Ah, this looks more like it. Tips and tricks are helpful if answering the questions, and I have bookmarked Snappy Fingers as a useful tool.
It would be good to promote Australian libraries in the responses. Is there any way to determine from where the questions emanate? I presume that Yahoo!7Answers is an Australian website, and thus most questions are from our compatriots.
I have found rankings of hotels and travel tours to be of use in my personal searches, and can see the value to our clients of Library Thing.
I enjoyed this module more than the last - there was less to digest for a start!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Week 7 - Social bookmarking.
"Overwhelming" describes my initial reaction.
Delicious strikes me as a twee name - after all, the US don't add a country to their domain names.
So, get over that reaction, and then wonder what happens if the web page disappears? We have links to pages on our Online Reference library and the urls do change sometimes, requiring manual editing. If the web site goes, do the tags go too, or will I be directed to a 404?
Is this "manual" cataloguing any more useful than Google's mindless but comprehensive trawling?
Technorati looks helpful if searching for blogs, although once again Google offers a blog search.
The instructions are a little unclear. Step 2 mentions searching in keyword, OK. Results =192, then in Advanced with Language=English, results = 152.
However in step 4, nswpln2008 didn't return any results until I checked some comments and searched in the tag field instead.
Library thing looks like a fun place to check out other people's recommendations, but too much like work to set up for myself!
From a library point of view, opac and Library thing links would be beneficial.
"Overwhelming" describes my initial reaction.
Delicious strikes me as a twee name - after all, the US don't add a country to their domain names.
So, get over that reaction, and then wonder what happens if the web page disappears? We have links to pages on our Online Reference library and the urls do change sometimes, requiring manual editing. If the web site goes, do the tags go too, or will I be directed to a 404?
Is this "manual" cataloguing any more useful than Google's mindless but comprehensive trawling?
Technorati looks helpful if searching for blogs, although once again Google offers a blog search.
The instructions are a little unclear. Step 2 mentions searching in keyword, OK. Results =192, then in Advanced with Language=English, results = 152.
However in step 4, nswpln2008 didn't return any results until I checked some comments and searched in the tag field instead.
Library thing looks like a fun place to check out other people's recommendations, but too much like work to set up for myself!
From a library point of view, opac and Library thing links would be beneficial.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Video online this week.
Until now I have only used video online when I have managed to miss recording the last few minutes of a TV show!
It has been very handy for this task, but actually filming and uploading is a whole new world.
The examples of uses are interesting, but I found the "welcome" to new employees a bit offputting - too impersonal. Mosman library's author talks are a great idea for those that can't attend. I presume the authors gave their permission for the recording of their speeches.
YouTube doesn't excite me in an exploratory way, but it could be a useful adjunct for ephemeral information. I notice that searching on Google videos brings up links to YouTube sites, so I think I'd stick to Google (the one-stop shop).
Lace-making in Belgium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbvlcZxqK4
Funny cats: http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?q=lacemaking&emb=0&aq=f#q=cats&emb=0
Until now I have only used video online when I have managed to miss recording the last few minutes of a TV show!
It has been very handy for this task, but actually filming and uploading is a whole new world.
The examples of uses are interesting, but I found the "welcome" to new employees a bit offputting - too impersonal. Mosman library's author talks are a great idea for those that can't attend. I presume the authors gave their permission for the recording of their speeches.
YouTube doesn't excite me in an exploratory way, but it could be a useful adjunct for ephemeral information. I notice that searching on Google videos brings up links to YouTube sites, so I think I'd stick to Google (the one-stop shop).
Lace-making in Belgium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbvlcZxqK4
Funny cats: http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?q=lacemaking&emb=0&aq=f#q=cats&emb=0
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