The bad news is that I erroneously thought that I would be reading for pleasure a great deal more than I have been have this summer. The good news is that my recent journey into the field of library science has introduced me to a myriad of online tools, which I believe will prove quite useful and entertaining. For this assignment, I’ve explored what can be coined as reader advisory sites. This made me think back to a blank journal book that my cousin had sent to me many years ago entitled The Book Lover’s Diary. My Cousin Pamela, who resides in Seattle, had received a copy of this book from one of her neighborhood libraries. She enjoyed it so much that she bought an additional copy for me. The Book Lover’s Diary is the paper version of a reader advisory sans the electronic recommendations. The Book Lover’s Diary gives you blank pages to record books that you have enjoyed or want to share with others just as with the online sites. The categories included within the journal are things such as: books I want to own, books received as gifts, books I want to remember to read again, books borrowed, or books that I want to give as gifts. The book lists you create can also be grouped by title, author, or subject.
While it’s been a great while since I have made new entries into this journal, I still love the fact that a local library gave copies of the journal out to patrons as gifts way back when. I get the sense that Seattle has some great libraries just from the job postings for library related positions that I have seen appear on our SLIS list serv. I hold a cherished memory of my cousin sending this book to me as a gift, especially since we seem to have lost touch in recent years. I can understand that Web 2.0 is the current climate, but I will still hold on to my copy of the Book Lover’s Diary with its hard cover, crisp yellow pages, and famous quotes scattered inside of it. This quote from Oscar Wilde was written on page 43 of the Book Lover’s Diary:
“I shall never travel outside without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train”
I had registered for a few reader advisory sites in recent weeks, but have not gotten the opportunity to benefit from their full range of uses. Upon registration for LibraryThing, I did add about twenty-five books that have been favorites of mine. LibraryThing created recommendations for me based on the books which I included on my list. Admittedly, my poison of choice is mostly fiction, so any lists that I create will reflect this. I hope to expand my horizons a bit with the use of these advisory websites to include non-fiction and biographical genres. One of the first recommendations that caught my eye from LibraryThing was a book called Trash, as I am always a sucker for sensationalized titles. Trash was described as being the precursor to one of my favorite books called Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. Surprisingly, an excellent movie was also cast from the book Bastard Out of Carolina, which aired on Lifetime years ago. I say surprisingly, as we all know that the book is always inherently better than any movie aspiration. I love this book, but I didn’t think to search for other books which the author has written. I read over the five or so book reviews, and decided that it must be added to my list. LibraryThing even provides you with a link to finding a recommended book in lists of local bookstores and library branches. LibraryThing also contains quick links to book searches such as e-books, audio, and book swaps where you can find these book recommendations. Book swaps are a new phenomena to me, but I am sure that I will do some research to find out how they work soon! The title of these two books also reminded me of another book in which I have been interested called Winter’s Bone. As my blog title suggests, I grew up in an area of Ohio which is near to what I consider Appalachia, and the authors for Trash and Winter’s Born share this same heritage. I plugged in the title Winter’s Bone, and received book reviews for it. LibraryThing also gives you an assortment of book tags related to your recommendations that lead you to searches for other books. The recommendations for Winter’s Bone made me even more eager to read it. One of the reviews for Winter’s Bone referenced NPR, which often serves as sort of its own reader advisory. I am going to look into now adding a specific RSS feed for NPR book reviews as I am sure that one exists. LibraryThing hosts a message board/forum that no doubt will lead me to some great books. LibraryThing also reminded me of other books that I have read by authors of books which I included on my original list. I was able to search for more titles by those authors to include in my new list of 10 ten books to be read. While I have little experience with reader advisory sites, LibraryThing gets my high rating, and I will definitely keep in tune to it.
While I have sometimes been annoyed by it, the recommendations stemming from my Amazon.com purchases serve as a reader advisory for me. They always offer, if you read this, then you may like this, inclusive of reader reviews for books similar in genre. At times I have been amazed at what they would suggest for my reading, but sometimes you need to step out of your own, self-contained box. In reviewing this assignment, I learned that I can somewhat tailor the reviews from Amazon by checking a box to keep a book purchase or search from being included from recommendation considerations. I will now consider comparing recommendations from Amazon with the online advisories.
I hadn’t loaded any book titles read into GoodReads, but I thoroughly enjoyed some of the titles of groupings for book searches. They have one list entitled, Books that you should read before you go blind, which might not be touted as politically correct, but the phrasing caught my attention. GoodReads allowed me to link up some of my e-mail listings of friends to connect with them so that I could share in their reading likes. I will need to await my inquiry somewhat akin to a Facebook friend request to see whether friends I know will be want to share and discuss their reviews of books that they enjoyed. I noted a few instances of advertising pop up while I was perusing GoodReads, which might have occurred with other sites but maybe not prominent for me to notice I suppose. Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction, and Books that Changed my World also seem to be interesting categories to bring about some great reading lists. I think that GoodReads along with LibraryThing will make get most of my attention with reader advisory websites.
Using the advisory sites has made me reflect on the types of books which generally interest me, what I might have been experiencing during a specific period while I was reading a particular book, and what draws me to a book. I had never thought much about book covers that I see in stores or libraries, but they do play some role in my selections. I don’t know what that says about me as a reader. Do I need to be penned as an intelligent reader, an avid reader, or just be content that I continue to read for pleasure? I am sometimes saddened when I hear people say that they don’t like to read. Who doesn’t like to read? This seems to extreme, and when I hear it, I want to guide them to all the different genres of books, so that they too can lose themselves in one. I didn’t use any specific search terms, but I did want to see what books appeared based on recommendations from what I have read or bought. In the future, I will try searching for terms or genres, but I wholeheartedly enjoyed seeing all the titles of books and tags that I can consider for future reading.
