RSS Feeds

Exercise 1- After creating my account with Access Science I decided to make my search on Global Warming and its effect on Antartica. The results were amazing, alot of articles some with images others with graphic tables, it made it easy for me choose one. I chose "Glacial geology and landforming", I then bookmarked it and saved it to my account. I also scrolled down to view images and added some to my saved images. Steps were very easy to follow and I think many patrons will like it too as it is easier to view information that are saved and handy and also because the search procedure was short and easy.

Exercise 2- My search in the e-resources was about flower arrangement. I did a set up to my search alert and scheduled it to send daily updates to my inbox. Within few minutes I have received confirmation that account is set and ready to deliver alerts to my e-mail address. I can also reset the expirey date if needed. So that was really cool to have an update to a subject you like and continuosly receive up to date info to your e-mail.All went well until I tried to add the URL of the feed to my Bloglines account, where the message popped up saying ' no feeds were found, please verify that the website publishes an RSS feed.' I am pretty sure that the link is correct as I used copy and paste to paste the link. But I kept getting the same error everytime so I was disappointed and couldn't go any further.

Twitter and Libraries

1. I had a look at Wellington City Library, and it seems like they use twitter to promote firstly their library and secondly any new cds or books or events or even to introduce good websites that aim to provide patrons and readers with value information and knowledge. What a good way to keep up to date with your favourite library.

2. Here is my tweet:
Did you know that Glenfield Library is 1 of 6 in the shore that has Wireless Hotspots available 4free! So bring your laptop &start surfing.

Searching Twitter

I searched twitter for the word "library" and got a lot of people who used the word "library" in their tweet which was rather irrelevant to what I was hoping to see but then again the word is broad and it could be why it had irrelevant search result. I then used Tweetgrid search to search for the same exact word which is "library" and same thing I ended up getting a big list of people who has used "library" in their tweet. I must say, Tweetgrid is rather different as it has a live feed where it updates the list that you are currently viewing as each user adds the word you are searching for.

Twitter

The first one I looked at was the below:
http://twitter.com/cookbook

I couldn't believe how condensed each recipe was. And the fact that it serves 3-4 with Delicious ideas from all over the world is great.

I see she has used tweet for every single recipe which basically restrict her to 140 characters long. She has 327 recipes and 17,947 followers.

This is clearly been used to share recipes with other users or followers that are short and easy to make.

Second one I looked at was for John Key; clearly our PM uses twitter account to promote and to keep everyone up to date with his news.

I can definitely see the value of this especially if you want to keep up to date for a particular topic/person in one place. Short messages make it easier as well to read and what a nice way to be kept informed.

Creative Commons

a) Web 2 learning programme work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License. So the user is free to:

1. share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
2. remix to adapt the work for non commercial purposes.

Attribution — you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

b) http://www.flickr.com/photos/spisharam/2258973326/sizes/l/

The license for this image is creative commons attribution 2.0 Generic, which basically allow the user to:

1. Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
2. Remix — to adapt the work

Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

Open ID

Since this is my first time reading about Open ID, I am still hesitant to consider using my Google Account to open up other web accounts especially when those accounts are for banking etc. I am sure in time the idea will sink in as I do find it hard to memorise every single username and password I have or even filling out a new sign up forms every time I want to access a secured website.

Open ID seems to have the two things that we consider important and those are convenience and security.

Online Privacy and Security

I believe the resources provided in this topic are useful to share not just with patrons but also with family and friends. We seem to think it is safe because we see others signing up to many websites without having the knowledge behind online privacy and security. In particular teenagers who look up at each other and seem to copy what others are doing. Having clear guidelines would benefit every user online and would certainly make us "users" think twice before we post our personal information online.

My advice to our patrons about online security and privacy when they use the library’s online facilities is not share their passwords with their friends/family and to keep it in a safe place where no one can see it and not to write it on a piece of paper as this may lie in someone's hands. Always keep your information secured and do not attempt to tick anywhere that says remember me as a user nor remember my password as these are public facilities. And make sure you have logged out safely when you are done.