Week 8 # Answer boards and social searching

Ahhh technology. What happened to the days where customers wrote down there reveiws on ieces of paper and shared them only with their friends?? And items in the library were borrowed because borrowers had heard they were a good read from there family?

OH NO NOW ITS ALL CHANGED! Borrowers can now post there complaints, reveiws and reccommendations on answer boards. And how wonderful it is.

Customers would really enjoy doing this in the library as they like to share with everyone the types of things they like to read and what they reccomend not to read. They would also be able to comment on the events and activities that we are planning to hold in the library and therefor more(FREE!!!!!) publicity for us!

Sites like "Yahoo!7 Answers" are a great way to communicate effectivly with other poeple who visit the site. People can enlighten you with their knowledge on questions you have asked and new information can be found.

ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC!

Although where is the privacy? There is other ways that you can find out answers. By doing a google search or go onto Ask.com for a more private way of gwetting your questions answered.

As for the answer boards being used for libraries though, Great idea! =]

Week 7 # del.icio.us

This week was so confusing. It took me so long to figure out how to link my del.icio.us account to my blog. But i think i have finally got there.

This can be a great way of sharing information with other libraries and easily catagorising your favourite websites without using favourites all the time ( i am very guily of this!)

Knowing that we all can use sites like this will make our jobs alot easier

It's great.

The link to my del.icio.us account is below!!






Au Revoir for now!

Week 6 # Videos Online

Whoever invented YouTube needs a HUGE pat on the back. I have to admit before this i had never experienced Google Video before but i think that this is great as well!! Not only are these useful for finding comical and funny things (like the famous Summer Heights High, does anyone else LOVE this show!!!????) but it is also an extremelly usueful way to show people information.

We have all heard the horror stories although about people filming violent attacks made on other people and they have been posted on sites such as "you tube" but surely there is a way to monitor this so it can be used to entertain and benifet the rest of us who would like to use the service sensibly!

I found both of these sites extremely easy to use and also enjoyed every minute of it. It would also be extremely benificial to libraries that would like to give their community and other communities a look inside their library and visual show them what services they have to offer. I think it would be a very good form of advertisement escpecially because you can make the segment appealing by the use of background music and commentaries.

I think that as more people see the benifits of these sites it will become more widely used.

I love both Family guy and the simpons. The battle is on in this You tube video. And it was so easy to embed aswell(not!!)!!



Everyone will enjoy this one!
Good luck!