MLA CE week 8

I visited 3 MAshup sites. First was FlickrSudoku which was just for fun. When I run out of Sudoko puzzle books, I know where to go. Next I looked at weather Bonk. I usually travel outside the country at least once a year and like to know what the weather will be like at my destination. It also includes live webcam shots from some of the destinations. Finally I looked at cellreception.com just to see where my phone will not work. I don't even use the phone that much but I didn't see anything other sites that piqued my curiosity.



In rollyo, I was impressed by the number of blogs the privacy search pulled up. I read a few posts by Shifted LIbrarian who commented on AT & T's Peoplefinder via cell phone and the scary post about Sonic Blue who was ordered to track replay tv users viewing choices. Big Brother is rearing his ugly head more and more.

MLA CE week 7

Podcasting is perhaps one of the most useful technologies we have used to far. It would be very easy to record instructions on basic searching techniques to have available for patrons to access at their convenience. or some topic or service that the library is trying to promoteI can also envision recording the hospital's weekly continuing medical education lectures and aving them available as a podcast for physicians to view at their convenience.

Youtube was a bit overwhelming. There is a lot of first class junk and some good things, I'm sure. However, it takes a lot of time to be able to weed out the good stuff from the junk. I think users would be too distracted to look for library videos on Youtube.

MLA CE Week 6

This week was indeed an easy week. Posting to Facebook was fun and easy and did not require too much 'sweat equity'. I'm not sure how much use this would be to my small community hospital library where I strugle to get people to use the online resources. However, I imagine it could be useful to transmit medical images and/or photos.

No clue who this is. The picture I wanted to upload was in an unrecognized format.

MLA CE Week 5

I was absolutely amazed by Google Docs and the potential for networking documents, and even presentations. The ability to create spread sheets and/or documents at any computer anywhere in the world is very appealing to an increasing number of users. As gasoline prices continue to increase, it is much more efficient to collaborate on documents right from your own livingroom or office. This makes documents truly portable because you can access them even on a PDA.

This will definitely be a force in the future although there will still be the old stalwarts who insist on using Microsoft and other word processing pc based programs especially because they do not want others to be able to view or edit their documents.

MAL CE Week 4

This was, so far, the only site I can see any practical use for. It is relatively easy to set up and use and has some potential real value to a library. I can see people researching a difficult topic and going to delicious to see if anyone has found and tagged a good site about that topic.
It is also very useful that the bookmarks travel with you and are not just on one computer. If that computer fails, you could be in big trouble.

MLA CE Week 3

Social networking is an amazing concept that may soon replace the telephone!! Actually I think it probably has replaced the telephone in households where there is one or more 'millenium generation'. However, for old folks like me, it just requires too much time to check all the time.

Even though I will probably not become hooked on any of these sites, I can see their usefulness. They are good places to connect with friends, long lost or current. Employers can use them to communicate with employees, post events and meetings. Businesses can use them to post current events, services, etc. There seems to be an unlimited use for these sites. All you need is the time to create and maintain them.

After opening my account in Linkedin, I looked for friends in my undergraduate college and found 3 listings for my graduation year. One of the listings was from my roommate whom I had not heard from in many years!!

I do not forsee my library having a facebook or myspace site. I am in a small community hospital that is not very technologically friendly. The staff is on the older side and not very receptive to technology. I don't think the physicians or nurses have time to check sites like these.

MLA CE Week 2

Blog: is an interactive website that provides news or commentary on a particular subject. It often combines text, images, and links to other web pages and blogs

Wiki: specialized site that allows an individual or group to share a running log of events and personal thoughts and insights, similar to an online diary.

Wikis are often used to plan family reunions, to act as a reference/procedure manual that can be shared and easily updated, to list events, services and/or instructions.

Blogs are better for updated news, to compile a running account of events like a diary or journal, and share thoughts on subjects.

MLA CE - Week 1

RSS feeds could be used to develop a "one stop shopping place" for certain medical topics of interest such as pediatrics or nursing administration. It is another way of providing concentrated information. It is a way to getthe latest information from many focused sites without actually having to go to the individual sites on a daily basis.


It could also be used in place of the Current Awareness Program by having the TOC sent to the site automatically instead of copying and forwarding.

I think the blog and RSS feeds could get out of hand very quickly.