Webolutionary Wosemary

Winners are grinners

2009-03-22T21:08:00.007+11:00

well we started the trip to SLV with plenty of props and humour...Off to the big city to see if we won the Summer Read event prize! Amanda couldn't control herself...the potential fame of a potential win must have got to her cause when it got to the awards moment we looked like winners until there was a mix up with our name..and in true Broadie/Willy/Justice style she corrected Alan Brough! What a hoot..we recond we came second...so role on next year and go for gold!

thank you Katie

2009-03-13T23:18:00.005+11:00

....for a cool party and one of the best projects I have ever been involved in (apart from the ones I have run myself of course!)

...no seriously how good was the last 6 months of Web 2.0..what we collectively learnt could send a rocket into space, not to mention the people/community connection side of things and the therapy that comes from sharing ones thoughts and achievements ...and the fun of it all!

No doubt it will lead to lots of great new things, but for the moment we'll just enjoy where we are...

what terrific promotion and marketing skills you've invested into the Webolution...such a sustained effort...watch out I'll be seconding you for p&m projects soon!

Katie the skills you used to pull this amazing feat off are very transferable..so what's your next great Mt Everest project Ms Dawson??

It's been fantastic working with you, before you know it there'll be an article about you in the local paper...better warn Johnny D to move over!!!

PS. the party was fun tooooooooooooo, you do get to work on these projects with some pretty *** guys wooohooo!

Let's Get This Party Started!!

2009-03-13T14:24:00.004+11:00

We've only just begun - reflections and answering the questions - activity 9

2009-03-13T13:50:00.007+11:00

What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey?
blogs, zoho and uTube and don't do this on your RDO!

How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals?
I don't have any lllgs I just like to learn new things...but I did learn heaps about my colleagues as well as web 2.0.
My new LLLG is to get Katie to help me learn...very clear and supportive!

Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
yes I am taking away that there is a lot to learn...I liked the concepts of Zoho...no need to spend $400 on Microsoft Office!

What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept?

Make the program start and finish lines shorter...and not leave it til my RDO to finish!

If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate?
Definitely, my word, absolutely...but only if it's fun!!!

Podcasts.com

2009-03-13T13:39:00.007+11:00

i now have yet another account ..this time with Podcasts.com. I have subscribed to the BBC world news podcast and look forward to hearing all the great and wonderful news that is happening in the world every day.

My daughter spends a lot of time downloading Hamish and Andy podcasts..I am now inspired to watch how she does it!!

Free Hugs

2009-03-13T12:46:00.008+11:00

In these days of finacial and fire woes I thought I would add one of my favourite uTubes to my blog...only thing is that it didn't work...I will get some help on this one when I get back to work on Monday!

Here it is just paste the link into your browser and be inspired by Free Hugs

Chocoholics Anonymous - be There or be a Square

2009-03-12T13:21:00.003+11:00

I did a presentation in Zoho about Choco Anono but unfortunately I can't upload it and there is no one left to help!

So best if you come to the event instead....7th April 7.00pm at AMLLC

Wikis Week Weven

2009-03-12T12:42:00.008+11:00

Wikis have great potential to connect people with ideas and things in common!
I joined WikiNorthia to put my families history up there...never quite got the facts on but joining is the main thing!!!

An idea I have for wikis in the HBL context is to get school kids writing a story in common for book week. Jenelle had a great topic...'How the Internet stole the Book'..so we'll see what happens.

There is a library children's services wiki where our lovely librarian JCI is the moderator...check it out at http://kidstrategies.pbwiki.com/

A wiki I found when looking around this activity is
http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page . I think this one is a great resource, I am looking forward to using it!

And my last word on Wikis is that we should have a Hobsons Bay Libraries Wiki.

space

More week 6 favourites!

2009-03-09T00:15:00.007+11:00

Libraries are not just collections of documents and books, they are conversations, they are convocations of people, ideas, and artifacts in dynamic exchange.

Libraries are not merely in communities, they are communities: they preserve and promote community memories; they provide mentors not only for the exploration of stored memory, but also for the creation of new artifacts of memory.

What was the library of the past? A symbol of a society that cared about its attainments, that treasured ideas, that looked ahead multiple generations. Librarians were stewards, trainers, intimate with the knowledge base and the minds who produced it.

Librarians today are not just inventory management biobots: they are people with a unique understanding of the documents they compile and catalog, and the relationships among those documents.

Week 6 - what I think (with a bit of help from my friends)

2009-03-09T00:01:00.008+11:00

Webolution Wocks!