Top Ten
• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Trash by Dorothy Allison
• Winter’s Bone by Danielle Woodrell
• A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
• The Wall Between by Anne Braden
• Amy’s Answering Machine: Messages from Mom by Amy Borkowsky
• Trusting Yourself by M.J. Ryan
• Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
• The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat
• Yoga for Women by Shakta Kaur Khalsa : photography by Russell Sadar
Petronella Holmes
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Google Scholar/Assignment #9
Google Scholar was easier to use in that it provided immediate results in comparison with KentLink without much farming. The number of times cited was displayed right along with the article link, and I found that I did not have to type in various forms of the search term, Library 2.0. In the previous KentLink search, I had to make several attempts using variations of the topic of Library 2.0 in addition to searches with variations of the topic Social Networking to attain many results. I did not have to cross reference Google Scholar with another database in order to find the number of times cited in other scholarly papers. However, after reading over the help guide, I was still unable to find a way in which to save my search hits as I could with KentLink. KentLink allowed me to gather my "marked items" to be organized in a readable format at the conclusion of my search. I am hoping that the format in which the articles have been listed is appropriate. I feel as though the search results came a little too easily, and that there may be some missing element in their content. Google Scholar does have an advanced option permitting you to include specific words, phrases, and even authors in your search. However, the subject areas for the advanced search may be considered limited in that there are only seven specific groupings. I think that in combination bibliographies created using both KentLink and Google Scholar may prove beneficial with the proper training on the highlights and usage of each. Google Scholar might be a starting point for searches further expanded upon with KentLink.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Assignment #8/Database Searches/CCSI
This is my bibliography that I created for Assignment #8. This was quite the exercise in humility and futility as evidenced by my late submission. I have admittedly had not had extensive experience with the use of database researching. Following this experience, I have made plans to sit down with Reference Librarians in my local branch as well as with someone from the Kent State Library to receive instruction on proper database searching. I spent several hours over various days trying to correlate the information received from the Library Literature and Information Science Full Text Database with the SSCI. I could not find any of the entries brought up in the LLIS Full Text in the SSCI. I finally decided to mine topical information from the SSCI denoting times cited with Library and Information Science fields in narrowing down (redefining) my queries. The following is the list that those efforts produced after many frustrated searches. I now believe that there was some method to the madness in giving this assignment as we likely have to learn as librarians that it may take several methods of research before finding resolutions, or links to something close. I used combined subjects of Social Networking and Library 2.0 in my search as I believe that they are interwoven in some regards.
Record 1 of 21
Author(s): Mercun, T (Mercun, Tanja); Zumer, M (Zumer, Maja)
Title: New generation of catalogues for the new generation of users - A comparison of six library catalogues
Source: PROGRAM-ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 42 (3): 243-261 2008
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0033-0337
DOI: 10.1108/00330330810892668
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Record 2 of 21
Author(s): Thelwall, M (Thelwall, Mike)
Title: Social networks, gender, and friending: An analysis of MySpace member profiles
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 59 (8): 1321-1330 JUN 2008
Times Cited: 16
ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20835
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Record 3 of 21
Author(s): Tong, ST (Tong, Stephanie Tom); Van Der Heide, B (Van Der Heide, Brandon); Langwell, L (Langwell, Lindsey); Walther, JB (Walther, Joseph B.)
Title: Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on facebook
Source: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, 13 (3): 531-549 APR 2008
Times Cited: 14
ISSN: 1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00409.x
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Record 4 of 21
Author(s): Boulos, MNK (Boulos, Maged N. Kamel); Hetherington, L (Hetherington, Lee); Wheeler, S (Wheeler, Steve)
Title: Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education
Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 24 (4): 233-245 DEC 2007
Times Cited: 36
ISSN: 1471-1834
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00733.x
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Record 5 of 21
Author(s): Charnigo, L (Charnigo, Laurie); Barnett-Ellis, P (Barnett-Ellis, Paula)
Title: Checking out Facebook.com: The impact of a digital trend on academic libraries
Source: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, 26 (1): 23-34 MAR 2007
Times Cited: 10
ISSN: 0730-9295
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Record 6 of 21
Author(s): Boulos, MNK (Boulos, Maged N. Kamel); Wheeler, S (Wheeler, Steve)
Title: The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education
Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 24 (1): 2-23 MAR 2007
Times Cited: 54
ISSN: 1471-1834
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Record 7 of 21
Author(s): Brabazon, T (Brabazon, Tara)
Title: The Google Effect: Googling, blogging, wikis and the flattening of expertise
Source: LIBRI, 56 (3): 157-167 SEP 2006
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0024-2667
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Record 8 of 21
Author(s): Radford, ML (Radford, Marie L.)
Title: Encountering virtual users: A qualitative investigation of interpersonal communication in chat reference
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 57 (8): 1046-1059 JUN 2006
Times Cited: 23
ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20374
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Record 9 of 21
Author(s): Westbrook, L
Title: Virtual reference training: The second generation
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 67 (3): 249-259 MAY 2006
Times Cited: 2
ISSN: 0010-0870
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Record 10 of 21
Author(s): Desai, CM
Title: Instant messaging reference: how does it compare?
