- How can social networking be used by MLA to connect members – Social networking tools present awesome opportunities to networking with other association members virtually. For instance, the blogging technology will allow members to exchange information and engaged discussion on a variety of topics virtually. In addition, this class is an excellent example of how members may use social networking tools to participate in professional development opportunities. Another use would be to support conference presentations. For instance, a presenter may use a wiki to compile a list of helpful resources to support the presentation. This link could then be shared with attendees. I am using a blog to keep track with my conference presentations. This method allowed me to really support MLA’s initiative to support a Greener meeting in 2008. I distributed a handout with links to my presentation handouts during my presentations.
- Should your library have a Facebook or MySpace page? First, I must say that for some reason I like Facebook more than MySpace simply because I have used Facebook more. The practicality of having a Facebook or MySpace for my library would be dependent upon how useful it would be for my users. In my case, I don’t think the health sciences students at my institution are using Web 2.0 tools. I recently did a search for my university on Facebook and MySpace and found that my university indeed has a presence on both sites but the students I encountered were primarily undergraduates, whom are not my target audience. I do not plan to advocate establishing an account until I see more use of Web 2.0 tools, in general, on the health sciences campus.
- Are there privacy concerns for individuals when using social networking sites. The answer to this question really depends on the generational group (traditionalists, boomer, Gen X, and millennial) with whom an individual identifies. I’m a GenXer and I don’t have a problem with sharing a little about myself online. In fact, I have used my Facebook account to reconnect with colleague buddies I have not seen or talk with in years. Millenials on the other hand don’t seem to have a problem fully disclosing information about themselves online.
- What did you like or not like about your experience with Facebook or MySpace. I really appreciated the ability to connect with colleagues and to reconnect with long lost friends. I have found so many of my college buddies in this manner.
Posted by: shdejones1 | May 19, 2008
Week 3 – Social Networking Tools
Posted by: shdejones1 | May 11, 2008
Week 5: Web Office – Is this the future of all software products?
Yes and No. I do believe Web Office Tools are the future of all software products but with be used in conjunction with pc-based applications. I don’t think many of our libraries will be abandoning Microsoft Office any time soon especially if are users arent headed in the same direction. My experience with Web Office Tools is limited to Google Docs. Zoho looks very promising and I really like the fact that Zoho looks a lot like Microsoft. I will definitely be using Zoho more for my professional association activities and at home. I also like the template library in Zoho. Why reinvent the wheel!
In a nutshell, Google Docs and Zoho are both excellent alternatives to PC-based tools. The thing I like about Google Docs is supports seamless collaboration amongst people in distributed locations. Google Docs and Zoho are easy to use and are loaded with features that support collaboration amongst individuals in distributed locations. After having played around with Zoho, I am impressed with how easy it is to publish documents to my blog. I found it EXTREMELY hard to do this in Google Docs. After several attempts, I was finally able to post to my blog from Google. I was successful on my first attempt with Zoho.
I have used Google Docs in the past to work on shared documents with committee members in MAC/MLA. This has allowed us to work on shared documents. This ensures that everyone is using the same version of a particular application. In addition, it makes it easy to work when you are traveling without your laptop.
My favorite feature in Google is the Calendar. It is much easier to use than the calendaring software we use at work. It is easy to embed into a web site so that you can share the calendar with a particular group. For instance, I created a Google Calendar for the MLA New Members SIG and AAMLA to post information about SIG meetings and co-sponsored programs at the conference as well as other exciting programs.
Posted in Google Docs, MLA CE Web 2.0, web office tools, week 5 | Tags: Google Docs, web office tool, web office tools, week 5
Posted by: shdejones1 | April 23, 2008
Week 7 – Podcasting and Online Hosted Video: Optional Assignment
Posted by: shdejones1 | April 23, 2008
Week 7 – Podcasting and Online Hosted Video
I really like YouTube. Personally, It has allowed me to watch clips from some of my favorite shows such as American Idol, HBO’s the Wire, and a variety of music videos. I’ve especially enjoyed using YouTube to watch performances from that were before my time such as Donny Hathaway, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Teddy Pendergast, Otis Redding and Ray Charles. I appreciate good music. One of the most significant videos, I’ve watched on YouTube lately has been Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in its entirety.
There are several uses for YouTube in a library. First, marketing library services on campus is very important. Several libraries have used YouTube as a promotional resource to engage with their user base.
