Thing 5 Reflection

This week they had to replace my hard drive. Technology is great, but awful when it does not work. Just placing databases, passwords have kept me busy this week. My reflection is I am having fun and learning. But I feel I am missing some stuff. Navigation in Facebook, Flickr, & Google reader I feel I am missing something when I look at other blogs saying “how did they do that”. I was chicken to do a Twitter account, but want to learn about it. Someone had said more forums or way to chat with others. 150 blogs are lot and you can’t read them all. I look forward for someone to leave a comment on my blog. Have a blog community or small groups that we blog to each other (maybe not being with friends) would make us make friends. I would like to see more tools about Web 2.0 what is out there. Thanks Polly LearnCDLC  is great  program.
Mary Cay

Thing 4 Online Communications

Hi Everyone,
There may be a problem for libraries to have online social networks. My library all social networks such as Facebook are blocked by the company filter. Most emails accounts are blocked on most of my computers in the library. I do have 4 computers that are not filter for public use. The company policy is employees cannot use social networks or emails on company time. At any point they can trace what we do on our computers and be written up. In some cases MIS has called me to let me know that a patron who was using a public computer was going to inappropriate websites. The company MIS department does not see us as a library and freedom of communication. In my library I do have to keep track of what is being blocked by the filters, then contact MIS department to justify why it should be unblocked.  Social networks may cause issues for some libraries and employees of libraries.

Thing 3 Photo Sharing

My Library AMH, a set on Flickr.

Took pictures of my library today and uploaded them to Flickr. I am managing Flickr better today. It is easy software to use.

Thing 3 Mary Cay1's photostream

Mary Cay1's photostream on Flickr.

Thing 2 blog 2

I was just playing with the snip tool that goes with window 7. This is my background in my IGoogle page. Looking forward to next week learning tool.

Thing 2 RSS

I already had iGoogle page both at work and home. I did add Google reader and add interesting stuff to it. I found reading the headlines of my sites was interesting. I didn’t take the  time to read them when they were on my IGoogle  page. I have not used RSS and not usually a blog reader either, so using these is new to me. I did subscribe to so RSS feeds and I think they are working but, not ever using a feed I am not sure what I am looking for with a feed. I found this week more complex than last week. I could use some followers in my blog. I am the only one in my small library. So, when I have questions or problems would be nice to have some bloggers. I will keep exploring RSS add stuff to my Google reader.