The Learning of NewTechnology

Wow there is so much to take in - I never realised all these new ways to communicate existed and I now know what they call  Social Media.  Facebook and Twitter I have dabbled in but that is all. Though recently I wonder about Twitter with all the publicity about "Trolls".  I loved learning about QR codes, cloud computing, wikis, flickr and more. Unfortunately most of these technologies can't or won't be utilised by my library, but learning never goes to waste. I fully intend to use my new found knowledge as best as I can somewhere!  My Manager paid for me to do this course so maybe there are plans............

I looked at many different library applications on the net though most of them were  library blogs in one form or another.  The one that took my interest an kept me going through all parts of their blog is http://liverpoolcollegelibrary.blogspot.com
This library has a virtual tour, TAFEcard, opening hours, loan limits, length of loan, ask a librarian, to list a few.  They also have study guides and there are two videos on Learn English Conversaation and Learn English Listening Skills.  I would think they have a rather large community of  students whose first languaqge is not English.  You can log onto Youtube, Google, ABC news and other websites which could be of help to students through this library blog.  Apart from all the help on this website there is also a rather long article "Skills for the 21st Century Librarian".

If  all this has been set up by one Librarian or even an larger number of Librarians, I must congratulate them on an informative, well set out blog and would hold this up as a library blog to use as a master.

I would love to have a virtual library tour as I feel this would help our members realise what their library consisted of and how it could help them.