I think Google Docs is a wonderful tool that we could be utilizing here in the library. I think it is "safer" to use than the shared server because it backs up your documents in case something is deleted that wasn't supposed to be. I know I have accidentally deleted a file on the shared server that I didn't mean to or forgot to save a document and lost what I was working on. I've also collaborated on documents with co-workers and it would have been easier and more time-efficient to have been using google docs.
I really enjoyed collaborating on the "powerpoint" presentation. I added a slide with my favorite book, The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I ended up uploading a document rather and trying to figure out what kind of document to create. I uploaded a booktalk I did of Hunger Games for Jefferson High School students a couple of years ago. Here is the link: http://dft.ba/-293k
Enjoy and feel free to change or add to my document! I can always go back to a previous revision if I don't like what you changed ;-)
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
VYou
VYou isn't one of our 23 Things but I discovered this a few months back. I think I've mentioned how I'm a big fan of John Green and his Vlogbrother's YouTube channel he has with his brother. At the end of one of his videos he mentioned that we was now on VYou. I clicked over and found that it is question/answer type website where the questioner can submit a question and the answerer will answer that question via video. It's a very interesting premise.
I got to thinking about how libraries could use VYou. A librarian could record videos answering patron questions. But, what types of questions would patrons ask? What types of questions would the library be willing to answer? I could see how it might be fun as a Young Adult librarian to have teens ask questions of me. It's very interesting to think about.
Anyway, here are both John and Hank Green's VYou pages so you can see a little bit what I'm talking about. They have a very strong nerdfighter community so a lot of the questions they answer are about that.
http://vyou.com/johngreen
http://vyou.com/hankgreen
I got to thinking about how libraries could use VYou. A librarian could record videos answering patron questions. But, what types of questions would patrons ask? What types of questions would the library be willing to answer? I could see how it might be fun as a Young Adult librarian to have teens ask questions of me. It's very interesting to think about.
Anyway, here are both John and Hank Green's VYou pages so you can see a little bit what I'm talking about. They have a very strong nerdfighter community so a lot of the questions they answer are about that.
http://vyou.com/johngreen
http://vyou.com/hankgreen
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Social Bookmarking
So, apparently I already have a Delicious account. I must have learned about it in library school, or clicked on that little delicious icon sometime. I vaguely remembered having an account so I logged it to see if it was still active and it was!
Wanna here about what I had bookmarked back then? The anticipation is killing you right? Ok, ok I'll tell you!
1. FAIL blog
2. Not Always Right
3. EW.com
4. Unshelved
5. IMDb
I still read these blogs/websites but I usually just "google" them to get to the right website. I can see how having a delicious account will keep them organized for you but I don't know that I visit enough websites to really warrant using it all that much.
I did create a new account just for 23 Things: ageekylibrarian
It has changed a lot since I first remember using it. I don't remember there being an option to create stacks back when I first joined. I did share a link with the 23 Things Blog - Awful Library Books.
I also added a few links from some of our previous 23 Things that I liked the best and will probably still use after this. I put those into one stack and created another stack for "funny" links. I shared the stack of my favorite 23 Things links with tcpl23things.
Some ways I could use this in my work: I could create an account to share links with teens such as: Goodreads, Figment, Teen Ink, etc.
Wanna here about what I had bookmarked back then? The anticipation is killing you right? Ok, ok I'll tell you!
1. FAIL blog
2. Not Always Right
3. EW.com
4. Unshelved
5. IMDb
I still read these blogs/websites but I usually just "google" them to get to the right website. I can see how having a delicious account will keep them organized for you but I don't know that I visit enough websites to really warrant using it all that much.
I did create a new account just for 23 Things: ageekylibrarian
It has changed a lot since I first remember using it. I don't remember there being an option to create stacks back when I first joined. I did share a link with the 23 Things Blog - Awful Library Books.
I also added a few links from some of our previous 23 Things that I liked the best and will probably still use after this. I put those into one stack and created another stack for "funny" links. I shared the stack of my favorite 23 Things links with tcpl23things.
Some ways I could use this in my work: I could create an account to share links with teens such as: Goodreads, Figment, Teen Ink, etc.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Online Surveys
Hello, remember me? Your friendly geeky librarian? I can't believe how long this post has taken me to post. I started this blog post on February 8 and have just finished it.
This reminds me of the early days of having my own email account in college (it was a pretty big deal for me to have my own email account back then!). My friends would send me forwards of emails title things like, "Let's get to know each other!" with questions like, "What are you wearing right now?" and "What is your favorite ice cream?" and "Who was the last person you spoke to?"
Usually these surveys were right in the email but sometimes they would send them in a format similar to survey monkey. Friends would also send quizzes to each other too. Once everyone got a facebook account my friends would send these surveys/quizzes in facebook.
Anyway, when I first started thinking about survey monkey I thought that I wouldn't be able to use it for work. After talking with some of my co-workers I realized I could survey the teens to find out what types of programs they would like to see. Since they don't always make it to all of my programs I never have all of my regulars in the same room at the same time it can be hard to ask them these questions in person.
I did start a potential survey for teens here. I will not send it out until I have permission to do so but I do think an online survey like this would really help me in planning future programs.
This reminds me of the early days of having my own email account in college (it was a pretty big deal for me to have my own email account back then!). My friends would send me forwards of emails title things like, "Let's get to know each other!" with questions like, "What are you wearing right now?" and "What is your favorite ice cream?" and "Who was the last person you spoke to?"
Usually these surveys were right in the email but sometimes they would send them in a format similar to survey monkey. Friends would also send quizzes to each other too. Once everyone got a facebook account my friends would send these surveys/quizzes in facebook.
Anyway, when I first started thinking about survey monkey I thought that I wouldn't be able to use it for work. After talking with some of my co-workers I realized I could survey the teens to find out what types of programs they would like to see. Since they don't always make it to all of my programs I never have all of my regulars in the same room at the same time it can be hard to ask them these questions in person.
I did start a potential survey for teens here. I will not send it out until I have permission to do so but I do think an online survey like this would really help me in planning future programs.
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