Source: ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, 21 (1): 21-30 2003
Times Cited: 8
ISSN: 0264-0473
DOI: 10.1108/02640470310462380
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Record 11 of 21
Author(s): Rader, HB
Title: Information literacy 1973-2002: A selected literature review
Source: LIBRARY TRENDS, 51 (2): 242-259 FAL 2002
Times Cited: 20
ISSN: 0024-2594
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Record 12 of 21
Author(s): Marcum, JW
Title: Rethinking information literacy
Source: LIBRARY QUARTERLY, 72 (1): 1-26 JAN 2002
Times Cited: 24
ISSN: 0024-2519
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Record 13 of 21
Author(s): Foley, M
Title: Instant messaging reference in an academic library: A case study
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 63 (1): 36-45 JAN 2002
Times Cited: 19
ISSN: 0010-0870
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Record 14 of 21
Author(s): Dutch, M; Muddiman, D
Title: The public library, social exclusion and the information society in the United Kingdom
Source: LIBRI, 51 (4): 183-194 DEC 2001
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0024-2667
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Record 15 of 21
Author(s): Viggiano, R; Ault, M
Title: Online library instruction for online students
Source: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, 20 (3): 135-138 SEP 2001
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0730-9295
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 16 of 21
Author(s): Wilson, MC
Title: Evolution or entropy? Changing reference/user culture and the future of reference librarians
Source: REFERENCE & USER SERVICES QUARTERLY, 39 (4): 387-390 SUM 2000
Times Cited: 8
ISSN: 1094-9054
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Record 17 of 21
Author(s): Sreenivasulu, V
Title: The role of a digital librarian in the management of digital information systems (DIS)
Source: ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, 18 (1): 12-20 2000
Times Cited: 12
ISSN: 0264-0473
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 18 of 21
Author(s): Hightower, C; Sih, J; Tilghman, A
Title: Recommendations for benchmarking Web site usage among academic libraries
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 59 (1): 61-79 JAN 1998
Times Cited: 15
ISSN: 0010-0870
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Record 19 of 21
Author(s): Weston, J
Title: Old freedoms and new technologies: The evolution of community networking
Source: INFORMATION SOCIETY, 13 (2): 195-201 APR-JUN 1997
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0197-2243
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Record 20 of 21
Author(s): MCMURDO, G
Title: ELECTRIC WRITING - NETIQUETTES FOR NETWORKERS
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 21 (4): 305-318 1995
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 1352-7460
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Record 21 of 21
Author(s): MALINCONICO, SM
Title: WHAT LIBRARIANS NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 33 (3): 226-240 SUM 1992
Times Cited: 10
ISSN: 0748-5786
Record 1 of 21
Author(s): Mercun, T (Mercun, Tanja); Zumer, M (Zumer, Maja)
Title: New generation of catalogues for the new generation of users - A comparison of six library catalogues
Source: PROGRAM-ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 42 (3): 243-261 2008
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0033-0337
DOI: 10.1108/00330330810892668
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Record 2 of 21
Author(s): Thelwall, M (Thelwall, Mike)
Title: Social networks, gender, and friending: An analysis of MySpace member profiles
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 59 (8): 1321-1330 JUN 2008
Times Cited: 16
ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20835
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Record 3 of 21
Author(s): Tong, ST (Tong, Stephanie Tom); Van Der Heide, B (Van Der Heide, Brandon); Langwell, L (Langwell, Lindsey); Walther, JB (Walther, Joseph B.)
Title: Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on facebook
Source: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, 13 (3): 531-549 APR 2008
Times Cited: 14
ISSN: 1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00409.x
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Record 4 of 21
Author(s): Boulos, MNK (Boulos, Maged N. Kamel); Hetherington, L (Hetherington, Lee); Wheeler, S (Wheeler, Steve)
Title: Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education
Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 24 (4): 233-245 DEC 2007
Times Cited: 36
ISSN: 1471-1834
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00733.x
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Record 5 of 21
Author(s): Charnigo, L (Charnigo, Laurie); Barnett-Ellis, P (Barnett-Ellis, Paula)
Title: Checking out Facebook.com: The impact of a digital trend on academic libraries
Source: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, 26 (1): 23-34 MAR 2007
Times Cited: 10
ISSN: 0730-9295
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Record 6 of 21
Author(s): Boulos, MNK (Boulos, Maged N. Kamel); Wheeler, S (Wheeler, Steve)
Title: The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education
Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL, 24 (1): 2-23 MAR 2007
Times Cited: 54
ISSN: 1471-1834
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 7 of 21
Author(s): Brabazon, T (Brabazon, Tara)
Title: The Google Effect: Googling, blogging, wikis and the flattening of expertise
Source: LIBRI, 56 (3): 157-167 SEP 2006
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0024-2667
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 8 of 21
Author(s): Radford, ML (Radford, Marie L.)
Title: Encountering virtual users: A qualitative investigation of interpersonal communication in chat reference
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 57 (8): 1046-1059 JUN 2006
Times Cited: 23
ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20374
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 9 of 21
Author(s): Westbrook, L
Title: Virtual reference training: The second generation
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 67 (3): 249-259 MAY 2006
Times Cited: 2
ISSN: 0010-0870
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 10 of 21
Author(s): Desai, CM
Title: Instant messaging reference: how does it compare?
