Week 8 #18

I visited Myspace, Yahoo360, Infieldparking, Xanga, and Dogster social sites.
All had their interesting social interactions with one another. I liked Dogster because I like dogs very much.

Week 7 #17

I find the digital camera technology very convenient. It makes it very easy to distribute the photos to friends. One issue is that the photos can be edited so that the result is not so true to the original!!

I posted a comment on the djcputek.blogspot.com blog page.

Week 7 #16

Tuscany is definitely a place I would really enjoy visiting in my future travels. I posted this link on the iHCPL wiki.

I also added my blog link to the iHCPL Favorite Blogs Page.

Week 6 #15

From the Icebergs article : .....it can be equally disastrous when a profession fails to acknowledge and adapt to radical, fundamental change in the marketplace it serves. At this point in time, our profession is far closer to the latter type of disaster than it is to the former. We need to shift direction, and we can’t wait for the big ship of our profession to change course first. It’s going to have to happen one library—one little boat—at a time. I agree with Rick Anderson
on this matter.

Librarianship article :Michael Stephens on Librarianship says,"he does not create policies and procedures that impede users’ access to the library. This librarian tells users how resources and funds will be expended. Decisions and plans are discussed in open forums and comments are answered. This makes the library transparent." Also he says, "This librarian seeks out information and news that may impact future services."

I think he is on the right track. Libraries need to provide updated and complete information from all available resources.

Week 6 # 14

I looked at some popular blogs - some were interesting ( blog links to YouTube - humor ) and exciting. I did 2 types of Advanced search - results vary a little - some formatting differences but similar info.

Week 6 #13

Delicious is used as a good organizer of social websites. Tutorial not very good - bad ..... poor quality video !! A very boring speaker. I viewed the bookmarks on internet safety and an interesting ( Simpson ) link at Delicious. Viewed some sites via tags on photos.

Looked at a tag on a China mountain issue.
I saw a story about a woman soldier in Iraq helping children - she want to compete for Miss America in 2008.

Volcano

The volcano looks very peaceful!