. The Podomatic, Podcast Alley and Podcast.com websites kind of made my head hurt. I want to look through them more but there is so much to choose from and look at I don't know where to start! I kind of feel after this and the RSS thing I am nearing information overload...
RSS
I LOVE LOVE Google Reader! I started using it a couple months ago to keep track of all the blogs I like.
I have about 63 subscriptions so far. Some are teen lit and library blogs, most are crafty/decor/fashion/recipes/etc blogs :)
I did add the New York Times Home Page for the United States to my subscriptions and the Yahoo Movies Coming Soon RSS feed. I also added the RSS feed of the latest news from the Library of Congress.
I think using Google Reader is SO much better and easier than having to go to every individual website and blog that I like. I love that I can scroll through just the newest updates to my favorite blogs and websites. Google Reader is definitely a part of my lifelong learning toolkit. My only problem with Google Reader is I am becoming addicted to it! I add new subscriptions everyday! I'm afraid I have too many...it takes me like half an hour just to view all the updates everyday :) But it would take so much longer to have to go to every individual website so I LOVE it! I added Google Reader to my iGoogle too. I forgot how much I like iGoogle too, I haven't used it in awhile, its like a one stop shop for everything.
OMG, I just added the Staff Picks bundle on my Google Reader and now my unread items went to 183, oh dear...
I have about 63 subscriptions so far. Some are teen lit and library blogs, most are crafty/decor/fashion/recipes/etc blogs :)
I did add the New York Times Home Page for the United States to my subscriptions and the Yahoo Movies Coming Soon RSS feed. I also added the RSS feed of the latest news from the Library of Congress.
I think using Google Reader is SO much better and easier than having to go to every individual website and blog that I like. I love that I can scroll through just the newest updates to my favorite blogs and websites. Google Reader is definitely a part of my lifelong learning toolkit. My only problem with Google Reader is I am becoming addicted to it! I add new subscriptions everyday! I'm afraid I have too many...it takes me like half an hour just to view all the updates everyday :) But it would take so much longer to have to go to every individual website so I LOVE it! I added Google Reader to my iGoogle too. I forgot how much I like iGoogle too, I haven't used it in awhile, its like a one stop shop for everything.
OMG, I just added the Staff Picks bundle on my Google Reader and now my unread items went to 183, oh dear...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Using LFPL's Research Tools
10b. Betty Jean McMichael had four sons.
10c. LFPL does not have Telos, at least not that I could find. We do have British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Clinical Medicine and Research in full text in Academic Search Premier.
11a. The manager for Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 is Duane F. Kelly. The stewardship grade is B and the overall Morningstar rating is four stars.
11b. I found an article titled "Top high-definition LCD TVs under $2,000" from Consumer Reports in August 2008. I used InfoTrac OneFile.
11c. When I use 402 as the zip I came up with a list of 94 coffee shops. If I narrow it to 40202 I came up with 10 coffee shops. Out of the 10 coffee shops I think Dunkin Donuts would be the biggest competitor because their annual sales were higher than the other shops and put them in the $500,000-1 million dollar range. I'm not real confident on this question I had a lot of trouble on this one...
12.
I liked the Consumer Reports for personal use. For library use with teens and children I don't really see myself using these particular databases, maybe the Courier Journal and newspapers for homework help. Personally I think we should be telling more teens and teachers about the Learning Express Library database. I try to mention it at all outreaches I go to so teens know they can take FREE practice ACT exams. But not just teens, I wish I had known about LEL when I had to take the GRE and I'm know there are tons of people who don't know that they can use the LEL database to take practice US citizenship test, SAT, LSAT, MCAT, GED, postal exam, etc, etc. I guess the newspaper databases and consumer reports would be some of the most helpful and interesting to patrons. And I cannot possibly answer the question on if LFPL could only have ONE research tool which would I choose. It just seems impossible to answer that, I guess if I absolutely had to I would say the Learning Express Library because that is the database I am most familiar with and I think it offers a huge array of services for children, teens AND adults. It offers practice exams, skill building for adults, resume and job help, math skills, reading improvement, writing, grammar and so much more for elementary students up to college students. It also has a whole section in Spanish which I can't read but I figure must be useful to people who do speak Spanish...
Now if you want a top ten I can do that, here is is not in any particular order though, I just tried to keep some databases for adults, teens and kids. But I still feel like its hard for me to do this because my area of expertise is teens and children, I'm not really sure on all the reference questions and needs of adult patrons, I have a general idea...but I'm kind of guessing.
