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2010-04-14T13:47:00.001-07:00

I believe that I have finally finished the 23 things.

The 23 Things (act 3)

2010-03-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

I have re done all of my titles and gone back to add answers to some of the questions that I had neglected to answer during this learning experience, and also elaborate on some of the topics that I had been vague on. If it is still confusing, I will try to explain here.

The Titles begin with a "thing". These are referring to the 11 lessons of the 23 things. The number next to the lesson are the individual things that are listed under the lessons. There are 23 of them. They may no longer be in order, but the information is certainly there. I hope this is more clear. It seemed to be for me, but then again this will be the third time doing it so "frustrated" does not begin to explain what I am feeling right now.

Thing 3 #5

2010-03-31T12:32:00.000-07:00

Once I set up a flickr account, It was very easy to join the vermont librarians group and add some pictures of my library to it! Now you can go there and see the YA section @ Sherburne Memorial Library!I also posted a picture right here for all to see!

Thing 2 #4

2010-03-31T12:21:00.000-07:00

Something about technology that interests me this week is that I have heard that beginning this summer, facebook will no longer be free. Knowing that I will no longer use facebook if this happens, I need to begin to copy all of the pictures I have there and put them somewhere else so that I do not loose them.

Thing 11 #22

2010-03-10T10:48:00.000-08:00

I use pod casts all the time for book reviews from school library journal. They are very helpful.

One way libraries are using pod casts is to help further their knowledge in the future of libraries and technology in libraries.

My director has the staff use podcasts all the time if there is a topic that she believes we all need to pay attention to.

http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/podcast.php#feed

the dates of these pod casts were outdated

Thing 9 #18

2010-03-10T10:45:00.001-08:00

google docs is very similar to microsoft office and we are using this for the Vermont Library Conference
I like that everyone can check in, proof, and make changes easier than in office.

I had trouble with this one and posted as a comment under the 23 things

Heather Grev // February 12, 2010 at 12:25 pm | Reply

I CANNOT GET THE GOOGLE DOC TO MY BLOG…IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?

Thing 9 #16&17

2010-03-10T10:40:00.000-08:00

Who is Bill Bartmann?

The Douglas County library can no longer be accessed this way.

I also use wikis all the time for movie themes and informationa bout authors. A drawback is that you never know if the information is correct or not. This may work well when we are working on our emergancy management planning.

I went on the Vermont's 23 things sandbox and got a bunch of great ideas for place to go in the state for some good food. I also commented that Kinchley's pizza in Ramsey is one of my favorite places to go! I copied and pasted that comment here
http://vermontlibrarieslearn.pbworks.com/

Vermont Librarian said

at 1:01 pm on Feb 12, 2010

Kinchleys Pizza in Ramsey, NJ!!!!!

Thing 8 #14

2010-03-10T10:32:00.000-08:00

I think twitter would be fun if I had a cellphone that was able to do this. Some of my friends that are musicians tweet to tell people whena dn where they will be performing.

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:58:07 GMT

No offense, but I think that as a public we are already so wrapped up in what celebraties are doung, do we really need to know more? Unplug already!

Libraries in more populated areas may use twitter to post programming, or new releases, etc, but I am not convinced that tweeting is the answer for libraries. I tried to search VT libraries and found only one person tweeting, and also looked up vermont as a general search, but there was really nothing that interesting there.

I wouldn't say I hate microblogging, I just don't feel that it is for me,.

this is the comment that I had made under #14 for twitter

Thing 8 #13

2010-03-10T10:30:00.000-08:00

It seems that we are having to sign up alot of accounts putting our information out there in a lot of different places. It is starting to make me a little nervous, and I don’t think Im going to open a delicous account.

I believe that library patrons could use this tool if they do not own their own personal computer and want to bookmark sites.

All in all I thought that Delicious was a bit confusing and I plan on keeping my bookmarking to Firefox. It is more comfortable and easily accessable to me rather then opening new accounts all over the internet.

When searching something that I was interested in, I found that it came up with the same hits as it did in google, and I will continue using google for my searches.

When searching the 23things delicious page, I found nothing current or of any importance that would lead me to believe that this tool would be very useful to me.

I did not originally post on #13 because I had commented about it on the 23 things. Sorry about that.

Lesson 11 #23!!!!!!

2010-03-05T09:07:00.000-08:00

Wow! That went by really quickly! I have learned a lot and this is a great tool. Especially for folks that are intimidated like me!

I really liked almost all of the exercises and I have and will continue to use a lot of them.

I use facebook a lot for library announcements, and I think if more of my friends and family had flickr I would utilize that more as well.

