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

Week 4 Social Bookmarking

This is a very useful tool. I was able to locate other good sites related to my interest (library disaster planning), I can locate these sites from any computer and I can bookmark on behalf of library customers in order to help them with research. Obviously, this will be good for collaborative work, too. So far, I can see that this is the easiest and most immediately useful tool for us.

Social Networking Week 3 MLA

This has been a fairly simple assignment. My challenge has been to add applications to my profile because I cannot locate the "browse more applications." While this is very cool, I can't keep up with my email, phone, and paper piles so I'm wondering how this affects workflow. Also, my hospital is not a network and I was hesitant to make it one. It is challenging to post a question for the class, then remember to look for an answer later.

To Blog or Wiki That is the Question

The blog is an commentary on any topic. Others may comment on the notes left by others. I am most familar with news blogs. One reads the news story and sees the comments of readers and can add one, too.
Wikis, on the other hand, are more conducive to sharing documents and content that is ever changing. I can see more use for wikis in our library, perhaps for keeping tabs on the never ending list of issues that emerge in our audiovisual service or for policies or procedures. Also, I think it could be used to create a collaborative policy, such as a disaster plan. Each could add his/her area of knowledge to create the larger whole.
KW

Link to MLA Wiki

http://mlawikiclass.wetpaint.com/

Link to MLA Blog

http://sns.mlanet.org/snsce/

MLA CE Week 1

RSS feeds can help me keep up with the topics that are critical to my job description and to my professional development. Also, I could use this at home to be a more delighted gardener, etc.Patrons can use this to track a favorite journal or a topic such as a search on a national patient safety goal. They could create searches (ahem, that would library staff) on topics of interest to committee or hospital goals. This is very cool stuff. The most challenging piece, though, was figuring out if a source had an RSS feed and, sometimes, figuring out how to use them.

This took a lot more time than I had anticipated, probably because I had to create searches, look up journals for feeds (I wanted ones for which I had subscriptions), etc. I'm concerned that if I have to spend this much time every week, I won't be able to finish.

Other question: I am going out of state on vacation. How can I do that week? I'll be on a mountaintop without cell phone service, etc.

RSS feeds can help me keep up with the topics that are critical to my job description and to my professional development. Also, I could use this at home to be a more delighted gardener, etc.

Patrons can use this to track a favorite journal or a topic such as a search on a national patient safety goal. They could create searches (ahem, that would library staff) on topics of interest to committee or hospital goals.

This is very cool stuff. The most challenging piece, though, was figuring out if a source had an RSS feed and, sometimes, figuring out how to use them.

DrWatson embarks on Web 2.0

Otherwise known as Gumshoe Librarian, I am interested in investigating the latest tools and techniques fo the trade. I hope to solve the mysteries of TechnoBabble and apply them to the finest of libraries. Ahem, that would be mine.