tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80674938687305847802024-02-19T03:52:18.477-08:00Jennifer's 23 ThingsJennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-14838168525024486662007-08-12T09:16:00.000-07:002007-08-12T09:19:19.357-07:00week 9, Thing 23This program has been great. I really like reading everyone's blogs! - and have learned a lot from them too. It is going to be exciting to see how we use these Web 2.0 technologies for both the library patrons and the library staff.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-88169960631587739222007-08-12T08:48:00.000-07:002007-08-12T09:16:26.279-07:00week 9, Thing 22<div align="left">I checked out Project Gutenberg audio books. I enjoyed listening to some of the poetry - I prefer hearing poetry to reading it, so I think I will use this again.</div>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-90068952144634005362007-08-12T08:28:00.000-07:002007-08-12T08:48:00.547-07:00week 9, Thing 21I added the ASU Libraries: Library Channel podcasts to my Bloglines account. (The <a href="https://thelibrarychannel.blog.asu.edu/?triedWebauth=1">ASU Library Channel</a> has lots of podcasts on topics like copyright, library events, grants and library innovations.) It took me a while to figure out how to do it, but I think it works.<br /><br />I am pretty inspired by the ways some libraries are using podcasts - especially the story times for kids. (I can remember calling over the telephone for library story time when I was younger!) This might be a great way to provide a story time in Spanish for kids? I can also see elementary school teachers playing the a podcast of story times in class.<br /><br />I'd like to create a quick podcast of my own just to practice - I will try to come back to that later.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-29079571903584029982007-08-08T06:02:00.000-07:002007-08-14T15:17:55.132-07:00widget - PacManI think I used to be much better at this game....<br /><br /><script src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=d5db9fa4-9dc3-42a4-a032-5d6a08b81f1a" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Get great free widgets at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-55208669579838718092007-07-30T13:03:00.000-07:002007-07-30T13:24:31.693-07:00Week 9, Thing 20The only music video I know of that's filmed in library (I think).<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ONIvoZJDiPU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ONIvoZJDiPU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />YouTube is all the rage right now and I don't see why libraries shouldn't jump in too. Post a video tour of the library, post 30 seconds of a library story-time, it seems like a great way to advertise the library and it's much more exciting than a brochure or powerpoint presentation.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-1477317053112101022007-07-26T07:46:00.000-07:002007-07-26T08:01:45.952-07:00Week 8, Thing 19Web 2.0 Awards - <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">www.pandora.com</a><br /><br />Pandora is automated music recommendation service created by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project">Music Genome Project</a>.<br /><br />This is the coolest thing!! I typed in Prefab Sprout and the next thing they played was Elvis Costello's Little Fool and then Morrissey's Kill Uncle -- and then the Beautiful South. I am so hooked on this. (Haven't heard some of these songs in years!) Try it, you'll like it!Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-58917139659387842662007-07-26T07:19:00.000-07:002007-07-26T07:27:55.486-07:00Thing 18, con't.<p>Here are 10 Ways NonProfits Can Use Blogs:</p><p>(List taken from <a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/10-ways-nonprofits-can-use-blogs">http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/10-ways-nonprofits-can-use-blogs</a>)</p><p></p><p>1. To report back from an event or conference.</p><p>2. To involve staff and take advantage of their knowledge.</p><p>3. To involve volunteers and document their work.</p><p>4. To provide resources and information <em>to</em> constituents.</p><p>5. To provide resources and information <em>from</em> constituents.</p><p>6. To give constituents a place to voice their opinion.</p><p>7. To give constituents support.</p><p>8. To create the media coverage constituents want.</p><p>9. To give constituents the power and tools to create change.</p><p>10. To reach potential donors.</p><p></p><p>***I think this list can be applied to libraries as well.</p><p>Libraries can use blogs:</p><p></p><p>1. To report back from a training or conference.</p><p>2. To involve staff and take advantage of their knowledge (Wicomico's programming blog is a great example - staff can bounce ideas of each other!)