Geolocation is the process of locating a person or object using digital information, most commonly data from satellites combined with the Global Positioning System (or GPS). You might have a GPS system in your car to help you find your way around (mine often sends me on wild adventures…perhaps I need to learn to follow …
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Thing 10: Wikimedia
I am a wikipedia editor, dare I say a wikimedian or perhaps a wikipedia librarian. For the last two years I have facilaited training and encouraged and supported staff in my organisation to learn more about wikipedia in particular and … Continue reading →
Thing 9: Video Hangouts, conferencing etc.
I am not familiar with Google Hangouts, mainly because I do not have an android advice. I watched the Google Hangouts short video via Lynda.com. It looks pretty easy and straight forward. I like the idea of a chat aspect … Continue reading →
Twitter – Thing 7
With Twitter, I have never used it and really don’t intend on using it.
I performed a search on twitter, eg. Avengers, movie stars etc and by looking at it pictures and posts, videos, etc, appear.
I personally don’t like the setup…
Facebook – Thing 8
Facebook is everything to me, I use it everyday. It’s my life !! Facebook is a social networking website and app to make life easier to connect with family and friends online. By creating an account and adding your friends, family etc. You can make it public for everyone to see or private only forContinue reading “Facebook – Thing 8”
Thing 8: Facebook
I am on Facebook and consider myself an intermediate user. I read more than post. I find it a useful source of information for local and family history. I am a member of a number of groups. I do get … Continue reading →
Thing 7: Twitter
I am on Twitter and use it most days to read and post in a professional capacity. I also have a personal account which I do not use much. I am also a contributor to two other organisation accounts. I … Continue reading →
Thing 3 – Digital Footprints
Ok, I’m back… after a long hiatus. On to digital footprints. I remember doing this way back when I first started the 23 things to Digital Knowledge journey and the results were not as good. I have been in my position for a couple years now, which requires a digital presence, so I guess the […]
Thing 16- OneNote
One Note, part of the Microsoft Office365 suite, is a digital note-taking application that enables users to create digital ‘notebooks’ that can be shared between authorised team members or users and accessed across a variety of devices. The app is not just restricted to typed text-based input but can also accommodate videos, images, handwritten text …
Thing 15- Digital Curation
What is digital curation? In a nutshell, it’s the process of collecting, storing, preserving and archiving digital data or assets. Many of us like to keep physical and digital collections of items such as documents and photographs that are important to us. Digital curation can be confined to local storage (such as your computer hard …
Thing 6: Accessibility
As a person who creates online content, more in the form of blog posts and articles I am interested in this subject quite a bit. But at the end of the day, I think I score fail. As I am … Continue reading →
A Sign of the Times
So…. As this course covers issues such as copyright, video, and a bunch of other topics that seem super relevant for my library work right now – I thought I would try my hand at a video outside of my usual work tasks to share books I feel strongly about. (Also to use Youtube for […]