The Beholder of Righteousness

4th of July

2008-07-03T20:13:00.000-07:00

I went to fireworks display at the LTHS this evening with Eleanor D. The weather was pleasant, not hot and humid and with a nice cool breeze. The fireworks, short as they were, were lovely.
I am glad I live in The United States of America.

Thing # 23: Wrapping Up

2008-05-28T11:23:00.000-07:00

The favorite thing I learned about was the "del.icio.us" site. I can place the websites I pull up continuosly in one place. It is like a library of websites just for me.

The thing I liked least about Web 2.0 is having to register with a name and password for each activity. We are warned to not use the same name/password, but using different ones gets confusing to me as to which name/password goes to which service.

I think the library should get more involved in helping prople to understand how to evaluate the websites on the internet for authority, accuracy, and reliability of information and that some sites are conversational in nature rather than authoritative sources of information.

As of yet I have not shared any Web 2.0 services with friends or family. I plan to use some of the services at home on my own computer, and I will share what I am doing with my husband and with my daughters and with some people from my church.

Thing # 22: Listen NJ

2008-05-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

I thank Miss Pea (otherwise known as Priscilla Cordero) for her help in assisting me in navigating the ListenNJ procedure.

After opening my account and adding 3 children's items to my cart, I was able to download the books and listen to them at one of the computers at the reference desk. I enjoyed listening to "Harry the Dirty Dog" written by Gene Zion and narrated by Ernest Troost, "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina narrated by Rex Robbins, and "Knuffle Bunny" by Mo Willems and narrated by Mo and Trixie Willems. I listened to all of "Harry" and parts of the other two.

The end result of hearing the audio book was a positive experience. The process of the downloading seemed very cumbersome and slow compared to the speed of the internet.
Maybe it would seem different if I were downloading to an MP3player or a disc.

Thing # 17

2008-05-23T12:30:00.000-07:00

I had several difficulties trying to complete this exercise.
I tried 3 times to see the "PB Wiki Tour" but the page would not come up, so I was not able to view that tour.
When I tried to edit the page in the Sandbox, several times I could not get in or do whatever I needed to do to get started. I think there was some kind of trouble with the page. Finally, today,
I was able to edit the one page and then add my blog address to the other page.
I can not think of any potential uses of a pbwiki based on this exercise. Based on the previous exercise, it seemed like a wiki might be useful in a work situation for editing back and forth on drafts of policies and procedures, maybe.

Thing # 21 Podcast

2008-05-23T07:47:00.000-07:00

http://odeo.com/audio/1801783/view

I have always liked this song as sung by Bette Midler.

I now know a little more about what people are talking about when they discuss "podcasts."
I will be able to access what I want to hear or see.
I have a favorable reaction to being able to do that.

Thing # 20 YouTube

2008-05-23T06:26:00.000-07:00

I picked this video because I grew up in Bridgeport, Illinois. I was surprised to see something from there. I am guessing the video was filmed from the security camera from the local nursing home. I may ask my sister Sallie, who lives 20 miles from Bridgeport, to find out for me.

Thing # 19 - Web 2.0 Awards

2008-05-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

This "thing" was certainly easier to do than #17, which I still have not been able to do.

I looked at "Health" category and looked briefly at "peertrainer" and "medstory." Under "medstory" I looked up "cholesteatoma" and found some good information.

I looked at "online desktop" and briefly looked at the three listings. I would like to use "desktoptwo" because it looks like I should be able to understand it and it might help me in organizing some things that I could use in my home computer.

I looked at "Content Aggregation and Management." It looks like spreadsheets and survey techniques to me - collecting data and organizing it for analysis.

Thing # 18

2008-05-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

I had trouble getting in to google documents because when I put in the email Id and password
2 times the page came up could not get in. So Mary D. used copy and paste technique and was able to pull up the page so I could get to where I needed to be to post my name. I was very frustrated by this, because I had to skip over "sandbox" because I was having similar trouble there. Enough said about that. Now I will try to answer the questions.

I have no idea how I would use the collaborative features at Lacey for a project. I usually do not get those kinds of tasks assigned to me.

In my personal work at home and at church and at other places, I think I could really go for using these two areas on the Web 2.0. So, later when I am at home and can do it using my own name, maybe I will not get so frustrated and will be able to use these things.

Thing # 16, # 3

2008-05-19T12:06:00.001-07:00

After comparing "cow tipping" and "Joyce Kilmer", I would say the topic under discussion determines somewhat the nature of the comments under discussion.l
I looked up "Jenna Bush". After looking at the articles, I would say that one would have to look at the citations and "consider the source" to evaluate the reliability of anWikipedia article. But is that not true of anything you read?

Thing # 16, blog 2

2008-05-19T11:48:00.000-07:00

I tried "bible wiki" and pulled up something worthwhile to me. The description is different from "authoritative" scholars. Rather the input is from anybody with certain guidelines. I will go back to this wiki and see what I think about what other people think.

Thing # 16: Wikis

2008-05-19T11:25:00.000-07:00

When I looked at Library Success wiki, one useful thing I looked at was "book displays - Reading Hollywood," which was interesting to read. The whole section on book displays was interesting.

Looking at the Ocean County Library article on Wikipedia was interesting, too.

I did not find anything that I did not like, but I spent only a limited amount of time on that wiki.

Thing # 15

2008-05-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

I read the 5 perspectives on Library 2.0 and understood most of what was discussed.

