Week 8: Mashups

I chose BillShrink to see if I could find a better cell phone deal. This mashup used mapping to show coverage strenght and then searched different providers.

for the Rollyo exercise, I looked at what Jenny Levine had to say about privacy in 2003. It was interesting to see that my search brought up old posts-I was expecting them to be only current posts. She mostly quoted legislation at the time pertaining to detainess in GITMO and also the TIA program being pushed by the Pentagon and CIA.

Week 7: Podcasting and Video

I liked this assignment-I think that podcasting could be helpful when explaining how to use library resources, or embedding video in a google docs presentation and posting in to our blog to use for education.

Week 6: Online photo sharing

I could see an organization using photo sharing for updates on facilities, weather, etc. kind of like a webcam. I think it would be nice (or would have been nice) for our library to have had a photostream about our weeding and renovation processes which took place over the course of the last year. A nice, visual, shareable documentary. Without a lot of work.

Week 5: Web Office Tools

I love google docs. I think this makes great sense in a larger organization or for people that are far apart but working on committees togethers. I love that there is only ONE copy of the document, but that you can see how it's grown with the changes. I love that everyone can be notified and shared with that you want to have see it. This is a must in ANY collaborative environment, I can totally see this as the near future of document sharing.

Week 4: Social Bookmarking

I like the idea of social bookmarking, especially when working on a project in groups-gathering information. We can all see the same information and be linked together by it. I'm not sure how I would use it in daily work in the library-at least as a connection with my patrons.