Thursday, February 20, 2014

Thing 11--Library and Reference

     I decided to delve into our Zinio app and see if I could do it well enough to explain to a patron.  One thing I have noticed is that you really need to go back to "your library" if you want to add another magazine to your list.  Otherwise you are in the Zinio site and they want you to buy it.  I am going to keep looking around until I can come up with a sort of workaround.  I opened July 2013 Consumer Reports" and went through all the control, sizing, skipping, I didn't try printing yet.  It was fun! 
     Now here is the best part.  Just then a patron came in looking for July 2013 Consumer Reports.  Our circulating copy was checked out so I showed her the year we keep in Reference.  She wanted to check the ratings on refridgerations and I said I was doing that in our on- line app.  I showed her how to get in, create an account and find the magazine. She was so excited! She said "now I don't even need to make photocopies!"  So I think covers the Library & Reference thing!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Thing 10--sharing photos

I downloaded Snapchat and snapped away!  I will admit I had my granddaughter wiz through the ins and outs of useage.  Snapchat will work great posting pictures of fun things going on at the library.  It would work a lot better if I was still allowed to post on the library site, but only supervisors or librarians can.  Dang it.  So I will just post library snaps to MY peeps.  I am really loving this whole exercise.  PLUS I am now eligible for badge TEN!

Mobile thing 9--editing pictures

We'll hello there!  What I did was download Splash.  I like the idea of adding just a bit of color.  I took a lovely picture of my granddaughter Karly on her way to a murder mystery birthday party sleepover.  They were all to be beauty contestants and she was Candy California.  Then my grandson wanted to help color her in.  We had a blast.  I tried all the features of cropping, enhancing , filtering, etc.  I am going to give a serious try too, but for now here is "our" photo.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mobile thing #8 Managing social media

I decide to try Hootsuite as my management tool.  I read the users guide, looked around, signed up and signed in!  It turns out that I enjoy Flipboard and Pinterest much more and those can't be on the Hootsuite.  I love reading Twitter on my Flipboard.  I will tell my son-in-law to check HootSuite
out as he uses all the social sites and should enjoy having them all in one place.  I am looking forward to thing 9 and photos!  You'll hear from me soon 

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Mobile thing 7--sharing information

I do love Pinterest and tack all sorts of beading, household hints and recipes I want to try on it.  I think it would make a cool Library hangout spot.  We could add book reviews, hot books to movies ideas, lists, and  items other than holiday closing  sand hours.

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Carol Borzyskowski
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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Mobile thing 6-- editing docs

I downloaded Cloud On and have been working through it.  I sent all my poetry to the cloud and using the iPad to edit and write that is going to turn out to be pretty cool.  I wrote, edited and saved a poem and then I emailed it.  I still have tons o things to learn about this mobile device, like how to get my mail contacts in here.
Meanwhile I am having a great learning experience and feel like I will be able to serve the public better.