Hello All!
I have had a great time learning all these new uses for Web 2.0 utilities!
If you are interested...I set up a short little website introduction to my K-Blog and Wiki, you can check it out at Here.
(the wiki password is sregtur)
If anyone is interested, there was talk that we were hitting Harvest Moon on George Street for a few libations!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
You put the lime in the coconut
Here is a view of today's new show Korrie's Cocktail Corner!
Episode 1: How to make a Frozen Peach Margarita!
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Korrie's Cocktail Corner
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Episode 1: How to make a Frozen Peach Margarita!
Click To Play
Korrie's Cocktail Corner
(right click to save)
mygirl...on youtube
This is a short photo collage of my niece...she has a stuffed pig (previously featured in my youtube videos) that plays the song you are about to hear:
You can watch this on youtube.com
You can watch this on youtube.com
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Flight of the Conchords
Check out Flight of the Conchords doing
These guys are hysterical...i believe they are kiwis...their lyrics are bottomless
"Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros"
These guys are hysterical...i believe they are kiwis...their lyrics are bottomless
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Chapter 8 in Social Life of Information
Here are my thoughts for John Seely Brown's chapter 8 in The social life of information
Librarything vs. Shelfari
Booklovers unite! could be the catch phrase for either LibraryThing or Shelfari
Both sites basically have the same concept- to be a social media site for books. Personally I liked the layout and the ease of use that Librarything provided. It didn't seem as complicated, and editing tags was part of the loading process. For Shelfari it seemed that tag edits were afterthoughts.
I like how both sites give you a variety of options for searching for books, issn, title, author, LC or amazon! They create a community that anyone could use!
I feel that Shelfari really pushes the whole community aspect, upon sign up they can check your address book to determine if any friends are registered. They want you to connect to those you know and don't know...sort of pushing it to be a giant book group.
I find that I like LibraryThing better for general browsing and for readers advisory. The suggested books are more evident, I don't feel that I am searching for this information as I was on Shelfari.
Both sites basically have the same concept- to be a social media site for books. Personally I liked the layout and the ease of use that Librarything provided. It didn't seem as complicated, and editing tags was part of the loading process. For Shelfari it seemed that tag edits were afterthoughts.
I like how both sites give you a variety of options for searching for books, issn, title, author, LC or amazon! They create a community that anyone could use!
I feel that Shelfari really pushes the whole community aspect, upon sign up they can check your address book to determine if any friends are registered. They want you to connect to those you know and don't know...sort of pushing it to be a giant book group.
I find that I like LibraryThing better for general browsing and for readers advisory. The suggested books are more evident, I don't feel that I am searching for this information as I was on Shelfari.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
would the modern fozzie the bear say "wiki wiki"?
Check out Team Two's homework wiki!
We provide a "short" tutorial on how to use Grove Art Online's database search features.
oh and just an aside...Steve...telling a classroom of grad students not to "over-think it" is like telling a woman hanging out of airplane not to "look down" --we are gonna do it...
We provide a "short" tutorial on how to use Grove Art Online's database search features.
oh and just an aside...Steve...telling a classroom of grad students not to "over-think it" is like telling a woman hanging out of airplane not to "look down" --we are gonna do it...
Monday, July 23, 2007
Who's that....Brooown...
Chapter 5 of John Seely Brown's Social Life of Information: the spoken word.
- how can we apply the ideas of 'knowing that' and 'knowing how' to this class?
- how can we apply the ideas of 'knowing that' and 'knowing how' to this class?
- can we really apply Brenda Dervin's information seeking theories to the types of knowledge management discussed in this reading?
find out by listening to a few short minutes of Me, Korrie Rock as I discuss a few interesting concepts that piqued my interest!
find out by listening to a few short minutes of Me, Korrie Rock as I discuss a few interesting concepts that piqued my interest!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
teach a man to fish, but you can't make his horse drink water?
I agree with Hala's recent blog regarding the Brown reading where she states:
I am a huge supporter of training people via hands on methods (that is why I love Steve's classes so much). Instead of just throwing the technology out there, libraries should definitely try to offer how-to instructional sessions showing their patrons what is available at the library.
She also touched on the idea that some people are set in their ways--not willing to change with the newer technology. Keeping old (1.0?) methods available to patrons will help you to not alienate some of your customers who are not yet willing to make the technology jump.
Libraries need to know how to use and benefit from technologies by adding more
training that would make it easier for people to absorb the information
available and how the information should be used while taking into consideration
people who are hard to change.
I am a huge supporter of training people via hands on methods (that is why I love Steve's classes so much). Instead of just throwing the technology out there, libraries should definitely try to offer how-to instructional sessions showing their patrons what is available at the library.
She also touched on the idea that some people are set in their ways--not willing to change with the newer technology. Keeping old (1.0?) methods available to patrons will help you to not alienate some of your customers who are not yet willing to make the technology jump.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Twitter Search!!!
In an attempt to find just about anything to do instead of listening to the podcast - I located a search for twitter:
http://twittermap.com/search/
It is relatively primitive - but can be interesting to use. If you are looking for posts regarding a specific topic you can use it for that as well!
I love the lego heads at the top too!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
the ideal blog?
