THING #23

I am really glad that I did Nebraska Learns 2.0. Anne and I both worked on it, and it was a lot of fun when we could use the buddy system and talk about these "Things" and how they could possibly help the library or even for our own personal use. The instant messaging was fun, and there were a lot of exercises that were a great learning experience plus the fun part. I really enjoyed You Tube and the videos. I can see how the 7 1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners that we started with at the beginning has played a large part in finishing Nebraska Learns 2.0. We started late, but soon caught up and learned a lot during the entire journey. I would certainly be interested if you came up with another discovery program in the future.

THING #22

I looked through a lot of the podcast directories and really liked NETV and NPR. I added All About Books--Net Radio to my feeds on my Bloglines account. I liked the book reviews they were giving, and they had a review on the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. We have not yet ordered this for our library so the prompting was great. I'm sure our patrons will be looking for this particular book.

THING #21

I thought this was a fun Thing#21. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at all of the videos. Anne showed me some really neat animal videos, and I liked the 1970s commercials. I chose Buddy Holly because I love his music. All of this has been a great learning experience!

THING #20

I selected Recipe Key from the foods category of 2008 Web 2.0 Awards. You can see new recipes added by cooking friends and are able to see comments and ratings made on contributed recipes. You can also contribute recipes. I found a great Zucchini-pecan Bread recipe that I can use. Recipes are by meal type--dificulty, cusine, popular ingredient, cook method, and time. One thing that I thought was wonderful was the grocery list tools. You can find your recipe and add it to your grocery list and then it lists on the grocery list what you need as compared to what you have in your pantry. Pretty Cool! The grocery list tools were great, too. You can print your list, e-mail it, or text message it. We have a lot of library patrons who love cookbooks, and are looking for recipes on the internet. I can see them liking this site!

THING #19

I created an account in Google Docs and then created some documents. I was surprised that it was all so easy-just like Word. I made a list of new library books and tried out some of the different fonts. It was all fun. I also did an experiment with a spreadsheet, and that was also easy to do. I can see where we could use this in the library or a person could use it at home on their own personal computer. You would not need to purchase Microsoft Word software, and could just use this.

THING #18

Thing #18 was a little intense. I did add my blog to the Favorite Blogs page, but when I highlighted it, I also highlighted my short message (I am not sure what I am doing), so that was underlined as well as my blog address. But I was there, and my blog is there. Also, I didn't start at the top of the page so my blog got put into the middle. This was all very interesting, and when was done I thought kind of fun, too. I added my favorites to books and a TV show. That was easy. Nebraska Learns 2.0 certainly has been a learning experience. It has also taken more time than I thought.

THING #17

Call me oldfashioned, but I am one of those people who would have a hard time having my work edited. I like to know that what I am reading is correct and not changed by someone else. I understand about it being a community project, but...... I did enjoy looking at the library wikis, and found some delicious fudge recipes and also a chocolate thumbprint cookie recipe on SJCPL Subject Guides. Also Library Success had good ideas on materials selection and maintenance--Selecting materials for libraries, Orgainzing Library Collections, and Weeding Library Collections. I think the Book Lovers Wiki - developed by the Princeton Public Library with their book reviews would help libraries with their collection and development. I know I enjoyed looking at them and like to know what other people think about the books that I am interested in.