Mine was done through Prezi.
There were also some links for future perusing by the other students.
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Showing posts with label class notes. Show all posts
Monday, 23 September 2013
A.R. in Libraries Presentation
As the last part of our course, we had to do a presentation in class.
Mine was done through Prezi.
There were also some links for future perusing by the other students.
Mine was done through Prezi.
There were also some links for future perusing by the other students.
Monday, 2 September 2013
Facebook Class Notes
We have come to the last of our class notes for the course, this time looking at the world of Facebook and how it relates to libraries.
The Facebook community is a large one, covering not just individuals but organisations as well, including libraries and the like. It is another useful tool in the social medial toolbox that can be used by libraries to spread the word about what they are doing, events and the like. Like Twitter, Facebook can suffer from an overload of personal commentary and posts which can lead to important, relevant information being buried. Once more, having a personal and work related page may prove useful.
For our last annotated citation, I am looking at the Facebook page of The Digital Shift.
Facebook. 2013. The Digital Shift. [online] Available at: https://www.facebook.com/thedigitalshift [Accessed: 3 Sep 2013].
The Digital Shift Facebook page is a social media hub for The Digital Shift, a product of Media Shift Inc, that acts as the home for technology-related and stories and features published by Library Journal and School Library Journal. While Library Journal is over a century old, and has the reported highest circulation for a librarian trade journal, Media Shift Inc. is still a commercial enterprise which does lessen its authority. The Facebook page is aimed towards anyone interested in the technological aspects and innovations in reading and libraries, especially library staff.
The Facebook community is a large one, covering not just individuals but organisations as well, including libraries and the like. It is another useful tool in the social medial toolbox that can be used by libraries to spread the word about what they are doing, events and the like. Like Twitter, Facebook can suffer from an overload of personal commentary and posts which can lead to important, relevant information being buried. Once more, having a personal and work related page may prove useful.
For our last annotated citation, I am looking at the Facebook page of The Digital Shift.
Facebook. 2013. The Digital Shift. [online] Available at: https://www.facebook.com/thedigitalshift [Accessed: 3 Sep 2013].
The Digital Shift Facebook page is a social media hub for The Digital Shift, a product of Media Shift Inc, that acts as the home for technology-related and stories and features published by Library Journal and School Library Journal. While Library Journal is over a century old, and has the reported highest circulation for a librarian trade journal, Media Shift Inc. is still a commercial enterprise which does lessen its authority. The Facebook page is aimed towards anyone interested in the technological aspects and innovations in reading and libraries, especially library staff.
Monday, 26 August 2013
Twitter Class Notes
As we continue on with our course, we are looking at twitter, the use of it and possibilities for libraries.
For this I created a new twitter account, @ARLibraries, the purpose of which is to focus solely on libraries, future technology related to libraries, augmented reality and related fields.
Twitter has advantages in that it can provide quick, concise feeds of information and thoughts, but there are also downsides. Follow too many people - especially if they aren't work or profession related - and any useful posts can be rapidly lost in the stream of posts, often many of which may be irrelevant. It is for that reason I set up a new account only for course/study and library/technology related posters.
One thing we are required to do is a annotated citation on one poster. For that I have chosen and followed Bonnie Wildie.
Twitter.com. 2013. Bonnie Wildie (BonnieWildie) on Twitter. [online] Available at: https://twitter.com/BonnieWildie [Accessed: 27 Aug 2013].
For this I created a new twitter account, @ARLibraries, the purpose of which is to focus solely on libraries, future technology related to libraries, augmented reality and related fields.
Twitter has advantages in that it can provide quick, concise feeds of information and thoughts, but there are also downsides. Follow too many people - especially if they aren't work or profession related - and any useful posts can be rapidly lost in the stream of posts, often many of which may be irrelevant. It is for that reason I set up a new account only for course/study and library/technology related posters.
One thing we are required to do is a annotated citation on one poster. For that I have chosen and followed Bonnie Wildie.
Twitter.com. 2013. Bonnie Wildie (BonnieWildie) on Twitter. [online] Available at: https://twitter.com/BonnieWildie [Accessed: 27 Aug 2013].
Bonnie Wildie posts on twitter under the username @BonnieWildie, and has made to date 809 tweets, with 416 followers, with the most recent being this week. She teaches at the WSI TAFE, and her twitter account (and blog) are designed to help her LIS students discover the interactions between social media and the library world. This speaks to her authority, though as she says all her opinions are her won. While it is aimed towards her students, it is of interest to any in the field of libraries and social media.
Monday, 19 August 2013
YouTube Class Notes
Furthering on with YouTube, we come to notes, opinions, and of course our own work.
One of the tasks we had to undertake was to create our own short video, in which we had to demonstrate a task in action, then upload it to YouTube. Here is mine.
YouTube as itself is a site with endless possibility as to what you can find, but there are drawbacks, in that anyone can upload anything and it can remain there until reported and removed. Also the anonymous nature of commenting means a lot of negative comments can be made unless comments are closed.
The video I choose to explore, on ShelvAR, was chosen as it demonstrates one example of AR in action in a library, and one that is forthcoming soon.
In this day of the digital age,libraries at least understanding, if not using YouTube is becoming more important. As digital integration becomes more common, with new technologies such as augmented reality, being able to plug into it and provide services to customers can help libraries retain their edge. Events can be advertised and shared with ease, and even book trailers and reviews can be shown.
