Wrap up

Social networks

I am now quite familiar with Facebook, bebo, myspace, Flickr and youtube etc - but yet to embrace "second life" - can't quite see the point - but am willing to have a look at it's possible uses.

Have thoroughly enjoyed this course - and will continue to follow the updates from the pln team. It's a great way of keeping in touch with what is happening on the web.

Online applications & tools

Google docs

Spent some time checking out Google docs - quite easy to use and I can see it would have many useful applications.

My library has an arts & recreation centre attached to it - which runs holiday classes - it's always a problem getting tutors to send in their ideas for classes on time, along with the lists of supplies needed to be ordered (not to mention all the loose papers which can then go missing) - Google docs could be useful for collating ideas for these school holiday programs. A form could be created and all the tutors would have to do is fill it out and send it back by email. All the ideas could be collated in a spreadsheet - materials ordered, programs printed.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=clJCU1JPUk9DNm9rZjhVa2oyWFFSMUE6MA..

Mashups

Mashups

What fun - so easy to get creative with these.

Really like the warholizer

Discovered the site Mashupawards.com great collection of different mashups.

Answerboards - I have personally used answer boards when searching for advice on stain removal or car problems. Yahoo 7 answers seems to cover a vast range of quetions from the frivolous to the more serious. I'm not sure if we would have the time in our library to answering questions of such diverse range on a regular basis. It may be good to use as reference training, on an occassional basis.

Podcasts & audio

Podcasts

I quite often listen to podcasts of the news, art programs, music and even a friends gaming groups podcast. It may be an option to attach podcasts of author talks to the library website.

Could be a useful tool for local history - recording peoples life recollections which could be accessed by others.

My local Council and library have recently used "Bang the table" to encourage feedback from the public and encourage a sharing of views on the library and other community matters. It is a great way of allowing people to offer their views (both good and bad ) in an anonymous forum.

Technorati, Delicious, Librarything

Really like Librarything - will be a useful resource. Great way to record lists of books I've read check out reviews and recommended reading.
Searching Technorati for "bookmobile" with a tag search produced considerably fewer results(43)than a keyword search (967). Tag search for nswpln2008 came up with 5 entries plus a link to all our photos.