Source: ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, 21 (1): 21-30 2003
Times Cited: 8
ISSN: 0264-0473
DOI: 10.1108/02640470310462380
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 11 of 21
Author(s): Rader, HB
Title: Information literacy 1973-2002: A selected literature review
Source: LIBRARY TRENDS, 51 (2): 242-259 FAL 2002
Times Cited: 20
ISSN: 0024-2594
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 12 of 21
Author(s): Marcum, JW
Title: Rethinking information literacy
Source: LIBRARY QUARTERLY, 72 (1): 1-26 JAN 2002
Times Cited: 24
ISSN: 0024-2519
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 13 of 21
Author(s): Foley, M
Title: Instant messaging reference in an academic library: A case study
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 63 (1): 36-45 JAN 2002
Times Cited: 19
ISSN: 0010-0870
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 14 of 21
Author(s): Dutch, M; Muddiman, D
Title: The public library, social exclusion and the information society in the United Kingdom
Source: LIBRI, 51 (4): 183-194 DEC 2001
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0024-2667
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 15 of 21
Author(s): Viggiano, R; Ault, M
Title: Online library instruction for online students
Source: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, 20 (3): 135-138 SEP 2001
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0730-9295
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 16 of 21
Author(s): Wilson, MC
Title: Evolution or entropy? Changing reference/user culture and the future of reference librarians
Source: REFERENCE & USER SERVICES QUARTERLY, 39 (4): 387-390 SUM 2000
Times Cited: 8
ISSN: 1094-9054
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 17 of 21
Author(s): Sreenivasulu, V
Title: The role of a digital librarian in the management of digital information systems (DIS)
Source: ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, 18 (1): 12-20 2000
Times Cited: 12
ISSN: 0264-0473
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 18 of 21
Author(s): Hightower, C; Sih, J; Tilghman, A
Title: Recommendations for benchmarking Web site usage among academic libraries
Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 59 (1): 61-79 JAN 1998
Times Cited: 15
ISSN: 0010-0870
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 19 of 21
Author(s): Weston, J
Title: Old freedoms and new technologies: The evolution of community networking
Source: INFORMATION SOCIETY, 13 (2): 195-201 APR-JUN 1997
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 0197-2243
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 20 of 21
Author(s): MCMURDO, G
Title: ELECTRIC WRITING - NETIQUETTES FOR NETWORKERS
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 21 (4): 305-318 1995
Times Cited: 5
ISSN: 1352-7460
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record 21 of 21
Author(s): MALINCONICO, SM
Title: WHAT LIBRARIANS NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, 33 (3): 226-240 SUM 1992
Times Cited: 10
ISSN: 0748-5786
Thursday, August 5, 2010
My Life in FB and other recreational sports
So I guess this was the premier post for my original blog, which cost me a hefty ten dollars. It turns out that I should have just used the free one since the ten dollar one won’t work properly. Don't sneeze at that, ten dollars is a lot for someone with little savings, a car note, too many shoes, and delusions of grandeur. Well now I’m back to lilbrownappalachiangirl.blogspot.com with the proper “i” rather than the cutesy “u.” Everybody else writes about a lot of junk in their lives, so I thought that I would jump on the bandwagon. I almost feel like a real writer or something, purchasing domain names and junk. My disclaimer is that I make no qualms about whatever will be included in these blogs; I will not deliberately hurt anyone's feelings; I can't always guarantee that I will want to share with everyone; and this may or may not be daily or more than once a day. I also can't always be on my game with my grammar skills when I'm on a roll. I'm sure that there will be more disclaimers to come, but that's enough for now.
I was prompted to revamp this blog as part of my class assignment for my summer class. My classmates and possibly my professor may be reading my more personalized posts. I guess that’s a risk I will have to take for now. The class only goes through the end of the month, I haven’t quite figured out how to separate my posts into school versus personal. I know that I can make some posts personal, but what’s the whole point then?
My Life in FB and Other Recreational Sports is appropriate because I have developed an unhealthy penchant for reading, updating, and posting on this goshforsaking networking site. I wanted to say Godforsaking, but I know that might be offensive and blasphemous for some who read this (sorry Kim). I suffer a bit from the Pleasing Disease so I have a hard time being mean at times. I no longer drain my vein when I first wake up. I reach for my freaking, overpriced screen smeared, adult phone. Why you ask? Don't toy with me, you know the answer. My excuse is that living precariously through my alter ego online through social networking is quite therapeutic for me. Still, I have read all the scary Career Central advice touting that at least 20% of employers make hiring decisions based on what they Google about a person. Heaven forbid that I take a picture after a fun night out with friends consuming a little happy juice or post pictures of my every-blue-moon-pedi.
In case you haven't noticed, this is all about me, my feelings, my friends, my personal space, etc. I am an only child and live by that code alone at times. My domain name/address is now lilbrownAppalachiangirl...isn't that cool? Say yes, cuz I rarely use words like cool or awesome in my every day vernacular. A lot of my friends have told me that I'm funny and I've let it go to my head at times. Laughter is the best medicine as they say. I thought that lil brown Appalachian girl was somewhat of a dichotomy as the two wouldn't seem to go together. I am a brown girl, born of a brown family, living among non-brown families, in a valley carved out of rocks located on the very tip of Southern Ohio on the edge of the Ohio River kissing cousin to West Virginia. Despite ugly stereotypes, I can read, have all (most) of my teeth, and haven't married any relatives. Plus I have these locs coming out of my head described by some of my family members as snakes. I really like them, but they are not yet matured, just like me. Medusa be damned...
Yesterday, one of my FB friends and former 8th grade boyfriend of my BFF reposted a fantabulous picture of her and I superimposed in front of Prince in a poster like setting. It was great. My BFF and I used to drive people crazy with our mad love for Prince. I once dedicated an entire FB post to his songs, and that's pretty serious. I liked said pic so much that I added it as my new profile of the moment. This zeal for a purveyor of raunchy music might not seem like much to most, but it was a big deal for a brown Appalachian girl living in a sparsely populated town called Martins Ferry. Further, I didn't even know how utterly filthy he was at the time. I thought that I was the shit when I told people about his secret albums and titles like Dirty Minded. I longed to see him in concert but it was never to come to fruition. You see, I've always been this quiet good little girl, but Prince was my let loose, Let's Go Crazy mentor.
My mother, who is quite reserved, once bought me a raspberry beret along with that album on cassette, which was the ultimate birthday present. That took a lot for her, especially after I told her about his whole butt cheek reveal through the tight pants on stage at one of the music award shows (classic). One of my favorite aunts, bless her soul, took me to see Purple Rain when I was in the 7th grade. I only recently confessed this to my mother, her younger sister. I mean (dramatic pause), this was a real live rated with cursing, gyrating, and butt nekked bodies, and I was watching it without anyone shielding my eyes. I had always loved her, but she held and still does, a special place in my heart after that. She is heading toward her 70th birthday but you wouldn't know it.
