Michael Hobson, 2009, Twilight Overdues, viewed 1st April 2010, http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=108918&title=Twilight_Overdues
There is little information on who the authority is for the video however the video was uploaded onto TeacherTube by Michael Hobson so we assume he is the authority for the video. The video is about the Twilight characters, Bella and Edward, talking about how Bella wants to be turned into a vampire but Edward won't do it because she has overdue books from her library. This video is aimed at young adults who like the Twilight saga. I think this video is a really good idea as it makes something like talking about overdue books which can be boring for most people into something interesting by using the Twilight characters to relate to them.
You can find the video here
Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Annotated citation on Charles Sturt University Library podcast
Charles Sturt University Library, 2010, Your Library Out Loud - Podcasts, viewed 24th April 2010, http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/how-to/podcasts/
The Charles Sturt University Library podcasts are done by the 8 libraries spread across various campuses. The University is an authoritative library. The podcasts have some very useful information for new students using the library such as an introduction to the library, borrowing tips and information on services for offshore students. There is also podcasts on Ebooks, exam survival tips and information on Google tools. At the moment there are currently 15 podcasts to listen to and 17 podcasts to download onto iTunes which you can listen to them on your iPod. You are able to subscribe to the podcasts by entering in your email address and the new podcasts will be sent directly to your inbox. I like the information on the Google tools as it goes into detail on how to use the different Google tools to help you with your research other than using just the standard Google search.
You can find the podcasts here
The Charles Sturt University Library podcasts are done by the 8 libraries spread across various campuses. The University is an authoritative library. The podcasts have some very useful information for new students using the library such as an introduction to the library, borrowing tips and information on services for offshore students. There is also podcasts on Ebooks, exam survival tips and information on Google tools. At the moment there are currently 15 podcasts to listen to and 17 podcasts to download onto iTunes which you can listen to them on your iPod. You are able to subscribe to the podcasts by entering in your email address and the new podcasts will be sent directly to your inbox. I like the information on the Google tools as it goes into detail on how to use the different Google tools to help you with your research other than using just the standard Google search.
You can find the podcasts here
Cut and Paste from word to your blog
To be able to cut and paste from word to your blog you must, when in the new post section, make sure you have selected Edit HTML. If you are under Compose it will not let you paste. To know if you are under Edit HTML the writing will be in black and compose will be in blue.
Rollyo
Today in class we had a look at Rollyo. This was the first time i had a go at Rollyo and it took me a while to understand how to use it. Once i played around with it more and read the about page i realised that it is quite simple to use. My searchroll that i created was the blog, wiki, podcast and flickr page that i critically evaluated. I also added this blog and Youtube.
The links are:
booklovers.pbworks.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library
everythingaboutlibraries.blogspot.com
librarygang.talis.com
www.csu.edu.au/division/library/how-to/podcasts
www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz
youtube.com
Here is the link to my Rollyo home page
The links are:
booklovers.pbworks.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library
everythingaboutlibraries.blogspot.com
librarygang.talis.com
www.csu.edu.au/division/library/how-to/podcasts
www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz
youtube.com
Here is the link to my Rollyo home page
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Princeton Public Library Wiki
Princeton Public Library, 2010, Book Lovers Wiki, viewed 11th April 2010, http://booklovers.pbworks.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library
The Book Lovers Wiki is run by the Princeton Public Library which is an authoritative Library. The wiki is for the summer reading program who writes reviews on the books that they read. There are reviews from all types of genres from chic lit to horror to classics. Anyone in their summer reading program can contribute to the wiki however you must register first either by emailing, phoning or at the Library’s Welcome Desk. The summer reading program is for adults as there are reviews for Angels and Demons and How to Kill a Mocking bird however children can still contribute if they want to. This wiki is good to see what different books are about and what rating the book was given.
The wiki can be found here
The Book Lovers Wiki is run by the Princeton Public Library which is an authoritative Library. The wiki is for the summer reading program who writes reviews on the books that they read. There are reviews from all types of genres from chic lit to horror to classics. Anyone in their summer reading program can contribute to the wiki however you must register first either by emailing, phoning or at the Library’s Welcome Desk. The summer reading program is for adults as there are reviews for Angels and Demons and How to Kill a Mocking bird however children can still contribute if they want to. This wiki is good to see what different books are about and what rating the book was given.
