Wrap up; Social networkings and Catch up

Socially, it is great idea in catch up with what your friends or family members up to via the internet instead of phone call and emails. But I am not quite sure about it using in some area of the library, especially a social networking group for the youth - would they keep it up or is it going to flop after their interest is turning into something else?

A social networking will be good to set up for the friends of the library though, what they are doing, any events they planned, and they can interact with library staff and other members through this instead of email or phone call (if they don't know each other's phone number, then they will not be able to contact each other) or until the the meeting time.

A social networking setup for all libraries in NSW sound goods though, as they can marketing their coming events, activities and other libraries can promote them as they see fit without the original library have to sending an email and asking other libraries to promote them.

Online applications and tools

Google docs sounds useful. I wouldn't mind using it when working with other colleagues on procedures or collabrate on a project together. Instead of phone call, sending email, print out and editing, then sending each email at each changes. We can easily use this online application and edit the documents or information with comments on why the changes are made. Since it can be accessed anywhere with a computer that has an Internet access, the team can work on the documents without setting up meeting, or see each other. They can even work together on the same document when they are at different branch libraries.

Mashup

I have copied an image from google and use "Big Huge Lab" to create a puzzle

Mashups

Library can create a map of the library collections on the OPAC or library web sites - when select each section of the collection - it will have a pop up with an explanation of what is and break down the collection into different contents - good for parents to found out where and what collections to found information they want for their kid's leisure reading or school works. It will also be used to educate the children on how to use and found information in the library - more interesting this way instead of just information typed and place on the OPAC /website.

Below is a map that indicate which countries that I have been to - created use Big Huge Labs

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

Podcasts and audio

As some of the events held by the library have limited space available, and the time has set up conflict with client's time. The library can place the podcasts recording the event on the library web site for the client who would like to come but unable to. e.g. an event on "How to manage your stress - HSC studies", some of the youth cannot come to library to attend this event, but they can still access to it via the podcasts on the library website.

Answer board

It might be nice to set up an "answer board" so that customer can asked question and answer by a Library staff, or other customer can add their bits of comments on it. e.g. if someone want to know things about gardening or traveling information - library staff supplied from the books etc, then another customer might have actually be an expert in that topic area, so they can supply extra comments on the topic area.

Customer might also post opinion and comments about certain item held inside the library, and another customer or a library staff might answer and indicate that if they like a certain item, they might like to read another similar item.

Librarything

Another try to set up to search Libarything from this blog