Thing #22 E-Books and Audio books

I signed up with NetLibrary on campus, so I can access this resource from home. I checked e-book lists and found some cool stuff. Wowio includes comic books! Then there is DailyLit which provides small parts of books via e-mail - serialization. I am going to share LibriVox - free audio books - with my mother who has a difficult time with reading now. I have enjoyed Suzie B's display of e-books, and her marketing efforts. Students are delighted to learn about these materials - and to receive the treats!

Thing # 19 - LibraryThing - I am giddy in LOVE!

I dealt with LibraryThing at #s 11 and 13, but really worked with it here at #19. Oh my goodness, what FUN! As a cataloger, working with LibraryThing is a dream come true. I registered and hit the ground running. Added 7 books to my account - BEAUTIFUL display of covers. I looked around for what I could add next and pulled the "kiddie lit"from the bottom shelf of one of my bookcases. I whizzed through them, entering 60 ISBNs in less than an hour. What a high! Only half a dozen not in the system - to be added manually. When you are in LibraryThing.com take a look at my library: CSMLibrarian.

Features I particularly appreciate include: Member Tags - which show me how other folks access each title. I can use some of these rather than thinking up my own tags. Reviews - interesting and informative. Tell how to use books in classroom or for storytime. Conversations - actual dialogs. Groups -so many to be part of - like Librarians who LibraryThing (5422 members) librarians, catalogers, archivists, students... or anyone else who wants to talk about metadata, tagging, FRBR, library… just my thing!

Happy Pat

Thing #12 - Rollyo SearchBox Tool to my search rolls

Thing #12
Here's the Rollyo SearchBox Tool to my search rolls on Museums, Reference, and Kayaking:

Select...MuseumsPat's ReferenceResources On KayakingSearch The Web

Thing #12 Rollyo

For Thing # 12 I checked out searchrolls. The Quick Quotes seemed to be filled with advertising - yuck. Guess I like books of quotes to go through better, since I am familiar with them. I liked SJ Library's Reference list - some websites were already on my favorites list. I registered with Rollyo and created searchrolls: Reference, Kayaking, Museums (Fun!).

I will add a searchroll to my blog next time.

Thing #11 discovery

Discovered LibraryThing.com - beyond the blog.
"LibraryThing is a site for book lovers.
LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books. You can do all of them or just what you're reading now.
And because everyone catalogs online, they also catalog together. LibraryThing connects people based on the books they share."
They had a volunteer group of catalogers catalog a Church library's materials in one day? This is called a "Flash catalog"! What a great community idea - like barn raising, only cataloging.

Thing #11 and HELP!

I joined library20.ning.com. After checking out several groups, I joined the Academic Librarians and Library 2.0/Web 2.0 group. My problem is that I have not been successful in putting my avatar on My Page. I am getting confused. Could use some help. Thanks.

Saw a reference to LibraryThing blog which I will look into next.

#11 Web 2.0 Award winning applications

#11 I looked through the "short list" of Award winners and worked with Biblio.com.
I chose this site because it's a "book search and marketplace" thing - fits with my interests! It states, "buying books supports literacy and education." Biblio.com has built 7 libraries in South America. Good for them, and those who benefit. BiblioUnbound is their monthly ezine for booklovers. And they have a blog: for.theloveofbooks.com -BEAUTIFUL.

I will work on Ning next time.

#10 here is the URL for my santa letter created in bighugelabs/flickr
http://bighugelabs.com/photos/22e6c205bb188bc0f584659ad93bb9ba/santa6260540

How do I actually get an image to appear in my blog?

Thing # 10 Online generators

#10 Checked out BigHugeLabs (favorite, easy to use), Comic Strip Generator (least favorite), Image Chef, and some of the listings in Generator Blog - which I loved and want to explore more.
I discovered a couple of other generator lists: www.kalagoo.com/onlinegenerators.htm and www.livexp.net/technology/css/web-online-generators-and-tools.html
I will play in BigHugeLabs some more asI want to try making trading cards and a calendar!
FYI Santa letters can be created at a couple of sites: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/santa.php and www.chickenhead.com/stuff/santa/index.asp
I am going to try to cut/paste santa letter into my blog.

More onThing #9

I continued checking out Topix, Sindic8, and the Google blog search.
After searching Sindic8 by topic, it lists feeds with a Status: awaiting repair, awaiting approval, syndicated. So I knew which to go to. I didn't have trouble with any of them, though the Syndic8 multiple languages has me confused for a few moments. Turned out not to be difficult at all.
Found a great feed - Sequoia Needles - the newsletter for the San Mateo County Audubon Society. I am a happy camper!

# 9 Thing - more on RSS. Note Feedster no longer works. See http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_search_feedster_quietly_dies.php

Enjoyed checking out Topix, Syndic8, Technorati and Chronicle of Higher Ed. Got linked to Eventful.com and learned about a full moon Paddle (kayak) in Half Moon Bay 12/12!

That's all for now - got to get to the Reference Desk.

Thing #8 RSS, and a good time for sure!

Hi all!

I read/listened to Really Simple Syndication information. Amazing and wonderful what all can be done to simplify my receipt of information. Opted to go with Google Reader over Bloglines. My public URL is http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11325380595275840573 I had RSS fed to my smccd.edu e-mail account. Think I'll set up another to home account with my art/kayaking/wellness interests - which I'll check on Syndic8.com and CompleteRSS.com.

In setting up feeds I discovered not all of my favorite sites can be fed to me. So I will leave them on my favorites list. But the feeds will certainly save me time.

Glitch in CSM Learning 2.0 page re: #8 RSS: The third Discovery Resource "What is RSS" resulted in "Webpage not found"

Thing # 5 explore Flickr

What fun! I learned about Flickr's tags, groups, projects, etc. Thoroughly inspected and used the Advanced Search, noting that "All these words", "Exact phrase", "Any of these words" and "None of these words" are equivalent to Boolean "and", "or", "not" capabilities. Also noted that can search content type, media type, or by date. Thought the reference following Basic Search (at bottom of Advanced Search page) "without all the knobs and twiddly bits" was a very cute expression. Awesome - that the "People" tab shows that Flickr users are folks from all over the world! Searched and found GREAT photos, like "falling apart" by hiibiiscus (dandelions are one of my favored images). Way cool is the ability to view albums in slide show format. Wonderful resource. Can't wait to put my photos on it to share.

On to mashups and 3rd party sites next.

Thing #s 1-4 - Progress report

Hi CSM Learning 2.0 Team members,

I have read "About" the CSM Learning 2.0 program - Thing #1.

I have read "Life Long Learning" - Thing 2. I read the "7 and 1/2 Habits", but was unable to open the Learning Contract attachment from my CSM office computer. So I did not have the template for my goals, obstacles, tools, resources, tasks, timeline, etc. I have simply noted them on a piece of paper.

Thing #3 - Yeah! At the Kick-Off, I created my own blog, complete with atavar - librarian and golden retriever outside a library.

Thing # 4 - I have registered my blog: http://tthlibrariancsm2.blogspot.com/ with the CSM Library 2.0 Team.

I am looking forward to exploring Flickr.

Pat Kennedy

CSM Learning 2.0 kickoff

Hooray! Today I have created a blog account with Blogger. Directions were straight forward and even easy. It was nice to have librarians available to "hold my hand" as I went through this unfamiliar process.