In honor of Madeline L'Engle, a young adult author and one of my favorites during my adolescence, I choose only books by her to put on my Library Thing shelf.
I was, and remain, a huge fan of her work and she'll be sorely missed.
Another reason that I chose to put her books on my shelf is that when I was younger, every summer my summer project was to create a catalog of all the books we owned. I did it by hand and never got more than a third of the way through the thousands of books in our house, so I'd resume the task the next year.
If Library Thing had been around at that time, I think I would have been able to actually have a working catalog of the books we owned, rather than a dozen half-finished ones.
Another use for this site is for smaller libraries to catalog their collections. For example, the LGBT Center here at OU has used Library Thing to catalog their collection of LBGT-related books. For a smaller organization like this, Library Thing is the perfect, easily accessible solution.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Finding a Feed....
The way that I found most of the feeds I chose to subscribe to was word-of-mouth.
I know several librarians in other systems and states with blogs and I looked at what feeds they were subscribing to. Once I found a few blogs that I enjoyed, I read through and looked at who they were quoting and linking to and then added those sites to my RSS feeds. It was a simple process, and I was able to find things that suited my interests fairly easily.
One other thing that I did was google "librarian blogs" and I found this site, which has a nice index of blogs about libraries, related to libraries or by librarians. Once I found that, I had plenty of relevant blogs to choose from.
I know several librarians in other systems and states with blogs and I looked at what feeds they were subscribing to. Once I found a few blogs that I enjoyed, I read through and looked at who they were quoting and linking to and then added those sites to my RSS feeds. It was a simple process, and I was able to find things that suited my interests fairly easily.
One other thing that I did was google "librarian blogs" and I found this site, which has a nice index of blogs about libraries, related to libraries or by librarians. Once I found that, I had plenty of relevant blogs to choose from.
Generate This!
I did the coolest generation ever at Dylan Messaging. It's a quote from a blog that I read regularly that really struck me. The message I created is here (you can't save/download your message as far as I can tell).
I'm a big Dylan fan it's a nifty little generator for that reason alone. Though, I really like the way they've melded archival footage and modern technology to create this generator.
Because I couldn't post that image in this blog, I also created a custom keyboard:
The example at the site was "smite" so in the spirit of its creation, I choose the word "fail." I think we all have days where we could push that button (or rather where we feel that button has been pushed for us) ;).
I'm a big Dylan fan it's a nifty little generator for that reason alone. Though, I really like the way they've melded archival footage and modern technology to create this generator.
Because I couldn't post that image in this blog, I also created a custom keyboard:
The example at the site was "smite" so in the spirit of its creation, I choose the word "fail." I think we all have days where we could push that button (or rather where we feel that button has been pushed for us) ;).
No really, it's easy
I've dabbled in RSS prior to this exercise, I keep track of several blogs and other websites and news streams related to my own interests. I know one professor who has an RSS feed that alerts her anytime some one does a search on a specific topic or if a new website is identified by google as being related to that topic. For some one who's doing scholarly research and trying to stay up to date on research on somewhat obscure subjects--this is a fantastic tool.
For my library RSS, like most people, I subscribed to Unshelved as well as The Invisible Library.
I really enjoy blogging and I find RSS feeds and the ability to keep track of what other people are doing personally and professionally to be a really neat and potentially inspiring thing. The problem for me is time. I barely have enough time to keep track of myself and having something else, even if it's just 114 google feeds that I haven't browsed yet, hanging over my head adds unnecessary and unwanted stress.
The good thing about it is that if I manage not to worry myself about it and I do have some spare time, I don't have to go hunt down the sites or blogs that I found interesting, I can just pop into my google reader and be done with it.
Like everything in this hurry-scurry world, it's a matter of time, priorities and effort.
For my library RSS, like most people, I subscribed to Unshelved as well as The Invisible Library.
I really enjoy blogging and I find RSS feeds and the ability to keep track of what other people are doing personally and professionally to be a really neat and potentially inspiring thing. The problem for me is time. I barely have enough time to keep track of myself and having something else, even if it's just 114 google feeds that I haven't browsed yet, hanging over my head adds unnecessary and unwanted stress.
The good thing about it is that if I manage not to worry myself about it and I do have some spare time, I don't have to go hunt down the sites or blogs that I found interesting, I can just pop into my google reader and be done with it.
Like everything in this hurry-scurry world, it's a matter of time, priorities and effort.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Back from the Edge of Beyond
I'm more than a bit out of sync with the rest of the Learning 2.0ers, but I'm doing my best to catch up ;).
I've been playing with Flickr for the next assignment.
I tried the Retriever mashup. It was interesting. I was expecting to find a picture of the moon or a moon-like thing given what I drew (a yellow crescent shape), but instead it returned images of flowers, babies and fruit.
I think my favorite result was this one.
I've been playing with Flickr for the next assignment.
I tried the Retriever mashup. It was interesting. I was expecting to find a picture of the moon or a moon-like thing given what I drew (a yellow crescent shape), but instead it returned images of flowers, babies and fruit.
I think my favorite result was this one.
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