Thing 5:Image Generators

I've finally finished playing around with the Image Generators. It was fun overall. It's obvious how this makes a blog much more interesting. However, I couldn't get the animated signs on FD Toys to save correctly. When I saved them as photos, the animation didn't work. When I tried to save using the Add Video button, it would not load. So no joy in Mudville on that one. I also found out that I cannot delete a photo from a posting. All I can do is delete the whole thing. This will definitely affect the way I build a post. This is getting better as I work through the steps, but I've got a long way to go yet. Fortunately, several of my colleagues are in this course and have helped me. I will check with them and see if they know how to add the animated signs. So check back and see if I've been successful.

Thing 4: More Flickr

This assignment is frustrating. I don't have what I need loaded on the computer to do several of the mashups. I did manage to get one to work. I hope this one is alright. If I had all of the programs necessary for the graphics, it would be fun to create advertising for various programs. I wanted to make a collage with the pictures from past programs, but I had no luck. I'm assuming I wouldn't need as much patience if everything worked. There are some neat applications out there.

The Aarhus Public Library in Denmark has a movie on th web (You Tube). They are open at night and are developing a lot of programs geared to teens. They have a lot of cooperation between the teens and the staff. They also must have a lot of money. The way the video is put together makes people want to go there and experience the library. And I know about it because it was forwarded to me by a friend. Relatively cheap advertising, isn't it? I wonder how many languages it was released in and how they initially targeted people. I am ignorant of so much technology. I guess that 's why I'm doing 23 Things.

Thing 2: Learning 2.0

I read an article and watched a video. I also was at our library's Staff Development Day where I heard Stephen Abram speak. It all looks very exciting and seems to make sense at the time. However, I'm not convinced all of it is necessary. I haven't done Twitter yet, but it sounds fairly useless for the library. I admit to being old-fashioned and that plays into my opinion. I'm the only one I know that won't obsessively answer my phone. But blogging looks like an effective way for the library to show people what we are about. It also offers a way for people to tell us what they want. The library would have to decide where we need to be linked in order to draw people to the blog, but I'm sure it can be done. We'll see what the near future brings our way. As for Flickr, I'm not convinced it is a useful tool for us. The library Flickrs I've seen wouldn't inspire me to visit. The information is limited.

Thing 3: Flickr, Take 1

I have created a Flickr account. The pictures I posted are under Peewee's Pet. I believe the link is http://www.flickr.com/photos/catlibrarian. It was kind of hard finding out how to arrange the photos. I guess I could have deleted them all and then reloaded them form back to front. But I changed the time on them instead.
I am not sure how I would use this for the library. I could stream pictures of programs we have here at Northside, but that seems kind of lame. A lot of the library stuff I've seen on the Net was boring. Gosh, a library with craft and story times. Go figure. Maybe I just need to play with this more.

We Northside Library folks are busy gearing up for the Summer Reading Program. Our clerk, Sarai, is in charge of pimping one of our book carts. She has some good ideas how to show the theme "Deep in the Heart of Texas". I admit some of the ideas were slightly gross during the brainstorming session. One idea was to set up a CSI type cart. Fortunately, that proved to be too hard for us. I'll post a picture when we finish it. Sarai is quite an artist so it should look good.