So I'm sharing a Prezi as I've used Prezi in a very basic way a few times now and I quite like it. I definitely haven't spent as much time exploring it as I'd like but sometimes the opportunity to use it at work can be limited through lack of internet connection.
User Services in the 21st Century was the title of the presentation to be given at an interview I attended in May 2014. The presentation was not to the panel itself but to the team I'd be managing if I'd been the successful candidate (I wasn't but I don't think that was down to the Prezi!)
I wanted to use Prezi as I felt it was less formal than a Powerpoint and gave me more opportunity to express my personality. I wanted to start light so I explained that one of my current roles is to lead Bookbug Sessions and suggested we all join in on a verse of Wheels on the Bus - sadly it didn't get the laugh I was looking for from the academic library staff I was presenting to. Maybe next time I'd think twice about including something like that but I felt it was worth the chance as it's something that has worked before for me.
For me, Prezi allows me to stick to simple headlines which remind me what I want to say but without looking like a boring list of bullet points - those are the kind of presentations where I switch off as an audience member. It can be distracting zooming about the place so I try to stick to very few basic areas and not add too many bells and whistles and I hope that as I use it more I will find a good balance.
I have a presentation to do in a few weeks and I've checked that we have internet access so I am planning to use Prezi. I've recently attended a few Power Point presentations where the bullet points have simply been read out and so I hope to avoid falling into the same trap.
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Monday, 30 November 2015
Thing 19 - Keeping things legal!
Good old copyright! It's amazing how often it comes up working in libraries. I've never been so pleased to receive a poster for the library as the updated guidance CILIP sent out when copyright reforms in the UK were implemented. CILIP's Copyright Guidance can be found here and the poster they produced is simple enough to relate to the majority of people coming into a public library. We've had so many occasions where the leader of a walking group has "just popped in to copy the route from an OS map to hand out" or where crafters have wanted to copy a knitting pattern to attach to kits they're selling at fairs and we've had to explain why that isn't something we can allow. Now, we can illustrate what "fair use" is things are far simpler.
The online world has blurred the lines quite a bit. I often find myself called to help someone on the public computers "get rid of the mark on this picture I want to use". Children in particular regularly search good old Google for images to add to homework projects and it's a useful point to start a conversation with them (and hopefully the adult with them) about who owns content online.
The information in Thing 19 has been very useful for me to share with staff in the library about finding Creative Commons images to use in our posters - something I don't think I'd explained well enough to them previously. Yes it may just be for a poster for the library for a couple of weeks but has anyone taken a photo of that poster and shared it online? For that matter, when it was put on a poster did we properly attribute it to the owner? It may take a little longer sometimes to do what we want to do but it's important that we're setting an example and doing it right.
For the content I've created on this blog so far - certainly I have to think about how it affects me. So far I've thought about it in terms of the image I portray as an employee but I need to think more about whether because my experiences relate to my role the content I create could be argued as being owned by my employer even though I've been careful to use my own time to work on it.
This is definitely one I need to continue to ponder.
The online world has blurred the lines quite a bit. I often find myself called to help someone on the public computers "get rid of the mark on this picture I want to use". Children in particular regularly search good old Google for images to add to homework projects and it's a useful point to start a conversation with them (and hopefully the adult with them) about who owns content online.
The information in Thing 19 has been very useful for me to share with staff in the library about finding Creative Commons images to use in our posters - something I don't think I'd explained well enough to them previously. Yes it may just be for a poster for the library for a couple of weeks but has anyone taken a photo of that poster and shared it online? For that matter, when it was put on a poster did we properly attribute it to the owner? It may take a little longer sometimes to do what we want to do but it's important that we're setting an example and doing it right.
For the content I've created on this blog so far - certainly I have to think about how it affects me. So far I've thought about it in terms of the image I portray as an employee but I need to think more about whether because my experiences relate to my role the content I create could be argued as being owned by my employer even though I've been careful to use my own time to work on it.
This is definitely one I need to continue to ponder.
Monday, 10 August 2015
Reflective Practice
I really enjoyed the reflective week. I liked having the time to sit back, look at other blogs and find out who else was taking part and what they were saying.
From the blogs I had a chance to view I've learned a few things:
From the blogs I had a chance to view I've learned a few things:
- Some people have far better looking blogs than me - the fact that I want mine to look better because of this says more about me than them! Looking into improving the look and feel of my blog is one more thing for the to do list...
