Friday 17th August

Author – Casey- Cardinia Library Blog

Located -  http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/blogs/invisible-ink?page=3

Viewed on Friday 17th August

The Casey – Cardinia Library has its own blog page. It has four main blogs which include local history, library news, teens news and children’s news.

I lobe logging into this site, has it lets you know what’s going on in their library world. From the reading room where you can discuss books, find books in the same genre or by the same author. It has links to Advisory Council on Public Libraries. Where you read discussion papers on tomorrow’s library. Plus what is happening in the area. Plus I love reading there Reading Rewards blog as it is all about books for adults. 

Friday 10th August

Article – Continuing the Conversation: Choosing an e-Book Platform that Works for Your K12 Library.

Author – Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on August 8, 2012 - 9:21am ( The article was placed on a blog but the actual author of the presentation was Buffy Hamilton.

Located -  http://www.alatechsource.org/blog

Viewed on Friday 10^th August

Basically this presentation went about showing how to pick an ePlatform. What questions to ask when looking to purchase a system. What features do they come with, what support do they supply, can it be incorporated into your current system or do you have to run two separate systems to accommodate e-Books. Then the presentation went onto discuss five known systems. What they each had to offer, what their drawbacks were and what they posed to do in the future.

This presentation was really interesting because it was something I hadn't even thought of. I am still very much the physical book person. I like holding an actual book. As with people and libraries, you go into a bookshop, find a book and purchase it. You have this item physically in your hand. You can cover it, label it, put it on a shelf and lend it to people. But with e-Books, it’s an electronic copy, so of course it would be handled differently. The presentation put forth so many questions that you would have to ask yourself. For example, most systems are subscribing ones. You pay a subscription each year, what happens to “purchased” e-Books if the subscription is not renewed. I don’t know how e-Books work. I don’t know anything about the systems that you need to read and access this information. It makes it all seem very daunting and waters that seem a little scary to be jumping into.

Friday 3rd August

Article – 6 Facebook Pages Every Librarian Should Follow, Plus 17 Bonus Pages

Author – Bobbie Newman

Posted - November 29, 2010

Located -  http://librarianbyday.net/2010/11/29/6-facebook-pages-every-librarian-should-follow-plus-17-bonus-pages/

Viewed on Friday 3rd August.

Bobbie Newman is an ALA councillor and has her fingers in a number of pies. She is very passionate about libraries and is a resource treasure trove. So when I came across an article that she had written which outlines Facebook pages that you should  follow, I looked into it further. Of course they are all American based but with knowledge in hand, I then went in search of similar pages that were Australian based.

I use Facebook nearly every day, but generally it was just to see what my kids were up to. What pages they were following, liking or commenting. And of course playing a couple of games.  I never thought about using Facebook for anything else. Now I look at it in a different light, since doing this course. Now when I log into Facebook, I now look to see what else is out there and what information I can gain. So not only adding her top six pages to my following list, I have added others as well. Bobbie’s top six were 1) American Library Association, 2) Webjuction 3) Your state and local library association, 4) Library Journal, 5) Library Renewal and 6) Learning Round Table of the American Library Association. Some of them make pretty interesting reading especially if they discussing where libraries are headed in the future.

Friday 27th July

Article and PowerPoint Presentation - Libraries in a Google World. G is for Google, H is for Harry, L is for Library …. and ten ideas about public libraries in a Google World.

Author – Kathryn Greenhill

Located -  http://librariansmatter.com/blog/

Viewed on Friday 27^th July.

The article/presentation discussed how Google searches worked and how vastly different they work from how a library would do a search. Also focussed on the fact libraries are actual venues whereas Google is just a site. And that libraries should really push and publicize this point. And then summarized her presentation with ten ideas/points that all libraries should consider.

I found her article/presentation to be very thought provoking. Some of the ideas she suggested, she knew that libraries wouldn’t be happy with. But she basically said get over it and work with it. Local libraries need to focus on their local history. No other person/place are in a position to do this, libraries have the perfect opportunity here to look after the local history for their area. Libraries should also be aware that times are changing, and instead of putting heads in sand, run at the opportunities it presents. They have to look at how they do things. Is it relevant for now.  And always look to the future. The article also made me look at the way eresources are accessed. Libraries around Australia and the world, now have access to eBooks. You log into their catalogue and go to download an eBook, the catalogue then diverts you to another page, this is where you download your eBook. This page actually belongs to another company. And all the libraries mentioned were directed to this site. Apparently, the library pays a membership to this site to have access to eBooks for their catalogue.

Plus through this article, I had a really good look at Google because I found a couple of things I didn’t know I could do. So I went to investigate. It was really interesting, the things you find out.

Thursday 26th July

This is my first blog from stractch. It was frustrating at some point but at other points, it was awesome. So hopefully the more I use this, the better I will get. More skills to add to the resume.