Week 8 Searchrolls

Well, this was interesting but not my favorite experience of the course. First, I read a lot of old news. Second, it seems so....well, "all about me." When I searched for privacy, the content was all over the map. Of most interest to me, as Mom of teen, were posts regarding the completely different relationship that GenX and Boomers have with privacy. I learned, year old post, that Google is considered "bad" in the privacy arena. Uh-oh, some public library accidently made their private patron information public on the web. Ouch, that one may we worth the read simply to learn how not to do something. Shifted Librarian seems to be a prolific writer.

Week 8 Mashup Review

I particularly appreciate the visual aspects of some of these (many) mashups. One example that I think it useful to the student interested in medical school is www.mibazaar.com/education/medical_school.html
This shows the top 50 medical school reported by US News...but includes, when you click on the pop-up marker, the average MCAT score and tuition. A similar mashup maps US News's best hospitals for cancer treatment, with the pop-up showing the ranking (as 1,2,etc). www.mibazaar.com/healthcare

Podcasting from the Library

Our Library has responsibility for the voluminous audiovisual services of a large hospital. I can see the use of podcasting to share content of a missed but important meeting, to explain a service, to instruct people on how to use equipment (no one seems to actually READ instructions), and for orientation to the library. Regarding the latter, You Tube could be good for that, also.

Libraries Using You Tube

A search on You Tube for medical library produces a number of interesting ideas for our use of You Tube. I liked the idea for National Library Week but I am suggesting that the following is a more practical use of the tool. This is a good way to briefly introduce new students or staff to the who, what, where of the hospital library.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hst7n6p9iKA

MLA CE Week 6

While I learned a lot, there were enormous gaps in the instructions. While I eventually figure this stuff out, by the time I am successful, I've forgotten how I finally managed to accomplish the task. That said, going through the process of sharing photos on the web is extremely valuable. I can see sharing information about library layout, telehealth layout, and 101 other applications.

Library Journals Photo

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Originally uploaded by Kitty's

MLA Week 6

Web 2.0 Week 5

I love the web office tools. I can see standard office tools going exclusively to the web at some point but I don't think it's right around the corner. Large organizations, particularly those that discourage employees from using the internet (I know, it's bizarre) are going to take a while. More specialized software will be further down the road. Using the web is so much more productive. Google, etc. says this is secure...but how secure. When it comes to corporate or other private information users are going to be more cautious. Kitty