- Quite a few of us have similar feelings towards social media - do I want to put myself "out there", do I really need any more accounts, is this a new craze or will it last, how can this help me in my job? I'm enjoying the chance to find new tools I might be able to use and I'm being choosy over wheich ones I want to sign up to, we all seem to be doing our own version of vetting a service for us personally.
- Some people have shared some great links or good articles and I've really enjoyed searching them out. I've done a bit of reading around the subject of social media myself and am currently absorbing all I can from the brilliant Art of Social Media by Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick - I've borrowed mine from the library but you can buy it here http://artof.social/ - or use their great resources. It's a really enjoyable quick guide to what works for various different platforms.
Monday, 3 August 2015
Networking in a hangout!
As you can tell from the title I'm combining posts a bit here!
So to Google first. I think librarians have a love/hate relationship with Google. It's soul destroying when people just type a question into Google and think that's all they have to do to get an answer. The thing is, we all do it too - can any of us really say we don't?
I've been with Google from very early on - I've had my gmail account since you had to be invited to have one. I've used it extensively for work and embraced all the different adaptations so I use Google Drive, Google Forms and Google Docs and have used it to transfer work photos getting round the ever present barriers put in the way by our IT department (who still seem incapable of understanding that a public library is not an office!) Recently Hangouts have been really handy as my brother has been working in Jamaica so we've been able to keep in touch that way rather than Skype. I have Google+, I rarely use it as I find Facebook far more user friendly and just more popular and I really wouldn't be surprised if it disappears at some stage.
Online Networks
Since I've already mentioned it, I'll start with Facebook. I have to put my hands up here and say that I reckon I'm a bit of a Facebook addict. I've been on it for years and mainly had a policy of only being friends with people I'd actually met. For many years I used it to keep in touch with people I already knew. All well and good. In November 2013 a seismic event occured and I had a baby. As a first time mum who had been used to going to work full time and speaking to adults who had conversations back being at home was a scary experience. I quickly found a group of like-minded individuals in women who'd also given birth around that time and there are now 170 of us in a group with around 70 of us regularly active. It's been a lifesaver. That experience of a group has also encouraged me to branch out and join groups for work purposes so it's been useful all round.
I also updated our Library Service Facebook page posting pictures of events, activities and general information. We don't use it to the best of our ability and we really do need to improve on what we do so I'll be keeping a close eye out for any tips along the way.
I'm also on Twitter, personally and as our library service. I have lists and join conversations personally and have done through our work account as well. I like Twitter, I find out about lots of local events and news I wouldn't otherwise. I've tweeted at a few CILIPS conferences and enjoyed joining the conversation about sessions I've been attending. I never seem to be around for LibChat so I'm hoping I'll be able to take part in the Rudai23 chat.
So to Google first. I think librarians have a love/hate relationship with Google. It's soul destroying when people just type a question into Google and think that's all they have to do to get an answer. The thing is, we all do it too - can any of us really say we don't?
I've been with Google from very early on - I've had my gmail account since you had to be invited to have one. I've used it extensively for work and embraced all the different adaptations so I use Google Drive, Google Forms and Google Docs and have used it to transfer work photos getting round the ever present barriers put in the way by our IT department (who still seem incapable of understanding that a public library is not an office!) Recently Hangouts have been really handy as my brother has been working in Jamaica so we've been able to keep in touch that way rather than Skype. I have Google+, I rarely use it as I find Facebook far more user friendly and just more popular and I really wouldn't be surprised if it disappears at some stage.
Online Networks
Since I've already mentioned it, I'll start with Facebook. I have to put my hands up here and say that I reckon I'm a bit of a Facebook addict. I've been on it for years and mainly had a policy of only being friends with people I'd actually met. For many years I used it to keep in touch with people I already knew. All well and good. In November 2013 a seismic event occured and I had a baby. As a first time mum who had been used to going to work full time and speaking to adults who had conversations back being at home was a scary experience. I quickly found a group of like-minded individuals in women who'd also given birth around that time and there are now 170 of us in a group with around 70 of us regularly active. It's been a lifesaver. That experience of a group has also encouraged me to branch out and join groups for work purposes so it's been useful all round.
I also updated our Library Service Facebook page posting pictures of events, activities and general information. We don't use it to the best of our ability and we really do need to improve on what we do so I'll be keeping a close eye out for any tips along the way.
I'm also on Twitter, personally and as our library service. I have lists and join conversations personally and have done through our work account as well. I like Twitter, I find out about lots of local events and news I wouldn't otherwise. I've tweeted at a few CILIPS conferences and enjoyed joining the conversation about sessions I've been attending. I never seem to be around for LibChat so I'm hoping I'll be able to take part in the Rudai23 chat.
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