Final batch

Blog Exercise 12– changing the colour of your blog - use this in your subject line

The colours on your blog can be changed. 

Click on the template tab on the left hand side.

Choose a template and then click on Customise. Here you can experiment with different backgrounds or themes.Make sure you click "Apply to blog"

Write a new post and write a comment about your new colours.

You may have already made these kinds of changes to your blog.....briefly describe what you have done.

 

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Blog Exercise 13– changing the arrangement of your blog – use this in your subject line

You can change the arrangement of your blog easily too. The arrangement of the blog elements can be changed using the Layout button on the left hand side.

This allows you to click and drag to rearrange elements. For example you can make your blog posts section move to the right or left sides of your blog. You can add or delete Gadgets here too.

When you have changed the layout write a blog post about the new arrangement.

You may have already made these kinds of changes to your blog...once you have made them briefly describe what you have done.

 

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Blog Exercise 14– inviting people to be authors on your blog - use this in your subject line

Invite at least 3 of your classmates and your teacher to be authors on your blog. Under the SETTINGS tab click on ADD AUTHORS – type in their gmail addresses.  They will receive an e-mail on their gmail inviting them to your blog.

Write in your blog who you have invited.

Use this Google help page for more instructions

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41440

 

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And then there is more....

Copy and paste the information from below

Make certain the links are operating correctly

 

Investigative Exercise 9 Community Profiles – use this in your subject line

 

State which local council area you live in – you will be investigating your local library service.  Write a post (about a paragraph long) giving a “community profile” of the people/area your library service is for.  Include links to the Council website for your Library service and to the Library section of this website.  This might be a good post to add an image of your library or Council area.

To give you some ideas of what to include in your community profile take a look at this definition

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2TSAU_enAU372&defl=en&q=define:community+profile&sa=X&ei=zZB4TP_8LsHBcenwzIQG&ved=0CBQQkAE.

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Investigative Exercise 10 Evaluation – use this in your subject line

 

 Write a substantial post about the use of 2.0 technologies in your individual library service of your LGA.  Discuss what is available in the following library service areas: Local Studies, Children’s, Teenage/Youth, Adult Fiction, Information/Reference. If there are little or no 2.0 technologies for your library service give 3 reasons why you think this might be so. Make certain you label your post.

Labels for this post – library 2.0, exercise10

 

 

Investigative Exercise 11 Recommendations – use this in your subject line

 

Write a substantial post about the recommendations you would make about the use of 2.0 technologies in your individual library service.  Give specific examples from other best practice libraries worldwide.  Provide links to all these examples.  Again use the following  categories to discuss in your response - Local Studies, Children’s, Teenage/Youth, Adult Fiction, Information/Reference.  Make certain you label your post, this post will require multiple labels.

 

Labels for this post – library 2.0, exercise 11

Next lot of exercises

Investigative Exercise 4 Youtube – use this in your subject line

 

Youtube is a specialised website where videos can be uploaded and viewed. Links from webpages can be made to view the videos. Videos can also be but embedded in websites for example on a blog. Youtube is very popular and well known, other examples of videosharing sites are available through Google and Yahoo.

You can embed a video in one of your blog posts. Here we will embed a video of Nancy Pearl. 

Click on the "Insert a video " button. Click the "From Youtube" button. Search for a Nancy Pearl video. It can be serious or funny. Click on the one you want and choose select.

Describe briefly the promotion that is being undertaken in the video.

Labels for this post –  library promotion, videos, Exercise 4

 

Investigative Exercise 5 Social Networking – use this in your subject line

People can have their own personal webpage housed in a communal website. It is a great way to build up professional networks and collaborate in a workplace. It is considered a community building tool.  Facebook is currently very popular for individuals and there is a feature where you can create page for a celebrity, band or business.  Take a look at what the National Library of Australia has done on Facebook. 

https://www.facebook.com/National.Library.of.Australia

Do a Google search for the following phrase - “I'll Bet I Can Find 1,000,000 People Who Think Libraries Are Important”. Take a look at this advocacy site on Facebook. It also has some great quotes about the value of libraries. Write a post on your blog about why you think it is a good idea for a library to participate on a social networking site, or why not. Make certain you label your post.

