Tuesday, November 25, 2008
twittering
I've tried Twitter but I can't figure out who would care enough about my day to follow it. Those few people are living life with me. I think the 140 character limit is less functional than conventional e-mail. My age maybe showing, I am a technology immigrant rather than a native.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I'm enjoying LibraryThing. I'll probably max out the free list quickly. Check out my list using the link provided.
6 Months later -
I really use LibraryThing. It has become a great resource for my teachers, I can search for a booklist on alliteration or pourquoi tales and compare it to our collection to create pull lists. I also add books with tags that may be helpful to other media people. It has helped when conventional cataloging is not enough. I can't recommend it enough. I still look at the books I've pulled to make sure they are tagged correctly before sending them to a classroom but what a timesaver.
The lists are easy to manipulate in Excel on my desktop to create a new list that reflects only our collection. I also use the booklists to create resource lists in our Destiny software that can be shared with other users by scanning the pulled books into the system. This not only helps me but our teachers or anyone checking our collection online. I have been told that other schools do this to borrow our ideas which is great. I love the lack of notebooks filled with lists that are just a snapshot in time. LibraryThing has enabled me to create an evolving list to better serve my school and others.
6 Months later -
I really use LibraryThing. It has become a great resource for my teachers, I can search for a booklist on alliteration or pourquoi tales and compare it to our collection to create pull lists. I also add books with tags that may be helpful to other media people. It has helped when conventional cataloging is not enough. I can't recommend it enough. I still look at the books I've pulled to make sure they are tagged correctly before sending them to a classroom but what a timesaver.
The lists are easy to manipulate in Excel on my desktop to create a new list that reflects only our collection. I also use the booklists to create resource lists in our Destiny software that can be shared with other users by scanning the pulled books into the system. This not only helps me but our teachers or anyone checking our collection online. I have been told that other schools do this to borrow our ideas which is great. I love the lack of notebooks filled with lists that are just a snapshot in time. LibraryThing has enabled me to create an evolving list to better serve my school and others.
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