Social Networking

I think that social networking sites would be a great idea for the library. Since we would be using sites such as Facebook and MySpace, it would be a great hit with the younger crowd and would attract more people to the library. Also we could create a site for the library and people would be able to become friends with the library and receive updates and newsletters from the library on upcoming events.

I have not used these websites a lot myself but by the amount of time my son spends on them I think that incorporating them into the library would be a great way to attract new younger members.

Google Docs :-)

Hi Guys
This week I have looked into Google Docs and let me just say that this is a great find for me. I have always struggled with having to update documents for other people and having to go through sending email after email even for the smallest changes.

This would be great in the library for example when somebody wants a procedure checked out by other people, they can log in and alter it and all the people can work together and produce an efficient result. This would greatly reduce the time and emails needed to get several people to work together.

Hope Everybody is well

This is a quick Mashup which I created. Hopefully everybody enjoys it :-) .

Mashups would be great to use in the library for showcasing events and activities which have happened and the photos taken from them. Each photo could be accompanied by a clever heading and subtitle. This would be another way of the library keeping up with technology and appealing to more people.

See you all next week :-)

Podcasts

Podcasts would be a great tool for the library because it would give people and alternative to reading text when they need to find out about events or something which is happening at the library. Also if implemented with the RSS feature listeners would be able to receive updates and new announcements as soon as they are made available. This would increase the number of clients at the library.

Slamming....

This concept of slamming the boards sounded fairly strange to me at first but when i saw what it achieved , I found it to be quite helpful. Many boards are filled with false answers and it is a great relief that proper librarians can come on and post helpful and correct answers. :-)

The public would be able to rate books and videos in terms of their reliability and how much they relate to their topic which they are discussing. This will help students and researchers in using books which are helpful and which many people have read and considered to be very helpful.

The same concept can be used with CD's and videos in the library. Nobody wants to listen to a bad movie or cd, but then again the library only buys good stuff ;-)

Library Thing

This is a great place to show your book collection and also to find people who share the same interests :-)

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Huantino

Shared Bookmarks

This has also been something that I have discovered due to doing this course and let me just say that I absolutely love it. I always make bookmarks from my favorite websites and now that they can be accessed by anybody anywhere is excellent.

This would be an excellent addition to the library because it can give people a better tool when researching. This is due to the fact that the public would be able to look at websites picked out by staff who know informative sites. Also people can bookmark sites that they find and share them with other, thus also letting people to work together; as they say 2 brains is better than 1.

http://del.icio.us/Huantino1950