My BFF mentioned in her update that she was reminiscing about our younger years, listening to Little Red Corvette in her car yesterday, which was what prompted former 8th grade boyfriend to repost the Prince picture. (We're all FB friends, keep up with me here) She then, maybe regretfully now, wrote on my wall to inquire about what it meant when I mentioned that the song was not at all about a car. I felt super cool telling her the true meaning after only learning it myself less than a year ago. I can be such a square at times, but who knew? I mean I got the whole Pour Some Sugar on Me euphemism, but this? This was priceless and clever. BFF and former 8th grade BFF BF, thanks so much for putting a smile on my face yesterday and on into the future. (By the way, I forgive you for making me the go-between for all those silly, adolescent, more serious than life at the time, fights between you two). Rest in peace Mew Mew kitty....
I was prompted to revamp this blog as part of my class assignment for my summer class. My classmates and possibly my professor may be reading my more personalized posts. I guess that’s a risk I will have to take for now. The class only goes through the end of the month, I haven’t quite figured out how to separate my posts into school versus personal. I know that I can make some posts personal, but what’s the whole point then?
My Life in FB and Other Recreational Sports is appropriate because I have developed an unhealthy penchant for reading, updating, and posting on this goshforsaking networking site. I wanted to say Godforsaking, but I know that might be offensive and blasphemous for some who read this (sorry Kim). I suffer a bit from the Pleasing Disease so I have a hard time being mean at times. I no longer drain my vein when I first wake up. I reach for my freaking, overpriced screen smeared, adult phone. Why you ask? Don't toy with me, you know the answer. My excuse is that living precariously through my alter ego online through social networking is quite therapeutic for me. Still, I have read all the scary Career Central advice touting that at least 20% of employers make hiring decisions based on what they Google about a person. Heaven forbid that I take a picture after a fun night out with friends consuming a little happy juice or post pictures of my every-blue-moon-pedi.
In case you haven't noticed, this is all about me, my feelings, my friends, my personal space, etc. I am an only child and live by that code alone at times. My domain name/address is now lilbrownAppalachiangirl...isn't that cool? Say yes, cuz I rarely use words like cool or awesome in my every day vernacular. A lot of my friends have told me that I'm funny and I've let it go to my head at times. Laughter is the best medicine as they say. I thought that lil brown Appalachian girl was somewhat of a dichotomy as the two wouldn't seem to go together. I am a brown girl, born of a brown family, living among non-brown families, in a valley carved out of rocks located on the very tip of Southern Ohio on the edge of the Ohio River kissing cousin to West Virginia. Despite ugly stereotypes, I can read, have all (most) of my teeth, and haven't married any relatives. Plus I have these locs coming out of my head described by some of my family members as snakes. I really like them, but they are not yet matured, just like me. Medusa be damned...
Yesterday, one of my FB friends and former 8th grade boyfriend of my BFF reposted a fantabulous picture of her and I superimposed in front of Prince in a poster like setting. It was great. My BFF and I used to drive people crazy with our mad love for Prince. I once dedicated an entire FB post to his songs, and that's pretty serious. I liked said pic so much that I added it as my new profile of the moment. This zeal for a purveyor of raunchy music might not seem like much to most, but it was a big deal for a brown Appalachian girl living in a sparsely populated town called Martins Ferry. Further, I didn't even know how utterly filthy he was at the time. I thought that I was the shit when I told people about his secret albums and titles like Dirty Minded. I longed to see him in concert but it was never to come to fruition. You see, I've always been this quiet good little girl, but Prince was my let loose, Let's Go Crazy mentor.
My mother, who is quite reserved, once bought me a raspberry beret along with that album on cassette, which was the ultimate birthday present. That took a lot for her, especially after I told her about his whole butt cheek reveal through the tight pants on stage at one of the music award shows (classic). One of my favorite aunts, bless her soul, took me to see Purple Rain when I was in the 7th grade. I only recently confessed this to my mother, her younger sister. I mean (dramatic pause), this was a real live rated with cursing, gyrating, and butt nekked bodies, and I was watching it without anyone shielding my eyes. I had always loved her, but she held and still does, a special place in my heart after that. She is heading toward her 70th birthday but you wouldn't know it.
My BFF mentioned in her update that she was reminiscing about our younger years, listening to Little Red Corvette in her car yesterday, which was what prompted former 8th grade boyfriend to repost the Prince picture. (We're all FB friends, keep up with me here) She then, maybe regretfully now, wrote on my wall to inquire about what it meant when I mentioned that the song was not at all about a car. I felt super cool telling her the true meaning after only learning it myself less than a year ago. I can be such a square at times, but who knew? I mean I got the whole Pour Some Sugar on Me euphemism, but this? This was priceless and clever. BFF and former 8th grade BFF BF, thanks so much for putting a smile on my face yesterday and on into the future. (By the way, I forgive you for making me the go-between for all those silly, adolescent, more serious than life at the time, fights between you two). Rest in peace Mew Mew kitty....
Reintroduction of the introduction
So this will be my 40th year. As such, I've dubbed it my Bender Year as it reads on my license plate, which will have to go back to regular random numbers and letters once it's all said and done. A person’s first Bender Year is their 29th birthday year. A Bender Year is then every birthday year ending in 9, thereafter. A Bender Year allows one to have an excuse for all inexcusable actions. Hereafter begin the winds of change as I have referenced on the FB. I am currently 39, so that's my excuse and I am sticking to it.