The wiki can be found here
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Annotated Citation on the National Library of New Zealand using Flickr
The National Library of New Zealand, 2009, Flickr: National Library of New Zealand's photostream, viewed 28th March 2010, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz/
In June 2007 the National Library of New Zealand started a pilot to share their digitized copies of the photographs in the Alexander Turnball Library on Flickr. They hoped by sharing these images they could introduce a new audience to them. This Flickr page is authoritative as it is hosted by the National Library of New Zealand. As of today the National Library of New Zealand have 817 items/photos on their Flickr page. Their sets of photos include Sir Edmund Hillary, Japan 1900, Sport and Aviation. All the photographs that the National Library of New Zealand adds are posted under a ‘No known copyright restrictions’ license. This Flickr page is useful for anyone whether they are from New Zealand or not wanting to see what New Zealand’s past life such as their surf lifesaving to their old cars.
Their Flickr page can be found here
In June 2007 the National Library of New Zealand started a pilot to share their digitized copies of the photographs in the Alexander Turnball Library on Flickr. They hoped by sharing these images they could introduce a new audience to them. This Flickr page is authoritative as it is hosted by the National Library of New Zealand. As of today the National Library of New Zealand have 817 items/photos on their Flickr page. Their sets of photos include Sir Edmund Hillary, Japan 1900, Sport and Aviation. All the photographs that the National Library of New Zealand adds are posted under a ‘No known copyright restrictions’ license. This Flickr page is useful for anyone whether they are from New Zealand or not wanting to see what New Zealand’s past life such as their surf lifesaving to their old cars.
Their Flickr page can be found here
Monday, April 5, 2010
WEbook
I found this website today called WEbook which can be found here
It is a great site where new authors can post their books online where everyday people can review it. It starts off with an author posting their first chapter and if enough people like that first chapter they then submit the first 5 pages. Then if enough people like the 5 pages they then submit 50 pages until they submit their whole manuscript. The books that make it through the whole process lets literary agents and publishers know what real readers want to see on the shelves and those books can soon be published.
Because I love this website and have signed up to review the writers work i decided to do an annotated citation on it.
Itai Kohavi, 2010, PageToFame, Greylock Partners USA, viewed 05th April 2010, http://www.webook.com/
WEbook was created by Itai Kohavi. WEbook is an authoritative site. It brings together thousands of writers, published authors, readers and established literary agents, for the purpose of finding talented writers, and helping them get published. Because anyone can review your work you can get easily marked down which can affect your chances of getting through to the next stage. WEbook is good for anyone young or old as they have a variety of genres including Teen/Young Adult and Sci Fi/Fantasy. I really like this website because as a writer you are that one step closer to getting your story published and as a reader/reviewer you get to help choose what books are being published plus you get to read them for free as they are put on WEbook.
It is a great site where new authors can post their books online where everyday people can review it. It starts off with an author posting their first chapter and if enough people like that first chapter they then submit the first 5 pages. Then if enough people like the 5 pages they then submit 50 pages until they submit their whole manuscript. The books that make it through the whole process lets literary agents and publishers know what real readers want to see on the shelves and those books can soon be published.
Because I love this website and have signed up to review the writers work i decided to do an annotated citation on it.
Itai Kohavi, 2010, PageToFame, Greylock Partners USA, viewed 05th April 2010, http://www.webook.com/
WEbook was created by Itai Kohavi. WEbook is an authoritative site. It brings together thousands of writers, published authors, readers and established literary agents, for the purpose of finding talented writers, and helping them get published. Because anyone can review your work you can get easily marked down which can affect your chances of getting through to the next stage. WEbook is good for anyone young or old as they have a variety of genres including Teen/Young Adult and Sci Fi/Fantasy. I really like this website because as a writer you are that one step closer to getting your story published and as a reader/reviewer you get to help choose what books are being published plus you get to read them for free as they are put on WEbook.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Critical Evaluation on the National Library of New Zealand using Flickr
For my critical evaluation on a library that uses Flickr I have decided to do the National Library of New Zealand which their website can be found here and there Flickr page here.
