Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Del.icio.us - yet again
Has anyone else had problems with their Del.icio.us account ? Mine seems to have dropped off, not recognising my username or password. I've sent for help to set another password - haven't had a reply yet, but it's infuriating as I have been asked to find out about spinocerebellar ataxia for a friend who's partner has just been diagnosed with it and wanted to share my findings (now I can !!)
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
An example to us all
Wow !
I have just been onto the Shropshire and Telford libraries' blog http://sathlibraries.blogspot.com/ and I'm so impressed. It has all the requirements that I mentioned in my assignment of what a blog should look like and what it can do. I think we in HEFT (Gwen !) could be doing some serious thinking in the near future.
PS the wedding, on Friday, was a very happy occasion !
I have just been onto the Shropshire and Telford libraries' blog http://sathlibraries.blogspot.com/ and I'm so impressed. It has all the requirements that I mentioned in my assignment of what a blog should look like and what it can do. I think we in HEFT (Gwen !) could be doing some serious thinking in the near future.
PS the wedding, on Friday, was a very happy occasion !
Monday, 24 September 2007
Blogging Assignment 2
Here are my thoughts on the subject, I look forward to having some comments !
What makes a blog successful and appeal to me
I like a blog to be clear and uncluttered, easy to read and use, unlike the LIS News blog which has far too much information for me. http://www.lisnews.com. It looks messy and it’s difficult to find anything. I like Georgia State University Library news blog http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp which is clear and has subject blogs with feeds. A blog should be interactive and to invite discussion. It should be well edited or maintained so that it doesn’t get too much rubbish or ‘off topic’ comment contributing or get hogged by the same couple of contributors clearly having a personal conversation. I also like the University of Saskatchewan’s Engineering Library blog, http://library.usask.ca/engin which sits in the middle of their web home page.
What roles can blogs play in a library setting
An ideal platform for the marketing and promotion of library services
A host for RSS feeds for alerts to news, activities and events or new resources
Another way of advertising and updating information skills training courses or inductions
A way to engage with users inviting comments or suggestions or even a virtual library committee.
An outreach tool to try and reach new users or to support departments with specialist booklists or RSS feeds to tables of contents in relevant journals
It could be easier and less time consuming than setting up and maintaining a web site.
What does our library need to do to start blogging
The library would need to start by considering
the target audience – who would look at or contribute to a blog.
The scope of the blog would need to be thought about – what are we going to use it for or how do we want to be seen.
If the blog is to be used for marketing or promotion then there should be some consideration given to what events or activities are advertised.
IT issues need to be considered. Will the blog be on an existing website, will there be a problem with firewalls, will there be a need for passwords.
Some thought needs to be given to the features and functions of the blog. Will there be a need for archives, Should it be subdivided into categories, who will undertake the job of editor or writer as it needs to be snappy and inviting, what about the design of the blog, might it need to be in the same colourway as existing library publications
Might it be an idea to set up a pilot blog and see how it goes.
What makes a blog successful and appeal to me
I like a blog to be clear and uncluttered, easy to read and use, unlike the LIS News blog which has far too much information for me. http://www.lisnews.com. It looks messy and it’s difficult to find anything. I like Georgia State University Library news blog http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp which is clear and has subject blogs with feeds. A blog should be interactive and to invite discussion. It should be well edited or maintained so that it doesn’t get too much rubbish or ‘off topic’ comment contributing or get hogged by the same couple of contributors clearly having a personal conversation. I also like the University of Saskatchewan’s Engineering Library blog, http://library.usask.ca/engin which sits in the middle of their web home page.
What roles can blogs play in a library setting
An ideal platform for the marketing and promotion of library services
A host for RSS feeds for alerts to news, activities and events or new resources
Another way of advertising and updating information skills training courses or inductions
A way to engage with users inviting comments or suggestions or even a virtual library committee.
An outreach tool to try and reach new users or to support departments with specialist booklists or RSS feeds to tables of contents in relevant journals
It could be easier and less time consuming than setting up and maintaining a web site.
What does our library need to do to start blogging
The library would need to start by considering
the target audience – who would look at or contribute to a blog.
The scope of the blog would need to be thought about – what are we going to use it for or how do we want to be seen.
If the blog is to be used for marketing or promotion then there should be some consideration given to what events or activities are advertised.
IT issues need to be considered. Will the blog be on an existing website, will there be a problem with firewalls, will there be a need for passwords.