One of the tasks we had to undertake was to create our own short video, in which we had to demonstrate a task in action, then upload it to YouTube. Here is mine.
YouTube as itself is a site with endless possibility as to what you can find, but there are drawbacks, in that anyone can upload anything and it can remain there until reported and removed. Also the anonymous nature of commenting means a lot of negative comments can be made unless comments are closed.
The video I choose to explore, on ShelvAR, was chosen as it demonstrates one example of AR in action in a library, and one that is forthcoming soon.
In this day of the digital age,libraries at least understanding, if not using YouTube is becoming more important. As digital integration becomes more common, with new technologies such as augmented reality, being able to plug into it and provide services to customers can help libraries retain their edge. Events can be advertised and shared with ease, and even book trailers and reviews can be shown.
Monday, 12 August 2013
On Wikis
A wiki is a collaborative web application that allows it users to add, modify or delete content, normal via some form of content management system for easy use, similar to have blogs are edited.
They can range from small group wikis, where only permitted members are allowed to edit the wiki, through to world wide wikis where anyone can edit it. The most famous of these is of course wikipedia.
Wikis can be set up for any conceivable purpose, ranging from wikipeda's encyclopedia, to specific subjects such as courses or TV series and communities both large and small.
Within libraries, such things as book reviews can work well, with readers commenting on the books they have read and their recommendations. It could also be used internally for organisation and for scheduling, for training purposes and for links to relevant and useful information.
They can range from small group wikis, where only permitted members are allowed to edit the wiki, through to world wide wikis where anyone can edit it. The most famous of these is of course wikipedia.
Wikis can be set up for any conceivable purpose, ranging from wikipeda's encyclopedia, to specific subjects such as courses or TV series and communities both large and small.
Within libraries, such things as book reviews can work well, with readers commenting on the books they have read and their recommendations. It could also be used internally for organisation and for scheduling, for training purposes and for links to relevant and useful information.
Discovery Exercise - Class Wiki
As another part of our course studies, we looked at wikis, as well as practicing with using them on an internal class one.
Given my previous experience with blogs, and the general similar in which they are used, making changes, additions and adding pages and links came fairly simply to me. Even for people with little experience with them, I can not see them having too many problems with editing and adding to pages. Links may prove a bit harder to manage at first, but once learned may not be too difficult to handle.
Sunday, 11 August 2013
A Delicious Look
Continuing on from class notes, we get to Delicious. Delicious is a social bookmarking website for storing, sharing and discovering website bookmarks. When you bookmark a website on your own computer, it is only available to whoever uses that computer. In Delicious, it works a bit differently. You bookmark the site through Delicious, making it publicly available to anyone who uses Delicious.
How can you find relevant bookmarks in all those saves ones? Through tags. You, and others, can tag the bookmarks, and you can search for tags which will then list all bookmarked websites so tagged. Of course, if it isn't tagged then it can't be easily found.
In a library setting, it could be of use to see what websites other libraries and their staff find interesting, what they are working on, development and of course as an easy method to share what is happening in your own library.
From what I have seen of Delicious to date, it isn't too difficult to work with, though I have yet to delve deep into it to find out all it is capable of.
How can you find relevant bookmarks in all those saves ones? Through tags. You, and others, can tag the bookmarks, and you can search for tags which will then list all bookmarked websites so tagged. Of course, if it isn't tagged then it can't be easily found.
In a library setting, it could be of use to see what websites other libraries and their staff find interesting, what they are working on, development and of course as an easy method to share what is happening in your own library.
From what I have seen of Delicious to date, it isn't too difficult to work with, though I have yet to delve deep into it to find out all it is capable of.
Flogr - a Flickr mashup
Among the items we are covering in this course are mashups, where in data from two or more sources is combined to create a new service.
One such example of this is flogr, which allows you to display your flickr photos in a customizable photo gallery on your website. So if you don't like the flickr default look, you can arrange a different one.
One such example of this is flogr, which allows you to display your flickr photos in a customizable photo gallery on your website. So if you don't like the flickr default look, you can arrange a different one.
Monday, 5 August 2013
TasTAFE Library & Flickr
A view of part of the Campbell St library of TasTAFE. Fairly typical of most libraries, and what people in general consider them to look like. What if we could make it more though...what if we could augment it....
This photo comes from our exploration of the photo sharing site, Flickr, in which we had to not only find a library related photo (in my case the SpeedGeeking 2012 photo), but also take and upload one of our library.
From what I have seen, Flickr seems fairly simple to use, and share with, but I have a fairly extensive IT background which may colour my views on such matters.
This photo comes from our exploration of the photo sharing site, Flickr, in which we had to not only find a library related photo (in my case the SpeedGeeking 2012 photo), but also take and upload one of our library.
From what I have seen, Flickr seems fairly simple to use, and share with, but I have a fairly extensive IT background which may colour my views on such matters.
Monday, 29 July 2013
RSS Class Notes
What do you like about RSS & newsreaders?
What I like about RSS and newsreaders is that it is a major time saving device, allowing feeds from multiple sources to be fed into the one location to view, rather than having to go and check each one individually as would bre required previous to RSS.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your personal life?
I have a large list of blogs, forums and websites that I normally check out daily, so having an RSS feed that provides all recent updates from the various sites in one place would save a great deal if time and effort.
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this technology?
Libraries can use RSS technology to alert their customers via their web presence of any changes or events that are taking place in the library, as well as in their local community.
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