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SPL 2.0 # 13
Friday, March 6, 2009. 13 Tagging, Folksomonies and Social Bookmarking in Delicious. In the past few weeks, we’ve already explored a few sites – Flickr and LibraryThing to name two – that allow users to take advantage of tagging. In week 3, many even used a common tag to create an association between photos that we individually uploaded. This week, let's take a look at the popular social bookmarking site called Delicious. Delicious. I don't know about you but the name makes me hungry! If you’re up ...
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SPL 2.0 # 14
Friday, March 6, 2009. 14 Technorati – For the Technically Unsavvy. So now that you’ve been blogging for awhile, you might be wondering just how big the blogosphere is. Well, according to Technorati. The leading search tool and authority for blogs, the number of blogs doubles just about every 6 months with over 51 million blogs currently being tracked by the site. This is easy, too. All you need to do is add a little bit of HTML code to the bottom of your post (see my example below) and Technorati wi...
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SPL 2.0 # 15
Friday, March 6, 2009. 15 Library 2.0, Wait, Wait – I'm still on 1.5. OCLC Next Space Newsletter. 8211; Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web take libraries? Into a new world of librarianship. To more powerful ways to cooperate. To a temporary place. Wikipedia – Library 2.0. Library 2.0 Discussions. Read two or three of the perspectives on Library 2.0 from the list above. Posted by SPL 2.0. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About SPL 2.0.
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SPL 2.0 # 16
Saturday, February 28, 2009. 16 Learn About Wikis. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them. So what's a wiki? A wiki is a collaborative website and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. Wikipedia. Time for a field trip! This week's session is being held at the SPL-Learning Wiki. So hop on over there to begin! Posted by SPL 2.0. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About SPL 2.0.
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SPL 2.0 # 17
Saturday, February 28, 2009. 17 Add an entry to the SPL-Learning Wiki. Sandbox" is a term used to describe the area of a website that should be used for pure play. For this discovery and exploration exercise, we’ve set up a wiki page that’s for nothing but play! For this “explore-and-play-with-wikis” exercise, you are asked to add an entry or two to the SPL-Learning Wiki Sandbox. Page, and add your blog to the Staff Blogs. It's another field trip! Page for the lesson and Discovery Exercises.
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SPL 2.0 # 2
Wednesday, February 11, 2009. 2 Lifelong Learning and L2. Are you a Lifelong Learner? Would you like to become one? Before we embark on this new online learning and discovery journey take a few minutes to review some habits that can assist in creating lifelong learners. These habits, which have been called the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners. Will provide you with a refresher on what it means to be a lifelong learner. 2 Open up the 7 and 1/2 Habits online tutorial.
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Sachem Public Library
Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Congratulating our budding bloggers. Since the last posting on this blog a number of our staff members here at the Sachem Public Library have gone ahead and created their own blogs. Some of our departments have begun informational blogs to supplement department meetings as well. It may be that some of us have found a niche that fills a "publishing" desire. In any case, they are all interesting and well done! Posted by Sachem Public Library. Labels: Sachem Public Library. Please ...
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SPL 2.0 # 24
Friday, March 6, 2009. 24 Learn a New Language with Mango. SPL's new Mango Language Learning database makes learning a new language educational and fun. Play around with Mango and you'll be hooked on this interactive way to increase your language skills. Mango Language Learning (Can you find it on the database page of the new SPL website? 8226; Ask yourself: What language would I like to learn today? 8226; Select a Course from Mango Language Online. Posted by SPL 2.0. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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SPL 2.0 # 25
Tuesday, March 24, 2009. 25 Tweet on Twitter. Some libraries are playing with Twitter. The Cleveland Public Library and the Ada Community Library in Boise, Idaho both post events and advertise services. Http:/ twitter.com/Cleveland PL. Here’s an article: Twitter Explained for Librarians. And another: How Twitter Can Help At Work. Use these resources to learn more about Twitter. Twitter’s home page: http:/ twitter.com/. Twitter in Plain English video: http:/ www.commoncraft.com/Twitter. About SPL 2.0.
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SPL 2.0 # 26
Wednesday, April 1, 2009. 26 What's Your Thing For? By now on your journey through the world of 2.0, you've learned so many new things and you probably feel like a real tech pro. Now, Thingfo. Is going to help you pull a lot of that cool stuff into one location on your blog! Take a look at some examples of the Thingfo widget in action:. 24 Hours at Sundance. Posted by SPL 2.0. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About SPL 2.0.
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SPL 2.0 # 3
Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Now that you’ve explored this website and understand how this program will work, it’s time to create your very own personal blog to record your thoughts, discoveries and exercises. For this program, I recommend that you use Blogger. A popular free online blog hosting service that is extremely easy to use. Creating a blog using Blogger. Takes just four steps:. 1 Create a Google gmail account ( http:/ www.gmail.com/. 2 Create a Blogger account (view screenshot. That is easiest...