Some thought needs to be given to the features and functions of the blog. Will there be a need for archives, Should it be subdivided into categories, who will undertake the job of editor or writer as it needs to be snappy and inviting, what about the design of the blog, might it need to be in the same colourway as existing library publications
Might it be an idea to set up a pilot blog and see how it goes.
Friday, 21 September 2007
Facebook again
I did indeed contact my 'ex' re his use of Facebook and received this informative reply.
I too have the same reservations about Facebook for all the reasons you gave and also about the potential for people knowing more about me that I care to share! I’m still trying to sort out how you restrict the info that’s available, even to your ‘friends’.
Currently I feel like I have tracing device on Oli, Rols and Jane as they record tons of stuff (I even know when Jane washed the car!) and I can also get to see lots of stuff about their friends.
My thoughts on reasons for joining were:
Contacts with student officers - I’m still doing work with Students’ Unions and they all have profiles. I haven’t got around to contacting any yet but I see it as a way of maintaining a relationship with those I’ve worked with this summer. I also think that, properly positioned, there may be some marketing mileage in being seen as in touch with how students communicate!
Quite a few Students' Union General Managers are on the site so it’s a way of keeping in touch with them
One of the things that the site does is that every time you update your own pages it sends all your ‘friends’ a message that you’ve done so and they can easily see what you’ve added via one click (I guess this is the basis of the social networking!). So, if I put something on my page about designing a new training course they all get a notification
I’m doing a graduate recruitment project for a commercial client and I was thinking of using the network to spread the word that we are offering some free interview training to students in selected department of universities. I will need to establish some key contacts for this but I have a cunning plan!
I added ***** as a ‘friend’ and then got contacted by someone else who used to work with him and is now with another company so I’ve re-established a contact that I’m following up on
Hope that helps
I have sympathy with his point about filtering out the stuff you want seen from the stuff you don't. His work brings him in contact with people who regularly use Facebook - students and academic staff, and he has no firewall to prevent him from using it to the full. I tried to register earlier in the week, but received no confirmation e-mail, presumably because it was kicked off by our firewall. I am still excited by the amount of new tools there are out there to use, but wonder just how many will, in the end, be of any use to the library.
.....only time and 3CsT3 will tell! Well, I'm off to my best friend's wedding, i shall have a good weekend and hope you all do.
See you next week !
I too have the same reservations about Facebook for all the reasons you gave and also about the potential for people knowing more about me that I care to share! I’m still trying to sort out how you restrict the info that’s available, even to your ‘friends’.
Currently I feel like I have tracing device on Oli, Rols and Jane as they record tons of stuff (I even know when Jane washed the car!) and I can also get to see lots of stuff about their friends.
My thoughts on reasons for joining were:
Contacts with student officers - I’m still doing work with Students’ Unions and they all have profiles. I haven’t got around to contacting any yet but I see it as a way of maintaining a relationship with those I’ve worked with this summer. I also think that, properly positioned, there may be some marketing mileage in being seen as in touch with how students communicate!
Quite a few Students' Union General Managers are on the site so it’s a way of keeping in touch with them
One of the things that the site does is that every time you update your own pages it sends all your ‘friends’ a message that you’ve done so and they can easily see what you’ve added via one click (I guess this is the basis of the social networking!). So, if I put something on my page about designing a new training course they all get a notification
I’m doing a graduate recruitment project for a commercial client and I was thinking of using the network to spread the word that we are offering some free interview training to students in selected department of universities. I will need to establish some key contacts for this but I have a cunning plan!
I added ***** as a ‘friend’ and then got contacted by someone else who used to work with him and is now with another company so I’ve re-established a contact that I’m following up on
Hope that helps
I have sympathy with his point about filtering out the stuff you want seen from the stuff you don't. His work brings him in contact with people who regularly use Facebook - students and academic staff, and he has no firewall to prevent him from using it to the full. I tried to register earlier in the week, but received no confirmation e-mail, presumably because it was kicked off by our firewall. I am still excited by the amount of new tools there are out there to use, but wonder just how many will, in the end, be of any use to the library.
.....only time and 3CsT3 will tell! Well, I'm off to my best friend's wedding, i shall have a good weekend and hope you all do.
See you next week !
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Del.icio.us again
As you can see from the postings on the blog, it didn't quite work ! However, I think I can sort it now. Sorry to those who have no interest in Agatha Christie or the other stuff I put there for my own use, not for the course!!!
