Collaboration Tools Thing 16

So having looked at Google Drive and the link to the document in Latin I added in my few Latin pieces!!! Salvete ... Valete... So looking at both of them I would not use them at work myself but I can see the advantages.

Looking at Doodle which is used here through our staff portal for examination times...meeting s etc...
I also looked at collaboration tools on pinterest .. o my god there is so much to look at it the great advantage of it is the ability to pin it for later I will have so much to look at by the end of this course . Unfortunately I am trying to play catch up so i have not got the extra time to keep browsing but i will look for forward to all my pins!!!!

#Advocacy For Libraries Thing 15

Hello all... I have given my opinions on Advocacy for Libraries already as I took part in the Twitter chat on the 6th Sept 8.30-9.30, which I really enjoyed as it was my first ever twitter chat and I also got into the use of the # symbol as we had to use the #Rchat with our replies on the different topics.

Very interesting topic and I thought it was a great way to converse on it through Twitter......

librARi - Augmented Reality Experience for Library# Thing 14

Loving this..

Having looked at various AR apps, I really enjoyed the experience, As you can see above this is my favourite LibrAri . So when will this become a reality ?? As I feel it would be a welcomed one!!!

I have never seen AR used in libraries or used it myself but think its a great idea. I also liked the Anatomy 4D (my kids even liked it more so.!!)
We also tried out Aurasma but it would not work for us as they were mad to see some thing coming to life so to speak. So maybe i will give Layar a try over the weekend, if i get up and going i will update this post ........Wish me luck!

Thing 13

Having looked at the various federations within Ireland, the one I would subscribe to is the( LAI )Library association of Ireland. So I have printed the membership form and I am going to have a look at joining them. This might not be applicable to me on a big scale (or maybe it will) with what I do as a library assistant as it might be geared at Librarians. However, I will give it a go as I feel if anything it will keep me up to date with all that's going on in the Library world......

I have had a look at other ones also CILIP, IFLA which are very interesting also, I did not subscribe but looked to even be included in newsletters etc.

Pinterest have what seems an endless list of professional organisations so I have pinned what I felt as best suited to me. CILIP, LIB Focus... Something I will look at over this week....

Jacqueline

Attending Conferences

Thing 12.... Conferences are not things I attend being a library assistant...So I will do task 2..

Having looked up the links ye provided which I found very interesting and surprised of the amount that could of applied to myself. My perception of  conferences were they were for the heads of depts. or serious academics... but on looking at the provided links I found some that I would find interesting and even maybe be applicable to me.

There is one on the 12th of Novemeber at 11am in The John Rylands Library University of Manchester. Its title is New Professional Day.. Its about rare books and special collection group, which i find interesting.

I found this presentation through CILIP, its found under the sub heading for academic libraries.

If it was applicable to me and our Librarian found this of need or of interest to me there would be funding to attend these conferences and iam sure they would schedule me in for this if it was needed or appropiate to me. However it is not something that we have being known to do, so this is my conference of interest.

I feel this would be of interest and would give a knowledge of special collections and rare books.

My fears would be that I would not have enough knowledge and would be out of my depth...... Also taking the advice from(Caroline Rowan)  to bring a tablet to take notes which I could reference at a later time if a link or notes were not provided.

Regards

Jackie

reflective practice

Thing 11

Reflective Practice

I am enjoying the course, so writing this today even though Thing 16 is just out does not look like I have time managed well. However, I feel I am doing ok on it and have not falling too far behind. 

I created a bit of a study plan for this(kids are in bed) . Its working so far. Also if i have a quiet time its great that it can be done via my phone or tablet eg.  lunch breaks.

I think though if you are very behind you get to miss out on eg Hangouts/ Twitter chat as you have not got that far so you wont include yourself in these things which are the only way of getting to know how they operate. So I would suggest that people stay somewhat up to date with the course.

Hope this helps others.

Moving on to Thing 12 hopefully this evening!!!

Take care

Jackie

LIVE STREAMING

Live Streaming.....

I enjoyed exploring live Streaming.. Its something that I would not need to use in my daily work routine but I can see the benefits of it. I think its a great idea for streaming different platforms within libraries. I had a look at periscope its a great idea and one I feel would work really well. I viewed TEDx which is another great streaming facility. I watched several streams which I found some interesting and also gave a better idea how all this works. There are a few I pinned for later viewing.. Overall very interesting and well worth creating a live stream with events etc within libraries.

Jackie