I find that I read librarian blogs more than an actual Library blog. So when I was given this assignment I went to a variety of sites that I hoped could point me to some "Library blogs" rather than just librarian generated blogs (one of which i think is worth the mention is: www.lipsticklibrarian.com/blog/) . In my search I found what I believe are two great resources for people who are searching for library blogs!
1. The blogging libraries wiki. There is an alphabetical list of public library blogs that you can search through if you have the time and energy. All links that I had checked were still in working order...not to say that they all are! They also provide links on the left hand side to academic, school, special libraries as well as library organizations. http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Public_libraries
2. Libdex: The Library Index: Library Weblogs. Libdex lists a directory for library weblogs and breaks it down per country. This site is also great because it allows you to automatically link to the blog's RSS feed. But be wary...some of the links I used were dead. www.libdex.com/weblogs.html#us
...and the drum roll please...
In my vast search of an ideal library blog I found Hardford County Public Library: http://www.hcplonline.info/. The main reason why I chose this as a model is that they offer a variety of blogs. The main weblog is found at http://www.hcplonline.info/weblog/hcplnews.html This provides general information to the library user. But what I found interesting is that there is are also specific blogs set up for Audio and Visual information (to provide information regarding movies, music, games and audio books), BlogaBook (a book discussion forum), a Teenspace , as well as section titled HCPL Innovation Revolution (marketed as "a place to `workshop' ideas together").
I like the idea that there is no one definitive blog that can encompass all users wants and needs so they have generated a variety of blogs that will benefit both the end user and the library.
I especially like the innovation revolution section. I cannot determine if it is employees only who are posting here, but most postings seems to be librarian oriented. They share ideas and new sites with each other as well as post questions they can not answer themselves.
1. The blogging libraries wiki. There is an alphabetical list of public library blogs that you can search through if you have the time and energy. All links that I had checked were still in working order...not to say that they all are! They also provide links on the left hand side to academic, school, special libraries as well as library organizations. http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Public_libraries
2. Libdex: The Library Index: Library Weblogs. Libdex lists a directory for library weblogs and breaks it down per country. This site is also great because it allows you to automatically link to the blog's RSS feed. But be wary...some of the links I used were dead. www.libdex.com/weblogs.html#us
...and the drum roll please...
In my vast search of an ideal library blog I found Hardford County Public Library: http://www.hcplonline.info/. The main reason why I chose this as a model is that they offer a variety of blogs. The main weblog is found at http://www.hcplonline.info/weblog/hcplnews.html This provides general information to the library user. But what I found interesting is that there is are also specific blogs set up for Audio and Visual information (to provide information regarding movies, music, games and audio books), BlogaBook (a book discussion forum), a Teenspace , as well as section titled HCPL Innovation Revolution (marketed as "a place to `workshop' ideas together").
I like the idea that there is no one definitive blog that can encompass all users wants and needs so they have generated a variety of blogs that will benefit both the end user and the library.
I especially like the innovation revolution section. I cannot determine if it is employees only who are posting here, but most postings seems to be librarian oriented. They share ideas and new sites with each other as well as post questions they can not answer themselves.
You say you want a revolution....
I like to think that I have a unique perspective to this whole library field. I have an undergrad degree in business and currently I work in a corporate environment. I have found that while the majority of my classmates talk from a library workers perspective-I at times have difficulty relating. I had previously read this chapter in Brown for a Knowledge Mgmt class-- and honestly the content isn't any less relevant today than it was two years ago.
One of the quotes in the beginning of the book (most likely paid to help sell the book) was from someone named William H Davidow, an author of a variety of marketing books regarding corporations and technology:
I believe this quote supports Browns' argument that the information revolution is similar to the industrial revolution. Both are a
As librarians we are taught how to process/sort/rearrange/recombine as part of our knowledge set. Does this mean we have an advantage in the coming trends of web 2.0? I feel it is our nature to want to tag/categorize/identify information as we receive it and as Brown says "reduce knowledge into data." This is instinct for us...to break large information sets into smaller categories to make it easier to find/use later. This can only be an advantage if we are willing to embrace new technologies and have the ability within our environment/institutions to implement them.
Considering he wrote this initially in 2000 and updated portions in 2002...I wonder what he would have to say now with web 2.0 fulling engrossing corporations as well as library worlds?
One of the quotes in the beginning of the book (most likely paid to help sell the book) was from someone named William H Davidow, an author of a variety of marketing books regarding corporations and technology:
...Brown and Duguid argue convincingly that the context in which information is embedded is as important as the information itself. If information technology is to realize its promise, technologists must learn to take context into account.
I believe this quote supports Browns' argument that the information revolution is similar to the industrial revolution. Both are a
...period of time in which society learned how to process, sort, rearrange, recombine...in unprecedented fashion.
As librarians we are taught how to process/sort/rearrange/recombine as part of our knowledge set. Does this mean we have an advantage in the coming trends of web 2.0? I feel it is our nature to want to tag/categorize/identify information as we receive it and as Brown says "reduce knowledge into data." This is instinct for us...to break large information sets into smaller categories to make it easier to find/use later. This can only be an advantage if we are willing to embrace new technologies and have the ability within our environment/institutions to implement them.
Considering he wrote this initially in 2000 and updated portions in 2002...I wonder what he would have to say now with web 2.0 fulling engrossing corporations as well as library worlds?
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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