However, many thanks Lesley for your help, I suppose someone has to show themselves up at some point !
However, many thanks Lesley for your help, I suppose someone has to show themselves up at some point !
Del.icio.us
I'm a bit confused.
I have set up an account with Del.icio.us and have the correct buttons on my toolbar. I've found several things that look useful and have saved them to my Del.icio.us, but when i found something today which I wanted to post on the 3CsT3 Del.icio.us, I couldn't work out how to do it. I had a go, but nothing appeared, can anyone enlighten me ?
I have set up an account with Del.icio.us and have the correct buttons on my toolbar. I've found several things that look useful and have saved them to my Del.icio.us, but when i found something today which I wanted to post on the 3CsT3 Del.icio.us, I couldn't work out how to do it. I had a go, but nothing appeared, can anyone enlighten me ?
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
RSS Feeds for epilepsy
Inspired by my niece who has the condition, these feeds are for those suffering from epilepsy, their families or health professionals.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/rss/epilepsy.xml is a feed from
Medical News Today, the largest independent health and medical news website on the Internet. Drawing from sources such as JAMA, BMJ, Lancet ,it is updated with more than 60 articles every day, 7 days a week - more than any other health news site. The site is divided into 101 medical categories/specialities allowing you to browse only the news relevant you. Advanced news archive searches allow you to quickly find the articles you want. Epilepsy News has useful links and a video library.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/rss/mind_brain/epilepsy.xml is a feed from
Science Daily:Epilepsy News offering the facts and latest medical research on epilepsy and epileptic seizures. Information on the symptoms of epilepsy as well as the causes, treatment and medications for adult and childhood epilepsy and seizure disorders.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showFeed?mi=50n5q&ai=12u&jc=epc&type=etoc&feed=rss is a feed from
Epilepsy Currents, the online journal of the American Epilepsy Society. The AES promotes research and education into the prevention, treatment and cure of epilepsy, aimed at clinicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals interested in siezure disorders.
Web 2.0
Well I had to laugh !
I'd finished a training session with a paediatric clinician yesterday afternoon and as he relaxed into his chair he said to me "What's all this web 2.0 stuff Sue ?" "Ask me after Christmas", I said, "I might have a handle on it by then " Then I showed him what we were all doing and the tools we were looking at on the course. As my son Roland would say - he was well impressed ! We chatted about podcasts and Facebook, he didn't know about RSS feeds so I said I could show him how to set it all up and find some useful feeds. Talk about good timing. As I said, I had to laugh!
I'd finished a training session with a paediatric clinician yesterday afternoon and as he relaxed into his chair he said to me "What's all this web 2.0 stuff Sue ?" "Ask me after Christmas", I said, "I might have a handle on it by then " Then I showed him what we were all doing and the tools we were looking at on the course. As my son Roland would say - he was well impressed ! We chatted about podcasts and Facebook, he didn't know about RSS feeds so I said I could show him how to set it all up and find some useful feeds. Talk about good timing. As I said, I had to laugh!
Monday, 17 September 2007
I spent some time chatting to my son Oliver yesterday about the value of Facebook as a work tool rather than just a social one. He told me his father, who is a management training consultant had run a workshop in London recently where everyone was talking about Facebook and what they had on there. Tony decided to put himself on as he felt it would give him more exposure. I think I might have to give him a ring and see how it's gone. I can certainly see some parallels here.......
Friday, 14 September 2007
RSS Feeds
Spent some time yesterday exploring Medworm and other sites suggested by Bertha, I found it interesting, not necessarily for answering the assignment but finding useful things for a training librarian in general ! So I put lots of things into del.icio.us - very good practice. I actually feel as if I'm beginning to get a feel for the course now.
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
conference call
yesterday's conference call helped a little to clear my foggy brain, but I must admit it still very misty in there ! However it was comforting to hear one or two contributors who seemed to need the same basic knowledge as me and I'm hoping that as we get started using all of these tools, the mist will lift completely ! You will be amused to know that I spent the whole night dreaming about setting up RSS feeds - now how sad is that ?
I've submitted a comment to Gwen's blog today, so I feel as if I'm on my way !
I've submitted a comment to Gwen's blog today, so I feel as if I'm on my way !
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
setting up stuff
Well I'm still trying to find the time to work my way through the 'setting up' tasks. I've got this far, but it's been a struggle ! Training sessions with 3rd year medical students is at the forefront of my week, but I'm hanging in there !
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