While I did find Odeo useful for downloading some of my favorite music, It was rather clunky to use. YouTube is much easier to use. So, I probably won’t be a frequent user.
Another use would be during library instruction sessions. to create commercials for We have found that YouTube to be a great during our library instruction sessions as ice breakers and discussion starters. There are also some great medical videos on YouTube as well.
Our library has created several podcasts and screencasts to demonstrate how to use library resources such as:
Posted in Library Outreach, Odeo, Youtube, library instruction, library marketing, video, week 7 | Tags: library instruction, marketing, Odeo, Youtube
Posted by: shdejones1 | April 23, 2008
Week 5: Optional Tools, Part II
Posted in CHEC, Google Docs, blogs, events, publish to blog, week 5
Posted by: shdejones1 | April 22, 2008
Week 5: Web Office Tools – Optional Assignment
Open House Today!
2008 VCUHS National Nurses Week Celebration
May 14, 2008 – 2:00 – 4:00PM
Community Health Education Center
For more information, visit us online.
Posted in CHEC, Consumer Health, Google Docs, blogs, week 6
Posted by: shdejones1 | April 22, 2008
Week 6: Online Photo Sharing – Photos from Flickr
A few of my favorite pictures from my Flickr account.
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- 2005 MAC Award winners
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- We Love Google!
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- The Best MLA chapter in the World!
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- We really look like NERDs
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- Business Meetings can be FUN!
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- The Real Librarians of Doom
Posted in Flickr, MLA CE Web 2.0, social networking, week 6
Posted by: shdejones1 | March 29, 2008
Week 2: MLA Web 2.0 101 Blog List
Posted by: shdejones1 | March 18, 2008
Week 2: MLA Web 2.0 101 Wiki List
This list is also available online on the MLA Web 2.0 Wiki
Baking Wiki
Going Green at Work by Lyn C.
Blog2522 Projects by Molly Moore
A 21st Century Library for the Phoenix Biomedical Campus by Jacque Doyle
AH Librarians Core Council by Jan Haley
ASU Poly Reference Desk Wiki by Danielle Carlock
Ballroom Dancing by Bette Bissonnette
Banner Baywood Wiki by Bryan Nugent
Beans!
Billings Clinic Medical Library wiki by Tori Koch
Cancer Information Specialist by Linda Collins
Chapman Family Wiki by Rebecca “Becca” Caton
Clinical Library Tips & Tricks by Sara Pimental
COB Nursing School Reading Lists wiki by Virginia Ballance
Copyright in the Digital Age by Mary Wallace Berry (private wiki)
Del MIRA Wiki by Robb Mackes
Dena’s 60+ Cruising Wiki by Dena Plaisted
Dental Links by Elizabeth Kettell
EBP at SFGH by Joy Graham
Education and Information Department by Kevin Bradford
End of Semester Project by Meredith Orlowski
Everything is Beta by Christina L. Wissinger
Family Resource Center by Mary Anne Fernandez
Family Traditions by Janet Cowen (private wiki)
Favorite Vacations – Let’s share travel tips!
fixjournals by Colleen Kenefick
Food in Town by Katie Prentice
Front Desk: by Michelle Kraft
GMC Ramblings by Virginia Carden
Getting ILL Ready by L Finister
Great Hikes by Carol Scherrer
GSH Medical Library by Andrea Harrow
Health Literacy Guidelines, by Irene Wood
Health Sciences Library Education Dept. Wiki by Rhonda Altonen
ILL Tricks
InfoAlly by Susan Sanders
Informatics you can use , by Sam King
Information Literacy for Nursing by Marie Reidelbach
International CE Trips by Barb Bartkowiak
Irmo Recipe Club by Roz Anderson
John Siegel’s wiki by John Siegel
kp Library webpage by Eve Melton
Learning 2.0 Wiki by Julie Esparza
Let’s Go to the Movies! by Emily Vardell
Librarian Action Figures by Jennifer K. Lloyd
Librarians Favorite Recipes Ysabel B
Library Coming Events by Beatriz Varman
Library Gym by Sally Gore
Library Resources for Residents wiki practice by Kathy Kerdolff
Lifespan Library by Susan Warthman
Linda’s wiki by Linda Nilles
Medical Resources for 1st Year Med Students by Mia S. White
Medical Treatises by Mark Goldstein
MHSL Staff Wiki by Pam Hastings
Michigan Garden by Cheryl Putnam
MLA Coursework by Katherine Fischer
Mulford Information Services wiki by Jolene Miller
Mystery Mavens by Clair Birkman
NAHRS/MLA Member Directory by Lin Wu
Northeast Ohio Gardening by Laura Mc
NSMC Health Sciences Library Wiki(in progress) by Janet Spiller
Nursing Magnet Wiki by Hella Bluhm-Stieber
Nursing School Library
Organization Monkey’s work space: by Marie Kennedy (view this wiki to join in a special project!)
