Week 12: Screencasting

I have not yet been successful in bringing up Screencast-o-matic. Should this situation change, I'll be pleased to demonstrate how to locate an index to our Kansas vertical file material.

Well, it's a new day! Cynthia and Diana, my buddies, have helped me prepare a screencast using Jing: http://screencast.com/t/NjllOTZmMTIt. Happily, Cynthia has placed a link to it on the Leavenworth Public Library's website (http://www.leavenworthpubliclibrary.org/Reference/history_genealogy.html) for the world to view.

Week Ten: Video on the Web

I have chosen a video about Leavenworth from YouTube: . It is a news report on KMBC TV in Kansas City, "Hittin' the Road: Leavenworth" that aired a couple of years ago. I think this report is great in letting people know about the history of Leavenworth and what they can do here when visiting.

Week Nine: Instant Messaging

As our reference desk already had a Yahoo instant messaging account, I continued to use it.

When I went into meebo, I was surprised to see an account for someone I did not recognize. So, I sent a message asking who that person was. Happily, one of our librarians let me know that it was for another of our staff members!

For the time being, I'll continue to use our account that has as its login "refwork."

Week Eight: Cloud Computing

Using Google Documents, I shared the banned books document, "Forbidden Books," with several 23 Things Kansas participants. While this was an interesting exercise, I have some reservations about sharing any documents that contain personal information.