1. Infotrac Onefile
2. Business Reference USA
3 Courier Journal (Proquest)
4 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
5 PVA
6 CultureGrams
7 Learning Express Library
8 Lands and Peoples Online
9 Academic Search Premier
10 one of those genealogy databases, I don't know which is the best but one of those :)
I have to say I feel totally out of practice using databases since I finished my Master's several years ago. I honestly rarely have a real opportunity to use one with patrons or for an actual reference question except for my own personal use. I occasionally show teens the databases when they need help with a homework or research project. Its not often though, when I do try and show them how to use a database to find an answer their eyes glaze over and they don't pay attention or they just prefer to use wikipedia or the Internet, sigh...I can't say I blame them all the time though; like them I don't have a lot of patience either and I expect answers and information way too quickly. Using some of these databases for this assignment took me FOREVER (forever meaning like 5 minutes or more, God forbid!) and I had a difficult time finding the answers sometime and I became very frustrated at times. Makes me feel stupid and I have a Master's degree. Maybe I'm just out of practice but I can't imagine how other patrons, particularly teens (or adults who don't have a lot of computer experience) would feel comfortable using them all of the time when you can just plug a question into Google and get an answer immediately. Granted it might not be the best or most reliable answer though but it just seems so much easier sometimes...I know that's AWFUL of me to say having a library science degree, oh well, judge me if you must...
10c. LFPL does not have Telos, at least not that I could find. We do have British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Clinical Medicine and Research in full text in Academic Search Premier.
11a. The manager for Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 is Duane F. Kelly. The stewardship grade is B and the overall Morningstar rating is four stars.
11b. I found an article titled "Top high-definition LCD TVs under $2,000" from Consumer Reports in August 2008. I used InfoTrac OneFile.
11c. When I use 402 as the zip I came up with a list of 94 coffee shops. If I narrow it to 40202 I came up with 10 coffee shops. Out of the 10 coffee shops I think Dunkin Donuts would be the biggest competitor because their annual sales were higher than the other shops and put them in the $500,000-1 million dollar range. I'm not real confident on this question I had a lot of trouble on this one...
12.
I liked the Consumer Reports for personal use. For library use with teens and children I don't really see myself using these particular databases, maybe the Courier Journal and newspapers for homework help. Personally I think we should be telling more teens and teachers about the Learning Express Library database. I try to mention it at all outreaches I go to so teens know they can take FREE practice ACT exams. But not just teens, I wish I had known about LEL when I had to take the GRE and I'm know there are tons of people who don't know that they can use the LEL database to take practice US citizenship test, SAT, LSAT, MCAT, GED, postal exam, etc, etc. I guess the newspaper databases and consumer reports would be some of the most helpful and interesting to patrons. And I cannot possibly answer the question on if LFPL could only have ONE research tool which would I choose. It just seems impossible to answer that, I guess if I absolutely had to I would say the Learning Express Library because that is the database I am most familiar with and I think it offers a huge array of services for children, teens AND adults. It offers practice exams, skill building for adults, resume and job help, math skills, reading improvement, writing, grammar and so much more for elementary students up to college students. It also has a whole section in Spanish which I can't read but I figure must be useful to people who do speak Spanish...
Now if you want a top ten I can do that, here is is not in any particular order though, I just tried to keep some databases for adults, teens and kids. But I still feel like its hard for me to do this because my area of expertise is teens and children, I'm not really sure on all the reference questions and needs of adult patrons, I have a general idea...but I'm kind of guessing.
1. Infotrac Onefile
2. Business Reference USA
3 Courier Journal (Proquest)
4 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
5 PVA
6 CultureGrams
7 Learning Express Library
8 Lands and Peoples Online
9 Academic Search Premier
10 one of those genealogy databases, I don't know which is the best but one of those :)
I have to say I feel totally out of practice using databases since I finished my Master's several years ago. I honestly rarely have a real opportunity to use one with patrons or for an actual reference question except for my own personal use. I occasionally show teens the databases when they need help with a homework or research project. Its not often though, when I do try and show them how to use a database to find an answer their eyes glaze over and they don't pay attention or they just prefer to use wikipedia or the Internet, sigh...I can't say I blame them all the time though; like them I don't have a lot of patience either and I expect answers and information way too quickly. Using some of these databases for this assignment took me FOREVER (forever meaning like 5 minutes or more, God forbid!) and I had a difficult time finding the answers sometime and I became very frustrated at times. Makes me feel stupid and I have a Master's degree. Maybe I'm just out of practice but I can't imagine how other patrons, particularly teens (or adults who don't have a lot of computer experience) would feel comfortable using them all of the time when you can just plug a question into Google and get an answer immediately. Granted it might not be the best or most reliable answer though but it just seems so much easier sometimes...I know that's AWFUL of me to say having a library science degree, oh well, judge me if you must...
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