Trying to effectively categorize all the information provided by all the users of Web 2.0 so that
a "librarian" could pull out the right piece of information that a library user asks for - what kind of system could be developed to do that? Or, is the system being developed already, examples of which we are being exposed to as we do these "23 Things?" Or, is the "user" of the library going to have equal expertise as the "librarian?" Or, are these questions based on old way of doing library business? The library as an institution will no longer be considered the expert on how to get information but rather the facilitator to helping each person go from the point at which he is in his search for information (Point A) to the point he desires to be (Point B.)

To me, Library 2.0 means that my granddaughter Isabella will be taking me to the library of the future and showing me how to use the library's services!

Thing # 14

2008-05-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

I read the info. I watched/listened to the Technorati tour. I looked at Technorati. Under the blog "get rich slowly" and under the tag "education" I read an article "Lowering the Bar" under the blog "No More Spin" about a professor at Norfolk State who got fired because he did not pass enough of his students, because they did not meet the requiremets, but the administrators want everybody to pass. I found the article interesting.
I think when I have more time and am looking for something to pass the time away, I might look at this site again and see what happens.

Thing # 13, post #2

2008-05-14T11:23:00.000-07:00

I tried to set up a "delicious" account using the library computer, and I was able to do that.
That same evening, at home, I was able to place some sites on my account and give them "tags",
so I am understanding the "delicious" idea a little better. But, now I am going to # 14. I have
heard various comments, mostly negative, about "technocrati" but I will try to keep an open mind.

Thing # 13

2008-05-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

I have listened to the tutorials, read the info, and tried doing the exercises three times, and it is
not sinking in. When I go to the OCLwebthings "delicious" account and try to select one of the
lines, I do not see any comments or tags used to categorize this reference. At home I tried to make an account for myself, thinking that might help me understand, but I could not complete the process. Maybe I will try to set up an account at the library computer, and see what that will do. So, I will get back to you about thing # 13.

Thing # 12:WorldCat

2008-04-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

I liked using WorldCat. It seems easier to use than some of the other "tools" we have looked at.
I used two titles to "search": Laura Childs' "Dragonwell Dead " and the children's book "All of a Kind Family." OCL has them both.
I looked for Pauline Miller's book. It looks as if 29 libraries have it in the US, the farthest being 1300 miles away in Houston.
I guess WorldCat would help with the "request for materials" form. I have not had to fill those forms out, so I have no experience with them.

Thing # 12: NetLibrary

2008-04-14T13:23:00.000-07:00

I have been interested in what ebooks is all about. This exercise forced me to create an account.
I would have to work with ebooks much more before I would feel I was qualified to help other people find what they might be looking for in ebooks. I would have to read everything in the instruction manual part of NetLibrary and practice, but I would need to have a purpose or something specific to be looking for.

OCLWeb Thing 11/Library Thing

2008-04-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Library Thing could help me in two way.
1. I can find out about all sorts of books that interest me and list them for future reference.
2. At home I could enter my personal library. Library Thing could help me weed my personal library.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/maureliaj

Technology and I are becoming friends.

2008-04-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

The thing I like best about "technology" is the email technology, because I can "write" to people who live far away from me while I am thinking about them and not worry about a time frame.
For example, my daughter and her family live in Italy. My siblings live in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Texas, and Florida, and I live in NJ. After I write to them, they can write to me in their time frame.

Now the younger generation, the children of my siblings, are challenging me to communicate with the family through MySpace and things like that. I have to overcome my ignorance of these things and get with it!

Thing # 8

2008-04-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

Question 1: I think RSS and newsreaders will be helpful to keep up with what interests me
once I get into a routine of checking my blog or my blogsline.

Question 2: It will be convenient to go to one source, sort of like a "reader's digest."

Question 3: Librarians can use RSS as a resource to answer reference questions.

Again, I thank LIT Carly Coulter from Lacey Branch for all her help in this endeavor.

the 71/2 habits/easiest and hardest

2008-03-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

The easiest habit is # 2, accept responsibility for your own learning. I know that no one can do the work for me, I have to do it myself.
The hardest habit is # 6, use technology to your advantage. I have to learn the technology and the only way is to use the technology. To use the technology I have to see a purpose using the technology is fulfilling. So, since I want to complete the OCL Webthings Challenge, maybe that will be purpose enough.

scanning exercise

2008-03-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

May I introduce to you my granddaughter Isabella Laurene Gentile, who turned 3 on 2/25/08. She lives in Ciampino, Rome, Italy.

Carly Coulter helped me scan the image and transfer it here and there and everywhere, wherever I was supposed to move it.

Isabella would say "Hats off to Carly!"

Flickr 2

2008-03-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

This sculpture was donated to the Lacey Branch
by the Friends of the Lacey Library to welcome

everyone who enters the building.

(Photo taken by Melody Johnsen)

This March Triangle Book Display was created

by Susan Graham of the Lacey Branch.

(Photo taken by Melody Johnsen)

This Mother Goose Quilt was made by Jesse Cantrell and donated to the Lacey Library by the Friends of the Lacey Library in memory of

Mary Feeley. It hangs in the Children's Dept.

(Photo taken by Melody Johnsen)

Flickr 1

2008-03-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

I selected this photo from Flickr using the search phrase "Christian church buildings." When the photo of a building in China came up, I selected it because it reminds me that in every country there are people who believe in Christ.

getting started

2008-03-13T11:02:00.000-07:00

Getting started is always a hard thing to do.