Ovid Users Wiki
Penguins by Marlene Englander
Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library Planning wiki by Jacque Doyle
PIC Library Wiki by Jana Liebermann
Planting a tree by Janet Erdman
PPMC Library Evidence Info by Peggy Baldwin
Resources 4 New Medical Librarians by Andrea Wright
Resources for HSC Researchers by Janice Flahiff
Rocky Subject Links by Bobbi Otte
Sample Wiki by Mary Piorun
SDCL Poway Library Book Club by Vicki Crom
SciLib Staff Policies by Deborah McCalpin
Scholarly Publishing in Pharmacy by K.T. Vaughan
ShadeTreeFarmDressage by Leslie Henry
Staff/Workstudy Quick Guide by Julia Lewis
Teach the Teacher by Maria Melssen
Tenor Saxophone Wiki by Brian Finnegan
The Eye Librarian Wiki by Trish Duffel
The Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center Wiki by Rhonda Allard
the power of wiki by Janene Batten
Thharts by Kim Hart
THMed Instructional Development wiki by Shelly Warwick
TMA Knowledge Center by Barbara Tims
TML Outreach Services Wiki by Shannon Jones
TTUHSC Libraries Outreach
Vitamins4health by Wendy Scott-Williams (private)
Verhulst Genealogy Wiki by Holly Ann Burt
weresisters by Linda Schaake
West PA Embroiderers by Marcy Brown
What we read… by Cynthia Vaughn
Women Doctors in the Movies by Patricia E. Gallagher
Women’s Health Resources by Jean Riedlinger
Wretched Oddments by A’Llyn Ettien
Yes, You’re Probably Dying by Shandra Protzko
Cannot access these two:
http://mcphsnihmandate.wetpaint.com/ by sarah_mc
http://friendsforlifebookclub.wetpaint.com/ By Ene Belleh
Posted in MLA CE Web 2.0, Web 2.0, week 2, wiki | Tags: MLA 2.0 CE Course, Web 2.0, week II assignment, wiki, wikis
Posted by: shdejones1 | March 17, 2008
Week 1: Web 2.0: How do you think you could use RSS feeds at your library?
In my job as the Head, Outreach Services for Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, I am constantly looking for new communication channels to disseminate information about the library to people in the local community. Towards this end, one of the more practical ways I have used RSS feeds is to track community events calendars in metro Richmond. Blogging has become a popular activity in Richmond, so it is a wonderful method for publish information about events. The RSS feeds have allowed me to links to all of these blogs in one place. I also use an RSS feed to track which VCU faculty have published articles in journals indexed in PubMed each month.
The VCU Libraries hosts a number of blogs to push information to our students, faculty, and staff. One of our most popular blogs is our Library Suggestions. The VCU Libraries Suggestions Blog allows users to post a comment or suggestion and receive a response from the appropriate library personnel. Our patrons may subscribe to any our feeds. For instance, individuals who subscribe to the TML News and Notes blog may have information about events, programs, and practical tips email. There are a number of benefits a patron may receive from subscribing to the library’s RSS feeds including:
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Information about changes to the library’s catalogs
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Practical search tips for health sciences databases
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Announcements about library events
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Notification when new book reviews written by library staff have been posted
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To stay abreast of changes to the library’s hours of operation
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To receive regular updates about new podcasts, books added to the library’s collection
I think we could also offer a library instruction session to show our users how to use RSS feed for keeping current with their research topics. I touched on the use of an RSS for this very purpose in a recent instruction session. Several of the attendees were very interested in learning more so I am thinking about developing a session this summer.
Posted in MLA CE Web 2.0 | Tags: MLA CE, RSS feeds, Web 2.0
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