In June 2007 the National Library of New Zealand started a pilot to share their digitized copies of the photographs in the Alexander Turnball Library on Flickr. They hoped by sharing these images they could introduce a new audience to them. The purpose which has been taken straight from their Flickr about page is “to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchange with other nations.”
As of today the National Library of New Zealand have 817 items/photos on their Flickr page. Their sets of photos include Sir Edmund Hillary, Japan 1900, Sport, Aviation, in 2017 libraries will be and even The Beatles, June 1964. My favourite though is How not to take a photograph which is a set of 7 photos taken in 1951 on how not to take a photo. Which includes not to cover the lens with your finger and not to take a photo on an angle.
In November 2008 the National Library of New Zealand joined The Commons on Flickr. The purpose of The Commons is to bring the world’s photography collections to share and increase access to the attention of a wider audience. All the photographs that the National Library of New Zealand add are posted under a ‘No known copyright restrictions’ license.
I found this Flickr page to be very interesting especially looking at all of the old photos of New Zealand. This Flickr page is useful for anyone whether they are from New Zealand or not wanting to see what New Zealand’s past life such as their surf lifesaving to their old cars.
The National Library of New Zealand, 2009, Flickr: National Library of New Zealand's photostream, viewed 28th March 2010, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz/
In June 2007 the National Library of New Zealand started a pilot to share their digitized copies of the photographs in the Alexander Turnball Library on Flickr. They hoped by sharing these images they could introduce a new audience to them. The purpose which has been taken straight from their Flickr about page is “to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchange with other nations.”
As of today the National Library of New Zealand have 817 items/photos on their Flickr page. Their sets of photos include Sir Edmund Hillary, Japan 1900, Sport, Aviation, in 2017 libraries will be and even The Beatles, June 1964. My favourite though is How not to take a photograph which is a set of 7 photos taken in 1951 on how not to take a photo. Which includes not to cover the lens with your finger and not to take a photo on an angle.
In November 2008 the National Library of New Zealand joined The Commons on Flickr. The purpose of The Commons is to bring the world’s photography collections to share and increase access to the attention of a wider audience. All the photographs that the National Library of New Zealand add are posted under a ‘No known copyright restrictions’ license.
I found this Flickr page to be very interesting especially looking at all of the old photos of New Zealand. This Flickr page is useful for anyone whether they are from New Zealand or not wanting to see what New Zealand’s past life such as their surf lifesaving to their old cars.
The National Library of New Zealand, 2009, Flickr: National Library of New Zealand's photostream, viewed 28th March 2010, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz/
Flickr
I have just read Janine's blog and she mentioned that she posted her picture by going to flickr and clicking blog this. So I have decided to try this and see if it works for me. This photo is from the Tasmanian Polytechnic Campbell St campus Library. I noticed in this photo that the library looks very bright however that is just from the flash on my camera as i remember that day the library was a bit on the dark side.
Annotated Citation on Library 2.0 Gang
Wallis R, 2010, The Library 2.0 Gang, Talis USA, viewed 21st March 2010, http://librarygang.talis.com/
Library 2.0 Gang is hosted by Richard Wallis with several contributors. From Richard’s qualifications this makes the blog a very authoritative site. Library 2.0 Gang creates a post every month along with a podcast about new web 2.0 technologies and how it affects and going to change the shape of libraries. This blog is for those who are interested in the way web 2.0 programs are changing the way libraries are today such as librarians. The blog is really easy to navigate and has some really interesting information.
The blog can be found here
Library 2.0 Gang is hosted by Richard Wallis with several contributors. From Richard’s qualifications this makes the blog a very authoritative site. Library 2.0 Gang creates a post every month along with a podcast about new web 2.0 technologies and how it affects and going to change the shape of libraries. This blog is for those who are interested in the way web 2.0 programs are changing the way libraries are today such as librarians. The blog is really easy to navigate and has some really interesting information.
