Thing 13: Write about how libraries can use different features of Facebook to connect with their users. Thing 14: Explore and sign up for LinkedIn. I have been a member of Facebook for a good few years now and find it helps me keep up with friends and family who I don’t see on a regular basis. What I like about it is probably what everyone else hates – I like hearing about the minutiae of my friends lives because that’s the stuff that often gets forgotten in a phone call or email. I could do without Farmville though. The [...]
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Things 11 & 12 – Podcasts and YouTube
Thing 11: Find and listen to some podcasts Thing 12: Search YouTube for videos and discover YouTube channels When I was a kid I didn’t read that much I was much happier listening to story tapes and when I listen to the radio I would much rather hear spoken word rather than music – these are the two main reasons why I love podcasts. I started listening to podcasts when I worked on the Oxford Digitisation Project. One of my main tasks was surveying the collections across Oxford’s libraries to see what could be digitised; it was a very repetitive [...]
Things 9 & 10 – Social bookmarking
Thing 9: Sign up for a Delicious account, bookmark and tag some of your favourite web sites. Thing 10: Add other Delicious users to your network so that you can easily view their bookmarks. I have been using delicious now for nearly a year. I can’t claim that I go back to it regularly to find things but I find it reassuring to know that I have some links to helpful tools and useful articles there in case I need them someday. I think the ones I go back for the most are those for web design, especially when I’m [...]