Approximately three months ago, I submitted my resignation after four years working for a legal aid organization. That's right, I said it. About nine weeks ago I walked away from a full time position with insurance benefits, and tried not to look back. This was a decision about which I have labored for a VERY long time. No, I am not independently wealthy, and no, I don't have any cemented plans set in stone. What I do have is a quest for that which makes me content, gives me my "flow." I've been reading a little ditty of a book entitled, Whistle While You Work/Heeding Your Life's Calling. The authors of the book try to empower people to appeal to their sense of calling in terms of a work life. I have come to the realization that my life's calling may be within the coveted halls of a public library. I have recently enrolled at Kent State University for their MLIS program. If I am successful with completion, this will be my third non-related degree. I will change that to when rather than if as I am pushing myself towards more positive thinking.
You can insert a sigh here, wrinkle your brow, or even admonish me for such a dramatic move. However, I have made my decision and I'm sticking to it for better or worse. I have pretty much always been the good girl and colored between the lines...sometimes for fear of disapproval or just simply because I suffer from the dreaded pleasing disease. I am taking this giant leap of faith because I finally think that I have found my way to something which I can say that I have the ability to do well...a real defined profession. I've always wanted to be able to say that I'm a ______ (fill in the blank).
I once flirted with becoming an attorney, and even went so far as to take the LSAT, but not scoring well on such an important standardized test dampened that flame. The list goes on to include Occupational Therapist, teacher, PR Specialist, journalist, you name it. Well, not you name it, but more than a few things. After two years of undergrad, I went to my college advisor and asked him to simply pick a major because I could no longer take the indecisiveness, which is how I came to major in Communication. After two years of working in dead end opportunities, I enrolled in graduate school for Public Administration after understanding that I had no interest in an MBA, and would not need to complete a dissertation. While I have had positions that have brought satisfaction to me in assisting the underdog, I still couldn't reach that promised land of professional Zen, like that elusive orgasm after an exhausted period of blending bodies.
So here I am....40 and about to delve into a completely new career. It does feel good to say career rather than job. It's more than scary, but also exciting at the same time. I feel free but also a bit sad for leaving behind good friends from my most recent position. Good friends never leave you no matter how far you roam. I've always been great at cultivating them....it's a fact, and you can check with some of my BFFs on that. Upon learning of my departure, one of my friends became a little upset, more sad than mad. However, she wrote me: "Petronella ...Happy are those who dream dreams, and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
She can never know how good that made me feel. Two other friends blessed me, and sent up prayers on my behalf. While I am more spiritual than religious, that truly meant a lot to me as well.
While I am sure that some cannot even fathom why I would make such a decision, I have had an enormous outpouring of good faith and well wishes from friends and co-workers, including my supervisor. I've got to strike while the iron is hot so that I don't lose my nerve. I haven't even told any family members, but I guess this blog will inevitably take care of that. I've got one mouth to feed, and one life to live at the moment. I am prepared to take what comes at this point.
For now, I'm made some life changes, which will hopefully help me to weather the financial storm. I have started volunteering at one local branch, and applied for a fabulous part time bookmobile position along with other library posts in Michigan. I’m also game for any future internships or fellowships if the opportunity arises. Can you imagine me working and learning alongside some college hipster as old as some of my socks? It should be absolutely fabulous and worthy of a bitchy blog or two. Stay tuned, and please send wishes for dream fulfillment. I wish the same for you.
Signing off,
The 40-year-old intern
Approximately three months ago, I submitted my resignation after four years working for a legal aid organization. That's right, I said it. About nine weeks ago I walked away from a full time position with insurance benefits, and tried not to look back. This was a decision about which I have labored for a VERY long time. No, I am not independently wealthy, and no, I don't have any cemented plans set in stone. What I do have is a quest for that which makes me content, gives me my "flow." I've been reading a little ditty of a book entitled, Whistle While You Work/Heeding Your Life's Calling. The authors of the book try to empower people to appeal to their sense of calling in terms of a work life. I have come to the realization that my life's calling may be within the coveted halls of a public library. I have recently enrolled at Kent State University for their MLIS program. If I am successful with completion, this will be my third non-related degree. I will change that to when rather than if as I am pushing myself towards more positive thinking.
You can insert a sigh here, wrinkle your brow, or even admonish me for such a dramatic move. However, I have made my decision and I'm sticking to it for better or worse. I have pretty much always been the good girl and colored between the lines...sometimes for fear of disapproval or just simply because I suffer from the dreaded pleasing disease. I am taking this giant leap of faith because I finally think that I have found my way to something which I can say that I have the ability to do well...a real defined profession. I've always wanted to be able to say that I'm a ______ (fill in the blank).
I once flirted with becoming an attorney, and even went so far as to take the LSAT, but not scoring well on such an important standardized test dampened that flame. The list goes on to include Occupational Therapist, teacher, PR Specialist, journalist, you name it. Well, not you name it, but more than a few things. After two years of undergrad, I went to my college advisor and asked him to simply pick a major because I could no longer take the indecisiveness, which is how I came to major in Communication. After two years of working in dead end opportunities, I enrolled in graduate school for Public Administration after understanding that I had no interest in an MBA, and would not need to complete a dissertation. While I have had positions that have brought satisfaction to me in assisting the underdog, I still couldn't reach that promised land of professional Zen, like that elusive orgasm after an exhausted period of blending bodies.
So here I am....40 and about to delve into a completely new career. It does feel good to say career rather than job. It's more than scary, but also exciting at the same time. I feel free but also a bit sad for leaving behind good friends from my most recent position. Good friends never leave you no matter how far you roam. I've always been great at cultivating them....it's a fact, and you can check with some of my BFFs on that. Upon learning of my departure, one of my friends became a little upset, more sad than mad. However, she wrote me: "Petronella ...Happy are those who dream dreams, and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
She can never know how good that made me feel. Two other friends blessed me, and sent up prayers on my behalf. While I am more spiritual than religious, that truly meant a lot to me as well.
