Thing 23 = Wrapping Up

Thank you for the opportunity to play and learn during

the OCLwebchallenge!

Where have we been?

Where are we going?

What path are we taking?

Stories have been shared

orally around the campfire,

inscribed on clay tablets in Mesopotamia,

stored on Egyptian papyrus scrolls,

scratched on parchment,

keyed in typewriters,

printed from dot matrix printers,

sent by fax,

shared through email,

read by millions

blogged and beyond!

http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html

"Whether private or public, the library has been founded, built, destroyed and rebuilt. The library, often championed, has been a survivor throughout its long history and serves as a testament to the thirst for knowledge."

Long live libraries!

Catherine the Great, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin

would enjoy

the OCL challenge.

Favorite = LibraryThing!

Thumbs down = ListenNJ due to limited collection

More OCL = LibraryThing!, Flickr, podcasts, classes for our customers

Shared with family and friends = LibraryThing!, Flickr, Blogger, Web2.0

[wrapping up, thing23, week9]

Thing 22 = ListenNJ Digital audio books may be downloaded to a PC or PDA, transferred to an MP3 or burnt on a CD. Download and listen to a digital audio book, using ListenNJ and

an OCL card number,

Internet,

Overdrive Audio Book [free download],

Windows Media Player 9.0 [free download],

MP3 player.

I'm disappointed in the limited choices for teens from the Teen Fiction collection. Even though I've read all the books on the teen list, yea, bookgeek that I am, I'd enjoy listening to only three of the titles listed. Who created this list? I'm an advocate for reading for fun, not as an assignment. Good literature exists that is also fun to read and hear.

Add teen fiction written in this century to ListenNJ.

I downloaded and listened to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Vocal expression held my interest but the pace was slow.

[ListenNJ, thing22, week9]

Thing 21 = Finding and Listening to Podcasts

"All you need is a microphone,

a computer and

some simple recording software

to create a podcast."

http://podcast.com/

BP, aka British Petroleum, broadcasts GreenBiz Radio at

http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&id=13066

"GreenBiz Radio offers interviews with newsmakers and thought leaders in the world of business and the environment."

Is this a commercial outlet to promote BP?

Today's price at the pump in the Bronx was $4.09 per gallon...

Know your author and the author's viewpoint!

[podcasts, thing21, week9]

Thing 20 = YouTube and You Beauty and the Beast was performed in March 2008 at school with permission from Disney. I've had the honor and pleasure to work with the seniors for five years, teaching them to sew costumes, paint sets, synchronize sound and design lighting effects. I'm proud of all of the cast and crew. Enjoy a YouTube video clip of "Be Our Guest": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3qHGSiOn0I OCL...Connecting People...Building Community. Consider adding links from OCL to school homepages and from school homepages to OCL, in addition to the school summer reading lists. Example: there are fabulous, darling, libretti in TR but LEH and T kids do not know about those hidden libretti...Post a few with catchy covers on a dramatic link from OCL's teen page. Found libretti! [youtube and you, thing20, week9]

Thing 19 = Web 2.0

While exploring award winning Web2.0 sites from: http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0 ,

Listened to my newly created jazz online radio station. In conversation with computing YAs tonight, I added new songs to my Pandora account. Listening to music that I wouldn't find by myself tunes me into OCL's YAs and current musical trends.

http://www.pandora.com/feeds#blog Bookmarked several sites on my del.icio.us account, which may be explored later.

Joined Peertrainer and an already formed group.

[Let's make an OCL Peertrainer group! Anyone interested?]

http://www.peertrainer.com/myhome.aspx [web2.0, thing19, week8]

Thing 18 = Web apps

Why use online software?

Accessible anywhere, from any computer.

No gig drive necessary.

Sharing encouraged.

My current OCL project is

to revise the school summer reading lists

which I collected and collated last summer.

With Tech DP's excellent assistance,

the school summer reading lists were available

online from OCL's home and teen pages.

My name has been added to the Google docs list!

Please give me an asterisk. Thank you.

[web apps, thing18, week8]

Thing 16 = Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_County_Library History tab gives insight to Wikipedia articles on a variety of subjects, especially when you know who some of the Wikipedia contributors are.

Sparks is and should remain magenta!

Optional wiki:

Google "boogie board wiki" results:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyboarding

"Bodyboarding is a form of wave riding. The board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam."

http://www.sportsunlimitedinc.com/wikiproboard.html

"The Morey Wiki Pro 41.5" Bodyboarding Bodyboard designed for a beginner is ideal for the medium to large rider who wants to experience the thrill of bodyboarding for the first time."

Be careful what you wiki... [wikis, thing16, week7]

Thing 17 = Playing in the Sandbox Playing is fun and leads to learning. Add sand, sun and saltwater to the mix and I'm content. Find my blog, which is linked to OCLwebthings wiki! No problems. Potential uses of pbwiki...sky's the limit or, here at OCL perhaps the kitchen's the limit, as we seem to enjoy food and reading...in color! [play in the sandbox, week7, thing17]

Thing 16 = Learn about Wikis Weni, Widi, Wiki.

"We're sorry; the video is no longer available." YouTube

Look, I know I'm behind in my assignments but I'm working part time.

Is there a part timers handicap?

Yes, I'm starting week 7 and it's week 10...

Isn't technology grand, Liza?

Where is Santa, Virginia?

Ah, what a difference a day makes...

Hooray, the video played!