The blog can be found here
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Critical Evaluation of The Library 2.0 Gang
For my critical evaluation of a blog I decided to do “The Library 2.0 Gang” which can be found at this website.
Library 2.0 Gang is hosted by Richard Wallis. Richard Wallis has had more than 35 years in the computer information industry and is one of the main people in promoting, explaining, and applying new and emerging web and semantic web technologies in the library and information industry. The site has several contributors and is joined once a month by a guest who is relevant to one of the topics under discussion.
Library 2.0 Gang creates a blog every month along with a podcast (usually just under an hour in length) about new web 2.0 technologies and how it effects libraries. Previous blogs have been about Library Mashups, eBooks and eReaders, social software in libraries (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc), where libraries have came from to where libraries are headed in the future and the most recent post which is about the semantic web and linked data.
The blog goes into real depth on how different web 2.0 programs are going to change the shape of libraries. Because the blog goes into depth and have long discussions about web 2.0 programs I found that it is quite a long time having to sit at the computer listening to a 50 minute podcast. Also I found they didn’t explain what some web 2.0 programs are. For example I had no idea what the semantic web was so I found myself listening to the podcast for 5 minutes hoping they would explain it for me. I ended up having to do a bit of research on the net to find out what is was before I could understand what they were talking about in the podcast.
There is a search option to search the blog’s previous posts. The blog supplies an email address where you can send your ideas of topics the gang can talk about, where you can suggest guests that the gang can interview and new members or even just to say hello. The Library 2.0 Gang has a twitter account which is linked to the blog where you get updates on when they are recording a podcast and when a new post has been added to the blog.
The blog is really easy to navigate around and there are no ads flashing away which is a real big positive. This blog is for those who are interested in the way web 2.0 programs are changing the way libraries are today.
Wallis R, 2010, The Library 2.0 Gang, Talis USA, viewed 21st March 2010, http://librarygang.talis.com/
Library 2.0 Gang is hosted by Richard Wallis. Richard Wallis has had more than 35 years in the computer information industry and is one of the main people in promoting, explaining, and applying new and emerging web and semantic web technologies in the library and information industry. The site has several contributors and is joined once a month by a guest who is relevant to one of the topics under discussion.
Library 2.0 Gang creates a blog every month along with a podcast (usually just under an hour in length) about new web 2.0 technologies and how it effects libraries. Previous blogs have been about Library Mashups, eBooks and eReaders, social software in libraries (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc), where libraries have came from to where libraries are headed in the future and the most recent post which is about the semantic web and linked data.
The blog goes into real depth on how different web 2.0 programs are going to change the shape of libraries. Because the blog goes into depth and have long discussions about web 2.0 programs I found that it is quite a long time having to sit at the computer listening to a 50 minute podcast. Also I found they didn’t explain what some web 2.0 programs are. For example I had no idea what the semantic web was so I found myself listening to the podcast for 5 minutes hoping they would explain it for me. I ended up having to do a bit of research on the net to find out what is was before I could understand what they were talking about in the podcast.
There is a search option to search the blog’s previous posts. The blog supplies an email address where you can send your ideas of topics the gang can talk about, where you can suggest guests that the gang can interview and new members or even just to say hello. The Library 2.0 Gang has a twitter account which is linked to the blog where you get updates on when they are recording a podcast and when a new post has been added to the blog.
The blog is really easy to navigate around and there are no ads flashing away which is a real big positive. This blog is for those who are interested in the way web 2.0 programs are changing the way libraries are today.
Wallis R, 2010, The Library 2.0 Gang, Talis USA, viewed 21st March 2010, http://librarygang.talis.com/
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Library 2.0 Gang
The blog i am going to critically evaluate is called Library 2.0 gang and you can find the website here Library 2.0 Gang blog
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Meebo
I am just currently looking at the Meebo website and I find it a really interesting site. Meebo lets you keep in touch with your friends across many different IM platforms such as AIM, Facebook Chat, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! and more. So if your family members use Windows Live Messenger and some of friends use Facebook while some of you other friends use Aim, you can gather those frinds on a single buddy list on Meebo where you can talk and share content in real time.
Here is the web link Meebo
Here is the web link Meebo
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