</p><p>3. To involve volunteers - by providing a blog just for volunteers, library staff can keep them informed of changes in the library (if the CDs have been moved), holiday closings, special events etc.</p><p>4. To provide resources and information to staff - library personnel can blog about their favorite reference websites or great reads to tweens</p><p>5. To provide resources and information to patrons - a special blog just for teens would be a good way to get them involved at their library</p><p>6. To give patrons a place to voice their opinion - allow teens to blog about their favorite books!</p><p>7. To give staff support - a private blog for staff can help share good news stories!</p><p>8. To create media coverage - a public blog can help advertise special events and share photos of past events</p><p>9. To give patrons the power and tools to create change - patrons can list comments about special events</p><p>10. To reach potential donors - share with donors the "library's story" and show them that libraries are on the cutting edge of technology</p><p></p>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-78693214673785761032007-07-26T05:56:00.000-07:002007-07-26T07:27:01.498-07:00Week 18, Thing 18Hmmm...I really like GoogleDocs! The uses seem similar to a wiki being able to work collaboratively. I was able to publish a document to my blog - took me a little while to figure out how to do that. I can see this kind of thing being used to for committees to create meeting agendas and for staff to work together on a brochure of flier.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-26952929620663165362007-07-23T17:53:00.000-07:002007-07-23T18:06:18.128-07:00Week 7, Thing 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, it looks like my blog has been posted to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MarylandLibrariesSandbox</span>. Wasn't too hard to add it. I know I need some more practice, but I think <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wikis</span> have some useful applications. I think the more specific you make the wiki - the better outcome you'll have.<br /><br />I remember reading that Penguin books starting a wiki - <a href="http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">A Million Penguins </a>- in an attempt for a community to write a novel. Neat idea, but that's a pretty broad concept. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wikis</span> definitely need to stay focused - so appointing a wiki moderator (similar to a meeting moderator) might be a solution.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-44946445700691005262007-07-23T17:27:00.000-07:002007-07-23T17:48:17.352-07:00Week 7, Thing 16Check out this video, "<a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english">Wikis in Plain English</a>" for more info on what wikis are and how they are used. I think wikis are neat way to gather input from people - esp. in terms of major projects that require lots of planning. Setting up a wiki for strategic planning or summer reading planning might be a good way to generate lots of ideas and discussion - without having to hold a meeting!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Library_Success:_A_Best_Practices_Wiki">Library Success: a best practices wiki</a> is a neat resource - some of the categories are more detailed than others, but it's definitely worth a look. I came across an interesting document "<a href="http://www.memphislibrary.org/intranet/TheAngryCustomer.pdf">The Angry Customer</a>" from the Memphis Public Library.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-40490543488321484222007-07-14T08:45:00.000-07:002007-07-14T17:55:53.196-07:00Week 6, Thing 15I am excited about the ways Library 2.0 expands services to patrons. I think many patrons would be interested in setting up their own <a href="http://www.librarything.com/">Library Thing</a> account and wanting to learn how to post their photos to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a>. These tools can also be used to attract new patrons too - think about students who prefer chat reference to visiting the reference desk.<br /><br />I especially appreciate what Michael Stephens writes in his piece<em> </em><a href="http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/3.htm"><em>Into a New World of Librarianship</em></a>:<br /><br />"Technology is put to the test: Does it meet the users need in a new or improved way? Does it create a useful service for putting users together with the information and experience they seek? These are some of the questions this librarian asks when planning for technology. This librarian creates and nurtures a living, breathing technology plan."