Sunday, March 28, 2010
Podcast
The library that uses podcasts that i am going to do my annotated citation on is the Charles Sturt University Library which can be found here
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
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