Method 5

Flikr makes saving and organizing pictures simple. I scrapbook so being able to tag and organize photos makes my life so much more easy. I also like that you can edit and crop photos without having to have a photoshop program. I wasn't as familiar with flikr as picasa. My mother uploads hundreds of pictures to picasa on her PC and she has shown me a few things it can do. I think they are fairly similar, but picasa seems to be easier to navigate in my opinion. 

On a professional level, libraries should begin using photo tools like picasa or flikr to reach out to patrons. Pictures are really worth a thousand words, and it would show the community what libraries have to offer.

Method 5

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Method 4

I subscribed to these three feeds in google reader:

www.apartmenttherapy.com

www.designsponge.com

www.overheardinnewyork.com

This Idea of RSS Reader is all very new to me. I have never really kept a blog or read blogs in the past, but now that I know how easy it is to keep up with everything in Google Reader I may very well start keeping up with different feeds that interest me.  

Method 3

Tools such as fliker, picasa, facebook, myspace, yahoo, gmail, and many others has made my life and my computers life so much easier. It is so nice to be able to download work and photos to the cloud-based system through the internet. My hard drive is now empty and more sufficient. Being able to pull up personal information on any computer at any place is just one of the many perks of cloud computing. I do also see great benefits for use in libraries. Blackberries and iphones are excellent ways to pull up your information via the “cloud.” Everything you need is just right there in the palm of you hand. Most libraries now also provide free internet service, which you can also use to pull up all your data through cloud computing. All questions on books or reference are answered immediately. It is so simple. Yes, it may take some practice and getting used to, but it is all worth it in the end. So, with all of this said, I am very excited about this method of cloud computing. 

Methods 1&2

Web 2.0 is all about the people, about joining the conversations, about opening up to the rest of the world or just to whatever your area of expertise may be, and share it with everyone. Library 2.0 is taking your skills with web 2.0 and using it in texshare databases and reference. I love being able to browse for books, find similar authors, and ask opinions of other readers. It is just so convenient. Librarians are able to outreach to people easier and quicker. It is a great new way to interact in the library world.

Methods 1&2

This opportunity to learn these new methods through this program is great! I have been using web 2.0 for several years now and I just love communicating with different people all around the world. Now I am able to learn about how to use web 2.0 for library use!  It's just amazing being able to have such advanced technology right at my fingertips.