Wow, I can use wikis at work with staff whom I seldom see face to face, to organize group projects like YA school summer reading lists, at school to create project handouts for/with faculty and students, with stage crew for props, at home with my kids for chores, with Girl Scouts for camping... the list may be endless.

Library success wiki:

http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Organization of site is impressive and easy to use.

Readers' advisory, teen reader's advisor = how to connect with your teen patrons.

Selling your library = error 404 for specific blogs...

disappointing not to access sites...

ROI = list of questions to consider when purchasing titles, ie. family entertainment dollars saved by offering free programs at the public library.

Library bloggers wiki:

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki

Austin TX Public wants to "promote life-long learning, literacy, and love of reading to the public so they can enrich the quality of their lives."

Sounds great to me! My goals, too. Austin TX Public's blog highlights different issues for each post, from recommended trilogy reading to is Google always the best site, listing alternative databases for health and law questions.

OCL may want to follow this idea, of a daily public info forum.

http://albystaff.pbwiki.com/

Albany NY Public's wiki is designed "to provide documentation to library staff on how to do things. This is editable by all library staff."

OCL may want to add a procedures wiki for staff.

[wikis, thing16, week7]

Thing 15 = Web 2.0 is simple to use by anyone who finds internet access, may be self taught, is interactive, has become necessary to modern life, but strikes me as a modern equivalent to fiction and nonfiction stories around the campfire, now a global campfire. Two quotes from Tom Storey: "A record 6 billion searches were conducted on search engines in January 2006." http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/1.htm "You and your mobile and nonmobile devices—PDA, MP3, laptop, cell phone, camera, PC, TV, etc.—are always online, connected to one another and to the Web." So...why are PDAs, MP3s, cell phones, and cameras banned and taken away from students in school? Let's embrace and use technology! No, I don't think anyone should talk loudly on a cell phone in public and especially not in class. Yes, I'm aware that camera phones may photograph a quiz or test, to pass to other students. Adults should set good examples of character and act as tech mentors and guides for young adults. At the two OCL locations where I've worked, staff and customers' use of mobile and nonmobile devices has been encouraged and accepted. Although noise may be disruptive at times, technology connects our communities. [web2.0, thing15, week6]

Thing 15 = Library 2.0 is

changing course away from the tip of the iceberg,

global for our world community,

sharing knowledge without strings,

constantly evolving.

Library 2.0 should be

listening to customers in many ways,

user centric, collaborative, customer friendly, for all,

free for anyone,

easier to use existing tech,

simplified,

ie, print this page not 55 pages of stuff the customer doesn't want,

teaching OCL staff how to teach customers, using the world wide collection of shared ideas.

Please keep the books! My daughter cried when most of the fiction and nonfiction books were removed from the YA shelves as part of a recent remodel at our favorite branch of OCL. There is a comfort to me and to my family in finding, reading and rereading a cherished story. Please keep the books in print! [library2.0, web2.0, thing15, week6]

Thing 14 = Getting not so technical with Technorati Tech for everyman = enter keyword into search box. Learning2.0 = 446 results. A space is an important part of keywords! Learning 2.0 = 789 results. Posts: Mentions by day = 1 to 9 posts per day over the last 30 days. "Public feedback is not better; it's just public..." Blogs: Tony Karrer = elearning technology. LibraryBytes = "The time it takes an idea to circulate is approaching zero," according to Matt Mason. Life is a long learning experience. Watch out for hiccups! [technorati, thing14, week6] [oclwebthings]

Thing 13 = Tagging, folksonomies & social bookmarking in del.icio.us In Kindergarten, we learned that sharing was fun, friendly and free. Tagging = my way vs your way vs Melvil vs LOC Del.icio.us is portable, which fits my lifestyle, since favorite sites may be accessed from multiple terminals and devices. Sharing sites saves time! "Think digital; act analog." Guy Kawasaki Del.icio.us helps you find the "magic middle", ie.best blogs, located and managed by filters and authority. I've added rss for oclwebthings del.icio.us account and opened my own del.icio.us account. Read with friends! [del.icio.us, thing13, week6]

Thing 12 = WorldCat As the world's largest collection of searchable titles, WorldCat contains books, CDs, DVDs, VHSs, article citations, historical documents, local photos, digitals of rare items. The closest library where The Other Boleyn Girl, in DVD, may be borrowed is 40 miles away from this branch of OCL. Guess I'll reread the print version... In WorldCat's details, the author of the book is listed last; yet Philippa Gregory wrote "26 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,041 libraries worldwide." Searching WorldCat under subject, related topics and historical characters may be found in print and other formats. WorldCat practically fills in the blanks when requesting materials. When will OCL use an online form for material requests? Tides of Time in Ocean County yielded four hits and twenty-one copies in WorldCat! [worldcat, thing12, week5]

Thing 12 = NetLibrary

Subscribe to free out of copyright and new ebooks with NetLibrary.

Keywords are easy to enter for "gaming ps2".

Index of book, Home Networking Bible, opens without problems.

Text is easy to read.

I still prefer to physically turn pages myself...but long live the MMOG! [netlibrary & worldcat, thing12, week5]

Thing 11 = Create a Library Thing account Easier said than done...when your system clock is wrong. Will try again. Success is sweet; ask Diane Mott Davidson! Surprised at how popular my choices were. Will take time to read discussions at my leisure. Add LT! to OPAC and OCL's reader advisory. A tag mash search of "mystery" and "beach" creates a useful mashup, ranging from children's books with Nate the Great to more technical data. [library thing!, thing11, week5]