Life Long Learning

The Hollywood Librarian looks really good. I tried to buy the DVD but they aren't selling them for the time being until the spring. Once it is released again, I say OCLS shows it to the staff. Maybe at Staff Day?...

At first glance, LifeHacker is junky and unorganized. There's too much to look at in a short amount of time. You would definitely have to have an extreme amount of time on your hands to sift through all the posts to find something you'd actually thought was cool and wanted to do. At second glance, LifeHacker is STILL junky and unorganized. Even after making the website display only DIY posts, it's still a lot to look at. If I ever decided to go to this site outside of this Learn 2.1 module, I'd have to know exactly what I was looking for, and put it in a search.

The Personal Growth websites were all amazing in their own right. I was pleasantly surprised with Berklee Music Lessons and Instructables. My favorite site was HowStuffWorks. There are many topics to review and they are broken down in an easily accessible way without having to sift through a lot of information you weren't looking for. This is also a website I can use as another resource when helping out patrons.

Web 2.0 and OCLS.

The Wii video was pretty neat. I was surprised to find that it was one of ours. Whoever made it did a great job!

Orlando Memory is a great way to share experiences with other people from Orlando. Though, I think the only people who are using it are employees from OCLS, I hope that it spreads to the rest of Orlando. Reference Clerks are wearing pins while working to try to get the patrons interested in what Orlando Memory has to offer. Making sure that OCLS offers a place where people can come together online, as well as in person, is what makes Orlando Memory so great.


I've already expressed my views on Orange Seed already, so I won't repeat my thoughts. The wiki is a nice way for the employees to express their ideas.