While I am sure that some cannot even fathom why I would make such a decision, I have had an enormous outpouring of good faith and well wishes from friends and co-workers, including my supervisor. I've got to strike while the iron is hot so that I don't lose my nerve. I haven't even told any family members, but I guess this blog will inevitably take care of that. I've got one mouth to feed, and one life to live at the moment. I am prepared to take what comes at this point.
For now, I'm made some life changes, which will hopefully help me to weather the financial storm. I have started volunteering at one local branch, and applied for a fabulous part time bookmobile position along with other library posts in Michigan. I’m also game for any future internships or fellowships if the opportunity arises. Can you imagine me working and learning alongside some college hipster as old as some of my socks? It should be absolutely fabulous and worthy of a bitchy blog or two. Stay tuned, and please send wishes for dream fulfillment. I wish the same for you.
Signing off,
The 40-year-old intern
Library of Congress/Prints and Photographs/Assignment #7
It took me a while to, again, consider subjects to research for historical photographs. Unlike Flickr, I had no experience using the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog other than reviewing the Library of Congress website for potential internships. I finally decided upon our school, Kent State University. Earlier this spring, we marked the fortieth anniversary of the Kent State Riots, which occurred in May of 1970, the year in which I was born. Being an infant, of course, I wasn't aware of what had happened, but I later learned of the impact of this tumultuous event.
I first used the search term Kent State Shootings, and that resulted in only three pictures. I couldn't believe that only three items resulted from my first search, so I started to think of different search terms to yield better results. I then tried Kent State Massacre, which only gave me one item that didn't even seem to be related to the event. My next search term was using Kent State 1970, which produced 12 results, the most thus far of the three terms. However, three of those hits were labeled Not Digitized and displayed no picture. I opened the Not Digitized items, and discovered that the Library of Congress would not display these pictures as it does not generally own rights to materials in its collections. There was information listed about purchasing a copy of the item through the Library of Congress. I was somewhat surprised about the Library of Congress not owning the rights as I made an assumption that that would be a part of their process for securing photographs. I also tried Kent State Protest and produced only three items, none of which were different.
I also tried these same four search terms used the Advanced Option which allows you to search isolating the words that you want to match, whether you want to use variants, or the fields in which you want to frame your search term. I still was not able to find any additional photos beyond the total 12 which I found using all of the terms. I don't know if I was not creative enough with my search terms, or it was just that this was the extent of the pictures provided by the online catalog. I saved a small collection of photos, but they are mostly thumbprint pictures with the larger display only available at the Library of Congress. I don't think that the intention of the catalog is to generally display photos such as with Flickr, but maybe just to cite that such a photo exists for research purposes. I don't imagine that anyone would use Flickr for "hard research," but rather for personal enjoyment. This online catalog has a historical slant as was mentioned in the assignment. I read over some of the help information, but still could not figure out a different route to use for searching. One benefit is the option of bookmarking the sites for photos. I think that my subject, surprisingly, was not something that was as expansive as I might have thought for a historical event. I don't believe that this online catalog provided you with modes of organization such as Flickr using its sets, collections, and galleries. I would like to try a few other historical items for searching before giving this a less than favorable review.
http://delicious.com/1nappygurl/Assignment_7
I first used the search term Kent State Shootings, and that resulted in only three pictures. I couldn't believe that only three items resulted from my first search, so I started to think of different search terms to yield better results. I then tried Kent State Massacre, which only gave me one item that didn't even seem to be related to the event. My next search term was using Kent State 1970, which produced 12 results, the most thus far of the three terms. However, three of those hits were labeled Not Digitized and displayed no picture. I opened the Not Digitized items, and discovered that the Library of Congress would not display these pictures as it does not generally own rights to materials in its collections. There was information listed about purchasing a copy of the item through the Library of Congress. I was somewhat surprised about the Library of Congress not owning the rights as I made an assumption that that would be a part of their process for securing photographs. I also tried Kent State Protest and produced only three items, none of which were different.
I also tried these same four search terms used the Advanced Option which allows you to search isolating the words that you want to match, whether you want to use variants, or the fields in which you want to frame your search term. I still was not able to find any additional photos beyond the total 12 which I found using all of the terms. I don't know if I was not creative enough with my search terms, or it was just that this was the extent of the pictures provided by the online catalog. I saved a small collection of photos, but they are mostly thumbprint pictures with the larger display only available at the Library of Congress. I don't think that the intention of the catalog is to generally display photos such as with Flickr, but maybe just to cite that such a photo exists for research purposes. I don't imagine that anyone would use Flickr for "hard research," but rather for personal enjoyment. This online catalog has a historical slant as was mentioned in the assignment. I read over some of the help information, but still could not figure out a different route to use for searching. One benefit is the option of bookmarking the sites for photos. I think that my subject, surprisingly, was not something that was as expansive as I might have thought for a historical event. I don't believe that this online catalog provided you with modes of organization such as Flickr using its sets, collections, and galleries. I would like to try a few other historical items for searching before giving this a less than favorable review.
http://delicious.com/1nappygurl/Assignment_7
Monday, August 2, 2010
Flickr/Yoga in the World
While I have had a Flickr account for about two to three years, I have not been active with uploading or reviewing photographs. I have a friend, a former photojournalist turned lawyer, who introduced me to the Flickr website. She is one of my only three contacts on the site. I sat down to think of a theme or subject to use for creating a folio to be shared with my classmates. The first item, which came to mind, was the bookmobile. With all the cuts in library funding, I have yet to hear much about bookmobiles being run by public libraries. As a kid, I can remember being a bit fascinated by seeing the bookmobile come to various neighborhoods in my community and others. I am currently preparing to submit an application for a part time bookmobile outreach position for a Michigan Library about which I am very excited. I loaded the word bookmobiles into the general search option for Flickr, but for some reason was not as moved as I originally believed that I might be for this endeavor when the photos appeared from my search. I then thought that I would like to have a theme, which included human subjects, so I thought about fitness and exercising. Admittedly, I have been lax in this area in recent months, but I still enjoy learning about interesting kinds of workouts. For a time I was pretty regular in my Turbo Kick and Zumba classes, but I was thinking that I might be overwhelmed with those types of photos due to their popularity. Then I remembered that I had been participating in various yoga classes over the past few months in my quest for increased relaxation. Of late, I have been enamored with outdoor yoga, and I thought that this would make for an interesting plethora of pictorials.
