Searching for videos on YouTube about libraries led me to a video from the PLA conference 2008. Most interesting to me was the clip on John Wood, the founder of the nonprofit organization Room to Read. He wrote Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, and I love his idea of setting up libraries in rural areas all over the world. That is something I would love to do!
Most of the YouTube videos about librarians I saw were inane.
Hulu and Fancast are goldmines for those who watch TV. I would use Hulu to look for complete TV shows if anyone I knew were interested. I’m going to inform a Sarah Connor Chronicles fan about what is available at these two websites. I believe both sites would be useful for librarians who are assisting patrons about TV questions.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Learning to negotiate online social networking without feeling vulnerable is certainly a challenge. As a private person, who works in the public eye, I feel a need to hold back on just how much gets posted out there about me.
However, for college students, Facebook was a terrific idea in the beginning. It was a fantastic link for students to keep in touch when they left their home towns and spread out across the country or oceans to attend college. I liked the idea better when it was for college students only instead of open to everyone. That might have been because my daughter gave me the sense that it was really for them, and not for the older generation or for kids. I'll have to ask her how it has changed now that anyone can participate.
In the last few months I received invitations from grad school colleagues to friend them on Myspace. I now plan to go ahead and do that now, so I can find out what they are up to and to compare Myspace to Facebook as a user.
However, for college students, Facebook was a terrific idea in the beginning. It was a fantastic link for students to keep in touch when they left their home towns and spread out across the country or oceans to attend college. I liked the idea better when it was for college students only instead of open to everyone. That might have been because my daughter gave me the sense that it was really for them, and not for the older generation or for kids. I'll have to ask her how it has changed now that anyone can participate.
In the last few months I received invitations from grad school colleagues to friend them on Myspace. I now plan to go ahead and do that now, so I can find out what they are up to and to compare Myspace to Facebook as a user.
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