It's the end at last - it's been a little bit good and a little bit bad. I have learned some stuff, and for that I am grateful. Not sure how much I'll use it at the library, but who knows? Sometimes things you learn have their own momentum. I'll definitely try to work Zamzar and Goodreads into a few conversations.
I know what I would use - comprehensive courses on our Learnnet versions of Publisher or Word or Excel!! That's what we get asked about most. And scanning. (We've just done a refresher on this, but I'll probably need another one soon!)
So with all said and done, ciao until next time.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
My Fickle Friend Facebook
As I already have a Facebook account and library colleagues as friends I began Week 6 by befriending Manukau Libraries and doing my little book spiels. Interesting to see what others were reading and what they loved.
I checked out the New York Public Library on Facebook and found it sadly facing a budget cut of $37 million, so most of their posts were desperate fundraising ones. I noticed that most of the other US libraries on Facebook had the same story to tell - makes me realise how lucky we are. We do take for granted here that everyone knows how important libraries are - especially here in Manukau! Over there they're really begging for their lives.
Facebook is so big here now that I don't think libraries can ignore it - I use it as much as it suits me too, and I think libraries can do the same. It keeps us in the public consciousness and is good cheap publicity for what we do. I haven't been asked about it much, only occasionally about how to get on Bebo. People who use these sites are usually pretty up with their technology and wouldn't like to be seen asking someone like me how to do it!
I checked out the New York Public Library on Facebook and found it sadly facing a budget cut of $37 million, so most of their posts were desperate fundraising ones. I noticed that most of the other US libraries on Facebook had the same story to tell - makes me realise how lucky we are. We do take for granted here that everyone knows how important libraries are - especially here in Manukau! Over there they're really begging for their lives.
Facebook is so big here now that I don't think libraries can ignore it - I use it as much as it suits me too, and I think libraries can do the same. It keeps us in the public consciousness and is good cheap publicity for what we do. I haven't been asked about it much, only occasionally about how to get on Bebo. People who use these sites are usually pretty up with their technology and wouldn't like to be seen asking someone like me how to do it!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Aaah music!
I chose to visit SoundClick for my music site - created a log-in and browsed the music on offer. All the genres were there but I didn't find any tracks I actually liked! Am I too fussy?? Too spoiled by slick commercial offerings?? I tried some country, some bluegrass, some acoustic, and some goth rock - it was all a bit lame and clunky. There seemed to be every kind of music on offer but I didn't have much faith that I would find anything good. Too many people making music in the US? Not quite enough talent to go around?
Enough negativity! I have listened to music on MySpace and some of that wasn't too bad -I know there were a few free downloads on offer there too.
From a customer point of view, I'm sure SoundClick would be easy to use and they could browse to their heart's content and maybe find some hidden treasures that I missed...
Enough negativity! I have listened to music on MySpace and some of that wasn't too bad -I know there were a few free downloads on offer there too.
From a customer point of view, I'm sure SoundClick would be easy to use and they could browse to their heart's content and maybe find some hidden treasures that I missed...
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