Week Seven: Microblogging

Today I began to twitter! I don't know if I will like this because I am not on the computer 24/7 and I am not into talking about what I am doing. I will give it a try to see if I change my mind. I did have some difficulty finding people. I am following 23Things Kansas, Library Journal and Andrew Weil, M.D. These are things of interest to me. Hopefully, I will get a chance later in the week to explore some more people or organizations to follow.

Week Six: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

I chose to go with Diigo since I already had an account. I added several more sites to my account by exploring the Delicious and Diigo accounts of other people. This is more effective to have everything in one location. I am still exploring the social aspect by locating friends and joining groups and finding out about the tools in Diigo.

Week Five: RSS and Feed Readers

The RSS feed reader I chose was Google Reader since I already had an account. I subscribed to both of my nieces' blogs. I also subscribed to Kathy Sage's blog because I had attended her workshop a few weeks ago. I am still learning all the ins and outs of the Google Reader. Tonight I added a share widget to my blog. Now I can just click on it to get the latest update.

Week Four: Photo Sharing

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Week 3 Online Meetings

I chose Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection by Francisca Goldsmith at Infopeople Webcast. I have weeded my elementary (K-6) school library only once in four years. I am reluctant to weed! After viewing the webcast, I realize there is a very good reason to weed. Weeding actually helps increase the circulation of materials in the library by 20%-50%. The students will be able to locate the books more readily. It allows me to become more familiar with the collection so I can more easily recommend the titles to students. The four main reasons to weeding are the condition of the materials, is it outdated, crowded conditions of the shelves, and redundancy of a subject. There are many ways to weed. You can weed by the subject, at the time of circulation, weed of the month, as well as annually. One point which was mentioned was to store seasonal books if you needed more room on your shelves. I also realized I am "weeding" on a regular basis when I pull books because they are damaged or need repair. Weeding is an ongoing process!