I first did a general search using the term outdoor yoga, and received about 1600 hits for pictures. Jackpot! I was pleased that my internal brainstorming had produced a viable subject theme. A local community near me sponsored free, outdoor yoga during the summer as part of their wellness program. The classes were held in a beautiful park complete with a playground area, basketball court, and outdoor stage. I attended a few of the classes and brought along friends on a couple of occasions as so I enjoyed the beautiful sky above me as I lie on my back in various positions. I also made a new friend who teaches yoga on a local beach for a nominal fee. I somehow managed to get myself moving for one of her 7:45 am Saturday classes, and hope to get in a couple more before the end of the summer. A few of my photos are included in the links.
I was wondering about the best way to organize my theme of photos for viewing so I read a few of the FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) streams under the Help section. I have some of my own photos organized into sets with labels describing what they contain or when they occurred. Some of my sets include themes with Obama’s run for presidency, family occasions, a tribute to my departed dad, and just miscellaneous postings. One limitation with having a free Flickr account is that you are only permitted a maximum of 200 uploaded photos, which I believe that I have met. At one time, I did have a Pro subscription, which I didn’t pay for since it was included as a benefit from my Internet provider at the time. The Pro subscription allows you to have an unlimited amount of photos for the yearly price of $24.95. From my reading, I learned that sets are only be used with your own personal photos, so I couldn’t arrange my theme with sets since the bulk of my photos would be public ones. There are also collections of photos, which can be made, but they again are all about your own photos or videos. Additionally, you must have a Pro account in order to use collections. As per Flickr guidelines, a set contains photos and a collection can contain sets or other collections.
Similar to a delicious account, Flickr allows you to add public photos to your favorites. You do this by opening an individual photo page, then checking the Add to Faves button above the photo. I went about the business of adding the photos, which I had gotten from my initial outdoor yoga search, to my favorites so that they could be readily available. Luckily, I had not previous added any favorites so I was able to dedicate them all to my outdoor yoga theme. Flickr also gives you the option of bookmarking photos via websites such as delicious. I discerned out that I could create galleries of photos, but those galleries would be limited to a maximum of 18 each. It was interesting to discover that this random number 18 had been chosen for galleries to pattern them after museum and gallery curators who are often limited in the selection of pieces for an installation. You won’t be able to add a photo to a gallery if the permission for sharing has been blocked or if it is labeled unsafe. Galleries give you the option of labeling why you think that the photos it contains are of particular interest. You will also receive an e-mail notification if someone has placed one of your own photos in their gallery along with a link to that particular gallery. Your photos can also be tagged with descriptions or labels. These tags help fuel the searches for types of photos.
While searching the term outdoor yoga, I discovered two photo groups from other Flickr users, beach yoga and Join Yoga in the World. I joined both of the two groups, and was able to add photos from them to my favorites. Being a member of the two groups provided me with additional pools of pictures for my outdoor yoga searches. I went into each group and discovered other photo tags related to my theme of outdoor yoga. Additionally, I will be able to review new uploads to each group when they are added. I ultimately determined that the most efficient method for me in which to display my theme of outdoor was through creating a link to my accumulated favorites. I created a bookmark for my theme of outdoor yoga in my delicious account and created a link for viewing.
Flickr is a useful tool for organizing groupings of pictures and video clips. The methods used for organization are akin to concepts utilitized in library classification. Tagging allows you to mark descriptive terms or phrases for your pictures contained within sets, collections, favorites, and galleries. Weinberger’s book discusses items being able to be placed in more than one category simultaneously. The tagging function in Flickr demonstrates that a picture can be included in a grouping for one person’s photos and also be found in an entirely different grouping for another person’s. For example, some of the photos, which I included for my outdoor yoga, were also linked with other collections for landscaping, scenery, and meditation. Creating collections and groups helps you to visualize concepts of classification such as with information in databases. One possible downside to the tagging function used within Flickr is that every account holder can generate a number of tags with no defined uniformity in terminology. While you are somewhat limited in your categories of picture groupings, you can accumulate photos in your favorites with no maximum threshold. However, I don’t believe that the favorites can be broken down to subsets, and you are not permitted to add your own photos. Flickr reduces some of its efficiency in that each individual photo must be opened before you can add it to favorites or a specific gallery. Adding a drop down or right click function might improve upon the ease of function. Overall, Flickr is fairly easy to navigate, and provides bookmarking capabilities. Flickr gives you several options for sharing photos as well. You may add them to blogs, share them using a personalized web address, embed pictures through links, and even create a specific tab of display called a badge. Flickr also includes protection for photos if you worry about copyright issues or want your groupings of photos to remain private. One other great feature of Flickr is the capability to upload pictures from cell phone cameras as well as linking photos to 2.0 websites such as Facebook and Twitter. I am pleased to have been reintroduced to my Flickr account in framing it as a tool for cataloguing items. I believe that this resource tool will prove useful in creating presentations throughout my library studies as well as for professional work environments.
I hope that you enjoy my outdoor yoga theme of pictures. I anticipate possibly building upon the groupings of photos by use of galleries with subsets of outdoor yoga. There are about 80 pictures included and I think that they are best when viewed when using the slideshow function.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12174276@N07/favorites/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12174276@N07/favorites/page2/
Petronella Holmes
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