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Twitter and libraries

1. Thank goodness! I can definitely see how libraries can use this tool to connect with the people who use twitter! This is the way to grab the attention of generation X and Y with the short sharp entries and links to more information. Some very imaginative stuff going on. In the New York Public library link I was impressed to see how they have used the upcoming world series to link to historic photographs that they have on Flickr.
"Bruiser last night in game 1. Sometimes a little historical perspective helps ease the pain http://bit.ly/27Jwqg #worldseries "
The library entries are colloquial and casual and because the words are limited, thought has to go into making them eyecatching. This differs from the general Twitter forum, just by the focus of each tweet which has a purpose rather than just aimless tweeting for the sake of it.

2. Are you Totally In Love with Jamie Fraser?! How great would it be to meet his creatorhttp://www.shorelibraries.govt.nz/Whats-On/Author-talks/An-Evening-with-Diana-Gabaldon.aspx

searching Twitter

Well ... what can I say. Searching for "people in Zambia" using the Twitter search engine did at least get results that related to people in Zambia. However, when I used the 3rd party search engine Twitcity and put in Auckland, I got absolute babble.

At least I can say I have looked at Twitter, but I can't say I found out anything I didn't already have a pretty good idea about. I'm obviously getting way too old! However, I'm hoping that "Twitter and libraries" will change my mind.

module 2 topic 1

1. Visited the All Black's site, mostly used for news and promotion
Time magazine is news articles judging by the content of the tweets.
2. They seem to use them as headlines to other sites e.g. the All Black linked to the Addidas website and Facebook etc. Time seemed to link all their tweets to a site called Stumble Upon that was so slow to load I couldn't be bothered waiting.

Had a look at Grammar Girl and thought ...what?

creative commons

1.Viewed some of the video, but it was so slow to load I eventually gave up.
2. Creative Commons NZ was very interesting. Very user friendly - I particularly like the little pop up examples of each type of licence.
3.
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to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
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4A. Under the following conditions:
Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor

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online privacy and security

• Absolutely these resources would be useful to share. Netsafe, being a NZ site is very useful and user friendly the way it is broken into the different age groups and subjects.
• The information on security has absolute relevance to our customers, not just for their use of Pharos accounts etc. but for all online activity. As we increasingly give people the option to do online payments for fines and for other council payments, it is important that we have a knowledge of security options for our patrons. I would be recommending to internet users that they visit Netsafe and read up on all the issues involved with using the internet. Many people, although competent users of the internet can be quite naive about security and I would include myself in that. Most of us are well aware that there are dangers involved in using the internet, but not aware of just what exactly they are. That's why Netsafe is such a good site. It's relevant to us, it's user friendly and it explains security in plain language. Rather than trying to tell customers what they should know about security, I would be referring them to this site and telling them why.

OpenID

Yes, I would use this if I was going to open alot of accounts. At the moment I'm not into it, but it would be very easy to just use one username and password for non-secure activity.