Life-long learning online

All I can say is wow! I had no clue that there were so many amazing websites out there that we can learn from. I know it could take a lifetime to learn everything available on these sites, and I know there are many more. It was hard for me to stop browsing through these interesting, informative and fun sites. My personal fave was Instructalbes.com. I wish I knew about this site sooner so I could have created cost effective and creative gifts for all my friends and family. I definitley will use the Berklee free music lessons, I've always wanted some vocal training. Expertvillage.com and 5min.com were great to to learn many useful things. I already knew about ehow and howstuffworks.com.
This is a great way to supplement materials we offer here at the library for our members.

Library 2.1

It is great to see how OCLS is well on it's way in becoming Library 2.1. The blogs that we have created by staff . Sharing photos of events on Flickr and videos on You Tube. Having staff and the community share their memories of this area with Orlando Memory.
The open forum of sharing of ideas with the Orange Seed. Great things come from brainstorming ideas with others and since we can't all meet and share ideas in person, Orange Seed is a great use of technology.
Bringing staff and the community together is what Library 2.1 is all about.

SEOmoz's 2008 Web 2.0

I looked a few of the sites and they are a lot of fun! My favorites were Now Public and Bibio.com. Now Public is a site that has the public share with the world wide web about the news they see on their travels and every day life. There are ways to write news stories, download photos, upload from your mobile device or call in to 1-866-225-9530 leave a recorded news story.
Biblio.com is great because it is a search engine for out of print books. This is so helpful when working with patrons who are looking for older books that we don't have or are not on websites like Amazon.
It was also great to see one of our databases for language learning, Mango Languages ranked 2nd on the list of language learning sites.
I'm definitely going to look at more of these sites because it is not only helpful to our customers but also a lot of fun for myself.

Chain, Chain, Change

In my job as a reference clerk at Main many parts of this Mission statement I related to. I help Orange county residents when they visit find what they need in our collection, tell them about the services and databases which introduces them to new ideas, information and technology. I tell them about new innovative services we offer (latest example is OverDrive). I have also been given opportunites to be involved in our community through outreaches and fun programs for families. Everything I do in my job helps create a well-informed, well connected community and encourages learning, working and playing.

Lesson 3

Since you joined OCLS, how has technology changed the way you access, use or provide information?
I am in love with Google. It helps me every as a reference clerk. There are some things that customers ask me and I have no idea how to spell them. Especially names and scientific lingo. I type in my guesstimate and lovely Google say did you mean..... Eureka!
Also to access public organizations that assist our customers is very helpful when I am assisting them.

As technology makes information more open source, how do you see our role, as a library, in the future?
More and more people will use the internet to get information and request materials from the library. People are more busy than ever and also the price of gas is expesive and people want to drive the least amount as possible.

Health 2.1

The Wii Fit looks like a lot of fun, but I can see where you may get some odd looks if you were out in public doing this. I love the idea of being able to download motivational music and maybe some motivational words while you are working out. I love to go walking and listen to my MP3 player, I must admit that I mouth along with the words but I don't care what people think. Whatever gets me moving is fine. One thing I need to do is walk faster and get increase my heart rate. Good tips there.

Hi fellow 2.1 learners

Hey guys,
Nice to blog with you again. We are going to be so Web 2.1 savvy! Very cool.

The next time I will post some photos of my next trip which will be Saturday September 6th to Monday September 8th in Colorado Springs!! On Sunday I will be taking the cog railway up to Pikes Peak which is almost 15,000 feet up. I'm super excited to go on another one of my solo trips!

TTFN
Dawn

I love my new camera!

I'm back..it only took a year. :)
It took me forever, but I finally bought a digital camera. I'm having so much fun with it. Since I bought it I have been able to take pictures of my trips to Silver Springs, Cypress Gardens, Vegas and best of all the magnificent awe-inspiring Grand Canyon (see below).