If you are a Facebook member you might like to join the “Libraries are important” site. (joining Facebook and/or joining this site is not assessed).

 

Labels for this post –  social networking, facebook, myspace, advocacy, Exercise 5

 

Investigative Exercise 6 Social Bookmarking – use this in your subject line

 

Take a look at the catalogue of the State Library of Tasmania http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/. Search the catalogue for the book Born or bred?: Martin Bryant: the making of a mass murderer by Robert Wainwright.  Read the reviews made by library users about this book.

 

Also take a look at the system for book reviews by following this link at Clarence Regional Library  http://www.crl.nsw.gov.au/readers-corner/book-reviews/ 

 

 Click on the section  “to read all book reviews placed from other readers.”   Take a look at the recent reviews made on this catalogue

 Take a look at the recent reviews made on this catalogue.

 Write a post on your blog commenting on the usefulness of these reviews. Do you think libraries should be providing this service? Does the library you use have this option available on their catalogue?  Make certain you label your post. 

 

Labels for this post – Exercise 6, social bookmarking, book reviews, library catalogues

 

Investigative Exercise 7 Podcasts – use this in your subject line 

 

Podcasting is a way of automatically downloading audio or video files to your computer. You can then play this audio or video file. 'Podcast' generally refers to audio files whilst 'Video Podcast' (or 'Vodcast') refers to the distribution of video files in the same manner.

 

Find a podcast in any Australian library. Post to your blog a short summary of the podcast. Include the library’s name, title of podcast and link. Make certain you label your post. 

 

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Exercise 8  - CURRENT AWARENESS POST  - use this in your subject line

 

 

Watch the two following Youtube clips – post a comment in response to one of the clips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7q9u865SVk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s

 

 

Labels to use for this post – Robots, Shelving, Book delivery, Google, Filter bubbles, Exercise 8

 

Investigative Exercise 1 What is Library 2.0 – use this in your subject line

Prezi is a site where you can upload or create your presentation.  Take a look at this example which is about Web 2.0 and libraries – sometimes known as Library 2.0. http://prezi.com/g_eqenkx8hfi/web-20-and-library-20/?auth_key=9defdb587434465bc21807256e4739038d9f6e4a

 

Watch this presentation and write a paragraph describing your understanding of library 2.0.

List three Web 2.0 applications commonly used by Libraries

 

Labels to use for this post – Prezi, Exercise 1, Library 2.0

 

 

Investigative Exercise 2 Blogs – use this in your subject line

 

Blog is short for weblog and is a site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often includes hyperlinks provided by the writer. It is the most commonly used of web 2.0 tools. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” For your investigative exercise take a look at these 3 library blogs:

SI Ultimo Library - http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/uclibrary/

John Oxley Library Blog  http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/

 

The librarian in black    http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/

 

 

Write a post on your blog about one of the blog posts you have looked at. Include in your post what interested you about this post. Make certain you label your post.

 

Labels to use for this post – blogs, John Oxley Library, Sarah Houghton-Jan. Ultimo Tafe Library, Exercise 2.

 

 

Investigative Exercise 3 Photo sharing and Flickr – use this in your subject line

There are websites that allow people to share online photographs.  Their popularity has grown due to features that allow photos to be socially tagged and browsed. Comments can be left at the image point. Two major sites for image sharing are Flickr (run by Yahoo) at http://www.flickr.com/ and Picasa (run by Google) at http://picasa.google.com/.

For this exercise go to http://www.flickr.com/.  Find some photos uploaded by a library anywhere in the world – describe one of the photos on your blog and include a link to the photostream for that library. Make certain you label your post.

 

Labels to use for this post – flickr, picasa, exercise 3, photo sharing

 

You can try Google support as well for more assistance http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41641

 

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Today is day 1 of a new experience.

We are going to learn basics.