<br /><br />But librarians have always asked those questions - whether it be about technology or collection development or programming or library outreach. So, I think we're in good shape to face Library 2.0 and Library 3.0, 4.0... :-)Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-45066061632419426212007-07-14T08:14:00.000-07:002007-07-14T08:39:39.140-07:00Week 6, Thing 14Although I had heard a lot about <a href="http://technorati.com/">technorati</a> before, this is the first time I've really used it. Not sure if I understand its importance - but the search results I found weren't that helpful. I need to look into this more...Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-13238190295250131692007-07-14T07:43:00.000-07:002007-07-14T14:33:06.961-07:00Week 6, Thing 13<a href="http://del.icio.us/">Del.icio.us</a> seems like a great tool for reference staff to use. Since the reference desk may have more than one computer, staff can still access their favorite reference websites by using del.icio.us. Del.icio.us is also a great tool to tell students about too (if they don't know already!). Most students prefer to research online and del.icio.us can help them track the websites they've used - which will make writing those bibliographies a lot easier.<br /><br />One thing I don't want people to forget that just because a website has been tagged by a number of users doesn't automatically make that website the best source out there. A lot of people are using these social bookmarking sites to increase the activity/traffic on their own websites by adding tags, etc. That way their website has a better chance of being found on a Google search.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-7800407567811851492007-07-06T16:02:00.000-07:002007-07-12T11:21:41.498-07:00Is Web 2.0 all its cracked up to be?Andrew Keen doesn't think so. I haven't read his book "The Cult of the Amateur" yet - but check out this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/books/29book.html?ex=1184385600&en=daf4387935e54239&ei=5070">review</a> from NY Times.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-23822783638757353922007-07-06T11:23:00.003-07:002007-07-06T11:25:28.858-07:00Week 5, con't.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBoFc_ke37oJCaL8G4CwQHVDs5StvVi8-dQSBu8_MYP9zixajWoywiSP-N224R5EPSgH0entKPfnBk4o-fjOkTcy7173Xo85U5-C3Wp5ZpLne8kMutyl5V_yrdkMcVe0IysFdgmhO47Y/s1600-h/south_park_generator.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084151442398830226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBoFc_ke37oJCaL8G4CwQHVDs5StvVi8-dQSBu8_MYP9zixajWoywiSP-N224R5EPSgH0entKPfnBk4o-fjOkTcy7173Xo85U5-C3Wp5ZpLne8kMutyl5V_yrdkMcVe0IysFdgmhO47Y/s200/south_park_generator.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Amy from WICO blogged about a <a href="http://www.sp-studio.de/">South Park Generator</a>, so I had to make one too!</div>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-39218904757797682902007-07-06T08:28:00.000-07:002007-07-06T11:44:32.029-07:00Week 5, Thing 12Here is my Rollyo <a href="http://rollyo.com/jmrday/80s_alt_rock/">list</a>. I think this could be useful to put together some good websites for children/students to search without having them run into inappropriate sites. Or, maybe a great list of websites for local research. I can forsee lots of uses with this tool as well.<br /><br />Google has a similar feature available - it's called "<a href="http://google.com/coop/cse/">customized search engines</a>." There is a <a href="http://www.cselinks.com/">directory of CSEs</a> available as well.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-51831850407721284942007-07-05T08:22:00.001-07:002007-07-06T15:55:27.533-07:00Week 5, Thing 11<a href="http://www.librarything.com/">LibraryThing</a> is so fun! I can see so many uses for this - individual libraries can have an online "staff picks" list, teachers could use it too for their individual class book lists or for their summer reading book lists. Lots of potential here. This is a list of my favorite books I've read over the past few years:<script language="javascript" src="http://www.librarything.com/jswidget.php?reporton=jmrday&show=random&amp;header=1&num=5&covers=small&text=all&tag=alltags&css=1&style=2&version=1" type="text/javascript"><br /></script>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-46615870979839116172007-07-05T08:15:00.000-07:002007-07-05T08:16:01.848-07:00Week 5, Thing 10My yahoo avatar:<br /><a href="http://uk.avatars.yahoo.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://lookup.avatars.yahoo.com/wimages?yid=jmrday&size=large&type=jpg&.intl=uk" width="150" height="235" border="0" alt="Yahoo! Avatars U.K. & Ireland" /></a>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-24244676632783783062007-07-05T07:00:00.000-07:002007-07-05T07:42:46.081-07:00Week 4, Thing 9<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/rss.