**#12 - Gaming in Libraries**

I didn't spend much time with Second Life but I'm going to show my 15 year old granddaughter. The Info Island Archipelago Tour was very cool. Maybe we could do a tour of all our branches in Second Life. It seems similar to SimCity, which I've never played but watched my granddaughter play last year.

My 13 year old grandson was briefly interested in Speed Stacking a few years ago. I think it would be a fun summer activity at the library with several practice meetings before the final contest.

I've spent many hours on Just For Kids with my 3 year old grandson; mostly at pbskids with Clifford, Curious George and Boobah.

Well, I guess this is the last post for my learning blog. I really enjoyed this experience, but my husband will be glad to get me off the computer. I never spent one minute on this blog at work since I've been busy putting in an honest eight hours a day!

Thanks Library 2.0 Team! Let's have more of this kind of training.

**#11 - Online Applications & Tools**

Here's the address of my ThinkFree document which will explain why there's no FlashPAINT image:

http://member.thinkfree.com/show.se?f=0588d700da7aa264c531da3cdf006974

#10 - Social Bookmarking, Tagging & Folksonomies

I signed on to del.icio.us and found some cool websites to help grandchildren with last week of school projects which had been left until the last minute, of course. How cool to be able to access my bookmarks from any computer.

I tried to use Fiction Connection with a customer and didn't find it helpful, mainly because I had no idea how to use the tags. I was more familiar with NoveList, but it looks different now. So, I'm glad I'm getting to know both when I'm not with a customer!

It's that time of year again when the Corpse Flower is blooming. So here is the new crop. The first pics were from June 2007.

#9 - Personal Relevance (aka Online Personalization)

I made my search engine at Rollyo with the list of 25 respected sources-When Wikipedia Won't Cut It. I'm calling it wwww (When Wikipedia Won't Work) on my page. I tried to add it to my blog, but it didn't function so I edited it out.
I signed up with Library Elf a couple of months ago. It worked very well and I have told some of our borrowers, especially those with more than one card to keep track of, about the service. I cancelled my account since , uh, I am always on time and don't need the reminders. Yeah, that's it.
To make our catalog more twopointopian, there could be local professional and reader reviews, recommendations of what to read next, links to author sites, and sequel and series information.
The matter of privacy along with all this personalization and collaborative filtering is setting off inner alarm bells with me. It sure would make it easier for the Terminators to find Sarah Connor.

#8 - Peer Services: Comments, Ratings & Reviews

Posting a review to a book on Amazon would be outside my comfort zone. The whole world judging my inadequate book report? I don't think so. But, I like to read the book reports of the brave. Voyeur? Oh well, that's one reason I read instead of do.

We already have links to Barnes and Nobles and Amazon for titles in our catalog where professional and customer reviews may be accessed. But maybe we can add "What do you think? Rate/review this title." for our borrowers.

#7 - Wikis & Social Networking

Posted a comment on the hcplc=Lib2.0 page.

Last post I mentioned that the roll-over note didn't post along with the pic from Flickr. I did get a response from Flickr Help about a week later saying that the note is not part of their website.

#6 - Photo Sharing & "Mashups"

Pineapple guava flower
Originally uploaded by Jimi K

Here is another plant in our yard. It had a rollover note at Flickr, but it doesn't appear on posting. The Help wasn't helpful at Flickr. They basically said to ask everybody (Group Forum). But the same question had been asked in 2006 and still remains unanswered.

#5 - Podcasting & Streaming/ Downloadable Media

I found a link to this video on a blog called Union Librarian. I wish it had a different video with the soundtrack, but hearing Paul Robeson is worth it to me. This was not my first attempt at posting a video to my blog. The first was a comedy by Andy Dick in which he plays the genius speechwriter behind W. Bush. The problem was that related videos also appeared below in the scroll and were somewhat unsavory probably due to the unfortunate tags from their names.

Hillsborough Remembers has great potential. Hope it is ongoing. I listened to a Town 'n Country segment.

I downloaded a book from TBLC on Overdrive. I thought it was very cool, but had some problems. First, I could only transfer half of the book to my mp3 player. So, I had to listen to the first half of Pillars of the Earth in 3 days. At 11 p.m. on the last day that the title would be available I finished the first half and deleted it. But the title had expired already. I guess they have office hours? I thought the whole thing was on my computer, but apparently that expires, too. Second, the parts were out of order. I made a list of how the parts corresponded but this was very cumbersome. Third, did you know that it is illegal to drive while listening to an mp3 player? No, I didn't get a ticket, but one of my sons got pulled over last week for that reason. Last, to listen to half of one book used a whole AAA battery and part of another! I put the ebook on hold again, but I think I'll put the REAL book on hold instead now.

Paul Robeson sings Joe Hill. 1988 NYC protest.

#4 - RSS, News Feeds & Newsreaders

Well, I got a Trojan Horse virus on my home computer while doing this lesson. But I have really enjoyed the Reader. Here's my feed address: http://jimiksblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

#3 - Blogs & Blogging

It is done.

One way a blog could be used in the library is for Customer Comments instead of the comment cards. A Customer Survey could be on each screen during survey weeks. The customer would have the opportunity to fill it out without us having to ask.

#2 - IM & Virtual Reference

I wrote in my comment for the lesson that I helped my granddaughter use Ask A Librarian but it was Live Homework Help. Oh well, wanna see what my husband caught in our back yard New Years Eve? He was sunning on a bench (the iguana not my husband). Isn't he gorgeous?

#1-What is Library 2.0?

I watched 25 Technologies in 50 Minutes. Then I went to Pandora Radio and made my own radio station: The Joni Mitchell Channel. It was fun. You type in an artist or song that you like and songs that have the essence of your choice are played for you. While the song is playing you can look at biographical notes of the artists and suggestions of similar artists. A great way to hear new music and oldies you haven't heard for a long time. I heard Dory Previn! If something plays you don't like, give it a thumbs down and it's gone-no commercials!
Of course I couldn't post a comment yet since that was Lesson 3, but I read all the other comments.
Tikki Tembo trying to guess the name of the smelly plant.

The mystery plant is a Corpse Flower. Thanks to LeighM from Talking Books, etal. for putting me on the trail by showing me a Voodoo Lily article given to her by one of her Talking Books patrons. Here's a picture of the foliage when it's not blooming and the link that gave me the name: http://www.rareflora.com/amorphophalluspae.htm

My first post for hcplc=Lib2.0

Name that plant!

Here's a plant that appeared in our yard this summer. It smelled really bad for a few days and drew flies. We called it The Giant Brain at first and then decided that it came from outer space and named it Audrey 2.