Thing 14 That Library Thing

I signed up for an account and added a few titles. I even included a link to this blog. I really do not like being this public. Anyway, this is similar to the My List feature that HCL has, or even the Book Space page at HCL. It's a great way to make lists for Reader's Advisory, and to see what others are saying about books. I did pick one obscure book that I love (Bridge in the Jungle by B. Traven) and did see that 23 others have it on their lists. I'll have to check them out sometime.

I keep a list of books in My Account to refer to for reader's advisory. I also refer to the HCL lists under topics I don't read so much. For example, I printed the list of historical fiction because I bombed that reader's advisory so many times. This would be a huge help in organizing books in various genres or topics to help readers.

Thing 13 Online Productivity Tools

1. I've had an iGoogle homepage for quite a while now, so I finally hit my comfort zone.
2. I use Outlook calendar at work, but signed up for the Google calendar at home. Very nice.
3. Online lists. Just what an detailed librarian needs. Ahhh.
4. Backpack. I took the tour, but did not create an account. I can see many uses for this tool though. Work: for program planning, weeding, creating booklists. Home: garden planning, planning a party, decluttering. I think the lists are endless.

No more little pieces of paper to misplace. What a concept. Maybe I will finally get organized, but I doubt it.

Thing 12 Social Media

I put tags on an article I found for my del.icio.us account and explored each of the sites. I am feeling more and more old fashioned the further I get into the Things. These sites could have many uses for libraries, but I'm going to leave that to others.

Thing 11 Tagging and Del.icio.us

I tagged one of my posts and found it really easy. A good idea.

I set up a del.icio.us account to organize my bookmarks. I didn't like it.

Thing 10 Wikis

I updated the 23 Things on a Stick wiki. While it was easy to update, finding something worthwhile to say was another challenge.

I love wikis.

Thing 9 Sharing Documents

I updated the Declaration of Independence which was kind of fun. I think it's great for collaborations and will probably use it in the near future, since I am going to be presenting a program with someone who works on the opposite side of the county soon. This will be a big help.

On to Thing 10, Wikis.

Thing 8 Photos

I made my montage using Big Huge Labs, which I really like. At first, I couldn't figure out how to get the images into the blog and I was getting quite frustrated. Finally, I remembered that we already did this, a few Things back, so I clicked on Add Image and got it to work. I was quite pleased that I figured it out by myself.

I think these are great tools for creating photodocumentaries of library events. I wish I had access to these tools when I was in library school.