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How to cut your own hair vidoe converted to MP4

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:38:00 +0000

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Link to "How to Cut Your Own Hair" video converted to mp4 using YASA mp4 Video Converter click here.
http://blip.tv/file/get/Hiscils598s07-HowToCutYourOwnHair
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My Children video converted to mp4

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:26:00 +0000

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Link to "My Children" video converted to mp4 using YASA mp4 Video Converter click here.
http://blip.tv/file/get/Hiscils598s07-MyChildren2287.mp4

How to cut your own hair

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:52:00 +0000

The educational video embedded using Blip TV.

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How to cut your own hair

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:39:00 +0000

The educational video embedded using You-Tube.

Link to "How to Cut Your Own Hair" video click here.

My Children

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:06:00 +0000

The enternainement video embedded using Blip TV.

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My Children

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:50:00 +0000

The entertainment video embedded using You-Tube.

Link to "My Children" video click here

The City of Romance

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:07:00 +0000

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The City of Romance http://blip.tv/file/get/Hiscils598s07-SitesOfParis596.wmv

Sites of Paris Video

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:00:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5PmjgqiVNc

Rutgers Libraries - TAS Building Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:46:00 +0000

TAS staff cubicles

TAS staff cubicles
Originally uploaded by hiscils598s07

Rutgers Libraries - Technical and Automated Services Building pictures link.

SCILS Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:59:00 +0000

SCILS Pictures
Originally uploaded by hiscils598s07

SCILS Entrance from Huntington Road

Here is a link to the pictures I took for SCILs building.
Here is a link to scils group favorite pictures.

Yellow Flower

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:48:00 +0000

Yellow Flower
Originally uploaded by hiscils598s07

A yellow flower from Steve's garden.

Exploring Librarything and Shelfari

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:00:00 +0000

I heard about Librarything before, but I did not associate it with social bookmarking. I had an impression it was an online catalog; while I never heard about Shelfari before. Shelfari is a social networking community, which allows people to talk to each other about books. I think Librarything and Shelfari both are exciting tools that you can use to catalog your books and socialize at the same time.

The first thing I noticed when I started to explore Shelfari was the “search for friends” search command. I also noticed “explore users” comes before “search for a book.” In Librarything the first thing I noticed was “catalog your own books online.” I liked the thumbnail idea in Shelfarei; it is very easy to use, but it does not give much choices. Shelfari is very easy to use and search. Librarything is also very easy to use; I searched for books using “book suggester” by entering a book title. It took a while, but then I got a long list of suggested books.

Shelfari is more social than Librarything. It focuses on book lovers rather than books.
Book lovers can list their favorite books and links to reviews. Users can see who else have the same book interests, what their friends are reading, what books people enjoyed and books they recommend. Librarything focuses on books. It is very easy to search or tag. It has similar features to Shelfari and it serves as social networking too. You could tag your books and look at others’ tags. Shelfri content is very simple. Librarything has more options for books like “book suggestions.”

Librarything allows you to Import data, for example, you can import from Delicious, Amazon or elsewhere and export data which means you can access your books from anywhere. Shelfari allows for import data only. I liked both tools and they are very practical; I will add them to my Delicious.

Brown's Re-education

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:10:00 +0000

My comments on Brown's Chapter 8 re-education

Social Software Literacy was a great choice

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:26:00 +0000

I am at work and I just got out from a presentation about the next SirsiDynix “Symphony” client. The presenter talked about all the upgrades that SirsiDnix adding to the new client such as social tagging and RSS feeds. Many of them did not like the idea without understanding the benefits for the users.I am glad that I decided to take this class. I did not think it will make much difference for me at work, but I see that it already did. I was sitting very comfortably during the presentation since I understood what was going on. I was not bored like usual by listening to information that I did not relate to like usual.
Thanks Steve.

Group 4 wiki

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:27:00 +0000

Click on the Super Heroes of Social Software wiki and check it. I had a lot of fun creating this wiki with my group. I learned from my mistakes and by experimenting with wiki. I also learned new things from my group members. I hope you will enjoy our wiki too.

Learning, Knowledge, Information

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:34:00 +0000

My comments on Brown’s Chapter 5 Learning in theory and practice.
•A person learns for a need.
•Knowledge is what people learn from each other.
•Information is how people communicate and share information with each other.

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My First Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:04:00 +0000

My first experience with podcasting.

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User's Needs

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:37:00 +0000

I completely agree with Rupali’s Lessons for libraries from the Brown reading post. Our first concern is basically to answer the questions. Many libraries do not spend much time understanding the user’s needs.

I liked how Brown mention “we have answers” or “solutions” – it seems we spend
too much time answering and too little time understanding what a user needs –
lesson learnt in last semesters reference class seems especially relevant – the
libraries need to ensure that the reference interview is an integral part of the
interaction with the patrons.

Last semester in reference class, we answered users questions as part of the IPL project with little information about the user’s specific needs. As Rupli mentioned the reference interview needs to be a part of the interaction with the user. Therefore, I think libraries need to spend more time training staff, interviewing and understanding the user’s needs, before giving an answer with taking into consideration the overwhelming amount of information.

As Tina mentions in Information Overkill:

Brown's "Limits to Information" can be considered a lesson to libraries that we
need to take care that patrons are not feeling overwhelmed with the abundance of
information and media formats available.

It is the libraries’ duty to simplify the process of information retrieval by answering the users needs according to their level of understanding.

Brown's "Limits to Information

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:24:00 +0000

Accoridng to Brown's "Limit to Information" the massive amount of inforation might overwhelm people. Some people are ready for the overload of information and have a clear vision of the influence of the Net; and some conservative people, who are not used to changes, are not ready for the amount of information available, which is growing gradually. Those people might suffer if we do not get them the right kind of training and that is the job of libraries. The libraries need to have sence of balance to satisfy all kinds of users. Libraries need to know how to use and benefit from technologies by adding more training that would make it easier for people to absorb the information available and how the information should be used while taking into consideration people who are hard to change.

The 6-D, demassification, decentralization, denationalization, despacialization, disintermediation, and disaggregation are the vision of librarians. They simplify things or guide society. They interpret and explain central developments in society.

Library Blogs that I like

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:04:00 +0000

I found several library blogs that look interesting but I did not pick them since they were not updated for weeks or even months. One of the blogs that I liked is the Lincoln County Library in Oregon, Lincoln County Library District. The blog is updated very frequently, the fonts are clear and colorful which might draw the public attention. It is very organized; every link in the blog opens in a new window, which makes it easier to find or go back to the home page. The bolg allows adding comments. The search bar makes it easier to navigate the blog. There is a link to the library OPAC and to the latest library updates; there is also an Interesting Links section. Library contacts are on top of page for easy access.

Another library blog that I like is the Redwood City Public Library blog, Redwood California; it is very organized and updated very frequently. It includes age sections, kids, young adults, adults, and seniors. The Contact information, FAQ, and other services are easily accessible. It got tutorials, links to the catalog and accessible online materials. It is also updated very frequently.

Library Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Hala) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:25:00 +0000

I did not look for library blogs yet.