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Merlin is a great resource for MD libraries. I love that it has a state-wide training calendar! Just in case you haven't had a chance to see the website: <a href="http://merlin.lib.md.us/">http://merlin.lib.md.us/</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Now that I know the icons to look for, I think locating the the website address will be easy. With the astounding number of new blogs created each day, it's good to know that they are some search tools out there! I personally liked topix.net the best.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-19346944022370666372007-07-05T06:30:00.000-07:002007-07-05T06:56:15.676-07:00Week 4, Thing 8First off I have to admit I do not have much experience with RSS feeds and appreciated the "RSS Feeds in Plain English" video! The feeds I subscribed to are work-related, so I am curious to see if the information I am getting will be useful for my job. I do worry about information-overload!<br /><br />The Cincinnati Library has RSS feeds available for library news, library jobs, teens, kids - and more - <a href="http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/feeds/">http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/feeds/</a>. So does the Library of Congress, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rss/">http://www.loc.gov/rss/</a>. It would be interesting to see how many people subscribe to those feeds.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-37862360382092995262007-07-01T19:51:00.000-07:002007-07-01T20:01:56.173-07:00Week 3, Thing 7Hmmm, technology related post...I'm still waiting for someone to invent the transporter, so I could go anywhere in a blink of an eye. The Jetsons really spoiled me - I thought we'd have flying cars and robot maids by now!<br /><br />Back to reality - the technology I really use the most is my webmail. I know that's not very exciting, but I love being able to check my email from any computer, at any time. The only problem I have with my webmail is that it's hard for me to send large emails - something like a powerpoint presentation or .wmv file. In those cases I use something called Mega Upload (<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/">http://www.megaupload.com/</a>) - it's a free service that lets you send files (up to 500 MB). It's helped me out on more that one occasion.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-64160548728308166592007-07-01T19:44:00.001-07:002007-07-01T20:01:45.228-07:00Week 3, Thing 6 con't.<div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8843864@N03/690217932/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/690217932_f858b06757_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8843864@N03/690217932/">My creation</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8843864@N03/">jmrday</a> </span></div>I tried to make a trading card!<br clear="all">Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-50704679995999406652007-07-01T19:36:00.001-07:002007-07-01T20:00:19.933-07:00Week 3, Thing 6<div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8843864@N03/689254435/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1302/689254435_442085e037_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8843864@N03/689254435/">Indiana Jones</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8843864@N03/">jmrday</a> </span></div><p>This headstone can be found at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Berlin.</p><p>Still trying to figure my way around Flickr. Wondering how libraries could benefit from mash-ups? I was thinking about the summer reading theme - reading road trip. Maybe a library could create a mash-up with photos of children and their cut-out of sneaks on vacation? Although I think tweens and teens are more into this stuff. Anyways, I love exploring this! </p>Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-60352164486236273342007-06-12T12:53:00.001-07:002007-06-12T12:53:59.135-07:00Week 3, Thing 5<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_crazysanman/368987041/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/368987041_e0aa44a959_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_crazysanman/368987041/">Snow in Ocean City, Maryland</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/_crazysanman/">crazysanman</a> </span></div>"Snow in Ocean City, Maryland"<br />Here is photo I found on Flickr - I love seeing snow at the beach!<br clear="all" />Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8067493868730584780.post-71848883745525651562007-06-11T18:51:00.000-07:002007-06-11T18:53:04.697-07:00Week 2, Thing 4Don't forget to fill out your 23 Things Tracking Log. I sent out the logs as an attachment in your Week 2 email. The log will serve to show that you have completed the program and make you eligible to win one of three <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iPod</span> minis or the grand prize, a digital camera.Jennifer Ranckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132079004226412132noreply@blogger.com0