Thing 6 part 2

I made a change to the flower text on ImageChef, I made it a still image instead of a flash image. As you can see, the image is a flowers and grass instead of the one up before that had a black background. I also added the image at the bottom of the page while practicing on ImageChef. The visual poetry section looks like a great deal of fun. That might be a good thing to try during poetry month.

Thing 6

I have left my attempt of flower text from ImageChef on the my blog until I try again. It looks great on their website, but it did not copy paste well into the blog. On their website it has green grass with lovely flowers for the word Hello. It was fun to try. Now, I just need to get it to transfer in color. A person could spend a lot of time trying out the various sites. The trading cards could be authors and/or books. The mosaics had a lot of possibilities also.

Thing 5

By all my postings this week can you tell I am on spring break and spending time at my computer at home.

The Flickr applications were interesting. I liked the mosaics, but the speller was very interesting. I was wondering about how to use the speller. Would you need to give credit to each photo on a website? They are someone photos. The first thing I thought of spelling was Library, of course.

Thing 4 part 2

I made an account in Picnik, which will have access rights to Myspace.com when I get that far in 23Things on a Stick. There was a lot of fun changes to make to photos in Picnik and it was very easy to use. I just made a few changes to my posted picture of spring. I really liked some of the effects and plan on going back later to try it. The framing was a nice feature also.

Thing 4

Flickr: The photo from Flickr is mine taken right after the first day of spring. I was feeling a bit tired of snow and wishing for warmer weather.
Flickr was easy to use, since I already have a Yahoo account. I have the one photo public and the rest for family and friends. I am stilling used to having things public. I am very aware when I am writing this blog that it is public (even if it only going to be read by a few people).
I did a search on Flickr groups on my area, librarians, and libraries. The best was a site on library displays. It was a group that photographed their book displays and shared with other libraries. They had some good ideas and I could use some new ideas! I think that it is a great way to share ideas.
When we travel I like to stop and see other libraries. There was another site that had pictures of libraries around the world. Also there was one with the interior of libraries.
I am not sure how I am going to use it for the libraries I work at, but sharing ideas is a good start.

Thing 3 part 2

A follow up comment about Google Reader: I have used it for several days and find it very helpful. I can check helpful sites only when something new has been added. I have added a couple new RSS feeds.
I have even been tempted to join the group which is called a 50 book challenge. You keep track of the books you read and try to read 50 a year. I read as part of the job and I do love books!
If anyone else is interested in the challenge it is on www.librarything.com which is an interesting site.

Thing 3

Thing 3
I have had some experience with RSS feeds but have not used them a lot. I set up at least 5 blogs that I will try to keep up with using the Google Reader. It will certainly be easier to go to one site to see if something is new then to go to each site separately. I have two book review sites set up, this will be very helpful when looking at new books.

Thing 2

I looked at the date of the last post and was surprised it has been so long since I have worked on 23 Things on a stick. It has been a very busy couple months at work. I will try the advice of the video on Library 2.0 with just 15 minutes each day, but the problem is there are so many things I should spend 15 or more minutes on each day.

I am excited about working on 23 Things on a stick despite the delay in time between working on the next items. It will be interesting to see how some of the technologies can be used for the library.

After looking at the articles on Library 2.o, one of the items that really was an interest to me was the section on the collection. With digital information and a limited budget, it would be good to concentrate the book collection on subjects that are frequently requested.

I worked at a public library back in the early '80's and I cataloged phonograph records, now I am telling teachers how to download e-books and digital recorded books. I checked out books by cards, now I do everything by computers. Libraries change with everything else when it comes to technology. Librarians have even more to do, learning the new technologies and helping patrons find the information they need.

It can be a very exciting time. Personally, I find the new technologies very helpful. I share information with family on a personal website. My daughter had her wedding pictures on her and husband's website to share with family and friends. Hobbies become easier with the access to the Internet. Email and cell phones have become part of one's daily life. Even my 80 something mother has her email that she checks each day. Technology is certainly not just for the young, but for all ages.