I also have printed out and hanging up in my office the 7 and 1/2 habits and the web award short list website. It's a reminder to me that I am learning new things everyday and that the web is constantly changing!

I did not make an account for some of the exercises because I felt REALLY uncomfortable having my e-mail out in so many places. I appreceated having the wiki already set up for those exercise and think that it wqould be a good idea to have accounts like that for the exercises so that we are not using all of our own personal information.

I doubt however that I will do anything with this blog now that I am done with the 23 things.

I would definitely participate in another discovery program if it was offered.

Thing 11 #21

2010-03-05T08:40:00.000-08:00

lets see if this works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlkplvYdgA
this was so fun. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!

Thing 20 #20

2010-03-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

The best of web 2.0 is very useful, I searched around some of the travel websitesto use for my upcoming vacation and all of them seemed pretty easy to use.I now go the short list frequently and I will def. use this website for research.

Thing 10 #19

2010-03-05T08:01:00.000-08:00

Digg is pretty cool and I can see myself using this website a lot.

I signed up for google alerts to alert me when anything about intellectual freedom comes up and I am anxiously awaiting to see what I get!

addictomatic's page was very busy and there is a lot to it!

There was nothing about our library on social mention.

The Jersey Shore - Vermont's 23 Things

2010-02-12T09:09:00.000-08:00

The Jersey Shore - Vermont's 23 Things

#16

2010-02-12T08:44:00.000-08:00

I have already been using wikis for author information and actors and movie information for the matinees at the library. One drawback I always ask myself is if the information is 100% correct.

Would this work well if I was trying to organize the staff in developing a disaster plan????

Thing 8 #15

2010-02-12T08:14:00.000-08:00

Away from the icebergs was a great article and I feel that my library is doing a pretty good job with keeping up in these changing times. I love the "come to us" model for library services and feel that SML does a good job of eleminating barriers that exist between the patrons and the info they are seeking

Thing 7 #12

2010-02-05T11:40:00.001-08:00

I did not set up a librarything account because I already use goodreads off of FACEBOOK to keep track of the books I read, so I thought doing it twice would be silly and hard to keep track of.

I enjoy Good Reads because I can keep track of all of the books that I have read and also see what my colleagues are reading. I can also rate the books on how much I enjoyed them to go back to see what authors I have enjoyed and keep up with books in a series.

Our library has a link from our website to library thing, and patrons are encouraged to track the books that they have read through that service they provide.

Thing 7 #11

2010-02-05T11:35:00.000-08:00

I cant copy my avatar to post it here could anyone help me with that?, but I was able to do some cool things in the FDTOYS website! This was a lot of fun!

Thing 4 #8

2010-01-14T12:24:00.001-08:00

I do like how I can vies my rss feeds right from my blog or get updates on my library e-mail

Thing 5 #9&10

2010-01-13T16:10:00.000-08:00

Facebook for SML?!
I believe that it is great that libraries are beginning to use social networking sites.
I think when I next get to meet with my director I will ask her if she thinks it is a good idea for our library. It may be useful to connect teens to programs that I have. Most of our patrons in the summer months are older. I don't know whether this would be a popular choice for our library or not.

I have had a facebook account for about a year now and I absolutly love it. I have reconnected to old friends and talk with my family more than I ever have!

Thing 4 #7

2010-01-13T15:42:00.000-08:00

UGH!RSS!
so far I like this the least. I set up the 23 things blogs, so hopefully I did it right and I will enjoy that part of it. I signed up with Google Reader, but I like just using my favorites bar. Its probably just because Im used to it, but Im going to fool around with this a little more...

Thing 3 #5 &6

2009-12-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

http://metaatem.net/words/Barbarian%20Librarian
I used the the spell with flickr. I liked that you could click on the letter and change it if you wanted a different style. I believe that flickr will come in handy to me in the future!

I also tried the Montagr, but wasnt really impressed with what came up. Maybe I was picking the wrong subjects?
-waves
-ice cream cone
-book

2009-11-20T12:42:00.000-08:00

I have set up my flickr account and tagged two photos under vermontlibrarieslearn. Getting set up on flickr was real easy and now the test is if anyone can find my pictures
www.flickr.com/photos/heather420

2009-11-20T11:42:00.000-08:00

so now I have to figure out how to post something on someone else's blog.

2009-11-19T10:54:00.000-08:00

Day two on the blog. Feeling better, just bummed that I have to been inside during all of this sunshine today. Im onto thing 4. Wish me luck!

THE 23 THINGS BEGIN!

2009-11-18T13:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, Here we go!
so this is my first attempt to see if this will work for me. Hopefully it does, if not, I will be asking all you VT librarians out there for some help!