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I M ing is not new to me, I have been using it for years. I use both Yahoo and the MSN messenger to talk with friends of mine in Canada almost everyday. I have downloaded the
Google Talk for this class to see what it is like compared to the others I have. It is my opinion that MSN has the best messenger, Google seems a little low tech. I M's are really nice for sending files, pictures, music and you can even play games with friends on them. Video calls are also possible with IM's, I have used that with my friends in Canada and hey NO LONG DISTANCE CHARGES.

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This was the most fun so far, I love being creative. I can see many uses for this at work, such as projects for the Summer Reading Program for children. Children will just love the trading cards.
I am planning a surprise puzzle for the next program we do, featuring one of the library staff.
I can now customize posters for our story hours. This is a wonderful tool for any library and has unlimited potential.

Big Huge Labs was great fun to work with, can't wait to have more time to work with it.

So much to explore, so little time. LOL

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I have been exploring the tools and other programs for flickr. I could spend a week just doing this. I added a matte to my favorite picture of my Grandfather and put the link on my blog. Flickr is great for organizing photos, you can add tags to your photos to make it easier to find them later. I was surprised to find out you can add up to 75 tags per photo! I can't wait to get my family photos put in albums on Flickr, it's going to be great to share them with family online.
I can think of alot of uses for these tools for the library: making posters, custom puzzles, card games, just to name a few. My favorites were Creat puzzles and Big Huge Labs.

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Had a wonderful time playing around with Flickr. I uploaded a few photos and can see I will have a lot of use for this program. Flickr allows you to manage your digital photos, by putting them in albums. It gives you a way to share your photos with friends, family or the world. It's a great way to share photos. At last a way for us to put all the library photos into a public album.

I added a few photos of the Library in Little Falls, to my Flickr album. I hope you enjoy them. I only have three up at the moment but will try to add a few more later. This is a great tool, I love it.

Rasmus on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rasmus on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rasmus was my Great Grandfather, and one of my hero's. I never got to meet him, he died two years before I was born, but I know him well from all the stories my Grandfather and Mother told me about him. He immigrated to America from Denmark in 1896, with his pregnant wife Marie and three children, the youngest was my Grandfather. They couldn't speak English and the only possessions they had were packed in a trunk. He learned English from his brother in Chicago, where they stayed for six months while Marie recovered from child birth. They bought a farm by Elmdale Minnesota. They traveled by train as far as Little Falls and walked to their home following the old Indian trail. Rasmus went on to become a farmer, served on the school board, and on the Church board. The proudest day of his life was the day he became a United States Citizen. His Citizenship papers he had framed and hung on the wall of his home.

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Setting up the RSS or Really Simple Syndication was very easy for me. I have found several sites to subscribe to and find I really love this tool. It saves so much time for me, rather then searching for sites that interest me they are right there. It's great!

I have set up an aggregator account using Google Reader. The best reason I can give for my choice of Google Reader over Bloglines is just the fact that I always am on the Google page.

I have several subscriptions already coming in. This is great not having to do all that searching. Can't wait to work with it more. Thanks for the great information!

I found this site when I was doing my blog search, hope you find it useful.
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/05/29/100-free-library-20-webinars-and-tutorials/

2nd TOAS

I found Mr. Blyberg's thoughts on Library 2.0 interesting, I can't say I agree 100%. I agree we must keep up with patrons needs. I disagree with his shifting funding for a coder instead of
another Reference Librarian. We will always need Librarians!

The Library 2.0 concept is pushing us forward to the future. Libraries are not only repositories of knowledge, they are community centers, entertainment centers, and institutions of learning.
If we are to continue to be of value to our patrons we need to be "aware" and keep abreast of the changing technology as well as the needs of our patrons. All Librarians know that we are continually learning and passing on new ideas, new concepts, new ways of doing things to our patrons. Library 2.0 shows us what is possible. What we choose to use from it, is yet to be seen.
Budget and the economy as you all know decide how far we will go.

I really believe in better inter-library cooperation as being the biggest plus in Library 2.0.
The pooling of Library resources, benefits us all. Technology is helping to bring that about.

I have signed up for 23 things on a stick because I m curious about what is new for Libraries in the Technology area. I have a strong interest in computers, and spend a lot of time online at home. I will be giving up some of my gaming time for 23 things on a stick. Though game withdrawal is painful, I need to expand my knowledge for work and for my self.

Greetings

My quest for 23 things on a stick had a bumpy start, when I created my blog I was notified that my blog was "identified as a potential spam blog". My blog was "locked", I was unable to publish any posts. I had to request a review, and happily they decided my site was not a spam blog, so here I am. Sometimes you need to take a step back to take two steps forward, but it's all good.