TCL 2 document from Zoho Writer

This is my second test document.

I put a picture of the dolphin mascot in it!

Thing 18 Online Productivity: Week 7

I created an account on Zoho Writer.

The Zoho Writer seems to have all the basic functions needed to write a brief document. You can insert pictures and tables.

I was able to use the Post to your Blog feature.

I thought this was a neat wait to write a document and distribute it. This could be useful for training classes.

Thing 17 PBWiki Sandbox: Week 6

I played in the NSU sandbox today.

1. I logged in. Don't use capitals for the login password.

2. I added my blog to the NSU Wiki. Look for TLCDave's Blog
http://nsulibs.pbwiki.com/Favorite-Blogs
3. I signed into the BLCTLC Wiki.
Look for Dave Jess was here
http://bcltlc.pbwiki.com/bcltlcpage\

I didn't add my favorite book or eating place as there was no page.
The most frustrating thing about the PBWiki is that the home page takes you to the generic set up page, not the home page you created It is always a pain in the neck to find your home page. For this reason alone, I would not use PBWiki. User's become confused and think what happend to my page? The answer is that user's have to go to the bottom of the page to click on "Show all pages" and then figure out which page is the real home page.

I use the wetpaint Wiki instead.

-Dave

Thing 16, Week 6 Wiki

I explored Wikis tonight.

1. St. Joseph County Public Library.
This was an excellent example of using a Wiki as a library too.
2. BookLover's Wikis - This would be an interesting way of posting
the Reader's Advisory annotation homework assignment.

3. Library Success - an interesting way to put out useful information
for library staff.

4. ALA Wiki - We could use this idea and create a Wiki for the Broward Library Anime Convention in January 2008.

5. Bull Run Library - I didn't like this site. I thought it looked
cluttered.

Thing 15 Rollyo, Week 5 BCL TLC

The Rollyo concept was interesting that you could limit a search to a specific set of websites.

Here is the link to my Search box.



This exercise took longer than it should have.

I was not able to create a searchbox on my blog for extra credit.

OverDrive: Week 9, Thing 22

I visited OverDrive today.
Since I've been using the website since February 2007 I didn't spend too much time exploring. It did give me a chance to look for some new audio books.

I wish we had more than 638 audio books.

The hold process is fairly easy.

I designed the extra credit exercises based upon the work I had done with OverDrive last summer.

Today I put a hold on The 10-Minute Stress Manager.

For practice I downloaded the book Exceeding Customer Expectations.
I played the book for a few minutes and skipped around to get used to the controls again.
The bookmark features works great. The only problem with audiobooks is that my MP3 Player doesn't make bookmarks. I usually listen to a book when I go to the gym since I can listen to most of the chapter (70 minutes roughly)during my workout.

I decided not to burn another cd, but I did burn a cd last summer.

Library Thing: Week 5, Thing 14

I explored Library Thing and found it very intesting.
It seems like the librarian's version of Amazon.

The reviews are useful and the tag cloud make it easy to browse.

All in all this is a web site to include in the Reader's Advisory class.

You can see my books at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/TLCdave2007

TLCdave2007

test video embed

Thing 13 Online Generators BCL TLC 2.0

These are my thoughts about Thing 13 Online Generators.

Overall, they were fun, but not too practical.

The generator blog for creating fractured image was artistic.

The card catalog generator is too old fashioned.


I liked the dummies book cover. I've seen other people make book covers and wondered how they did it. Now I know how.

This was the best exercise about this thing!

You can make your own book cover at http://www.signgenerator.org/books/dummies/

I explored these Flickr toys when we did Flickr in week 3.

Thing 12 BCL TLC Thinking about 2.0

I read the articles for the BCL TLC 2.0 Thing 12 Thinking about 2.0.

I decided to comment on "Away from the Iceberg" since it identified 3 icebergs on the way to web 2.0.

#1 Just in case collection.
Basically they propose we go digital and not collect these expensive unused physical print collections. On the other hand, are libraries nimble enough to keep up with fast moving web trends? Maybe our strength is still in the physical?

#2. Reliance on user education.
The author argues we need to redesign our services rather than redesigning our customers. The BCL TLC 2.0 program is an example of our trying to train staff at their own pace instead of having a class room where everyone moves in lockstep. We've all seen the websites that are easy to use and we click away from the websites that are hard to use.

#3. The “come to us” model of library service
We no longer have the monopoly on information. When people want book reviews they go to Amazon for individual reviews instead of book reviews from our periodical databases. Heck, they might not even know about book reviews in our databases.

Thing 11 BCL TLC Table Tennis

Today I worked on Thing 11 which is tag your own blog.
My hobby is playing table tennis. Some of you might call it ping pong.
Table Tennis is an Olympic Sport and the national organization is the USATT.


I belong to the Broward Table Tennis Club.

Table Tennis is great exercise.

I posted a comment on MY BCL TLC Blog Thing 9 and suggested some tags for her blog.