As a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything – digital
collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. You think they can’t have everything? Think again. This may be our great opportunity.

Libraries are poorly equipped and insufficiently staffed for teaching. Ask yourself what your patron-to-librarian ratio is and then ask yourself how you’re going to train all those patrons. We need to focus our efforts not on teaching research skills but on eliminating the barriers that exist between patrons and the information they need, so they can spend as little time as possible wrestling with lousy search interfaces and as much time as possible actually reading and learning.

But if our services can’t be used without training, then it’s the services that need to be fixed—not our patrons. One-button commands, such as Flickr’s “Blog This,” and easy-to-use programs like Google Page Creator, offer promising models for this kind of user-centric service.

We need to find new ways to bring our services to patrons rather than insisting that they come to us—whether physically or virtually. At a minimum, this means placing library services and content in the user’s preferred environment (i.e., the Web); even better, it means integrating our services into their daily patterns of work, study and play.

Practicing my tagging

2009-03-08T23:34:00.001+11:00

Hello Katie...check out the labels below..these should cover most things about this picture!

Red Rollyo - still playing around with week 5

2009-03-08T18:15:00.002+11:00

a love my red rollyo bar..not sure what to do with it, but I have looked and it is my favourite colour

Webolution Weekly

2009-03-06T22:43:00.003+11:00

here I am week 5 at last...image generator is good gear!

The Summer Read Images

2009-02-21T22:55:00.007+11:00

Facebook has taken me away from the webolution

2009-02-14T11:05:00.002+11:00

well that is my excuse for being so webolutionarynegligant..

How you saw the bushfires

2009-02-14T10:40:00.000+11:00

How you saw the bushfires

Clarkie is back in town!

2009-01-12T23:31:00.000+11:00

Webolution Half Time Partay Plus 21 minutes!

2008-12-18T23:16:00.004+11:00

Check out the Wall of Fame and the Fame of All!

Webolutionary Half Time On Line Partay As Promised

2008-12-18T22:05:00.013+11:00

It may be a few days late .. but here it is as promised the webolution half time online partay for those who couldn't make it due to random other reasons like desk shifts!

The winner of the recipary competition was Karen V for chocolate pavalover. Kadie's mum aka HD made the pavs (minus the chocolate) because KD and Shanksie went to the Mount to see the notorious Brown Caps (shame about the rain)!

Everyone who came won a pressie (except me..apparently I am on the committee and it would be a conflict of interest)...I am not daunted though I will blog on!

The Wee competition was hot, with Allison and Aurora (the double A's) coming out as champs!

Excitment mounted when our special guest the one and only original webolutionary Kaye Hunter turned up and took over my guitar to play the webolution song!

Well done Kadie...great effort getting us all over the half way line with a bit of help from your friends...AP and KV to name a couple of the great supporters.

Roll on full time ceremony on 13th March 2009..it promises to be wonderfully, weird, wacky and wewarding!

what a surprise!!

2008-12-09T20:37:00.002+11:00

i have been rssed since October and I didn't even know it! thanks to good old pexta-nubs alias amanda who helped me, who helped Suzanne, who helped Bernie...how generous is that!!! thanks Amanda...hope you can come to the party!

WACKY WILLY WEDNESDAY BREAKIE

2008-12-04T21:58:00.006+11:00

what a welcoming start to wednesday at willy ...a woverly breakie with weally nice people..eggs the order of the day!! this is a very uncreative post..the pictures are ok though!!!

the party is near!!

2008-12-04T21:39:00.002+11:00

the party is near ....the half time party is coming...oh no I have to conquer RSSSSSS...katie told me and then she asked me 'are you listening to me?' and i have to confess in this public forum that i did not listen 100% and now I stil have to conquer RSS to get invited to the party....!!!

Mem Fox - She's a hero taking literacy back to Zero!!

2008-12-01T23:04:00.004+11:00

what an outing, all the way to Coburg library but it was worth it....we actually got to hear our real life hero Mem Fox talking it up..talking up repetition, talking up rhymes, talking up loving those little cute babies and reading to them, rhyming with them and kissing them on the nose and toes!

Jenelle and I didn't even mind singing rhymes and lining up to get our books signed (twice) we did spend a bit of money on Green Sheeep and Ten Little fingers and Ten little toes and Jenelle with the golden fingers..well she got an original signed book because Mem made a mistake and had to turn it into a star...

apparently I was the first person who had knelt at her feet...but I do love those books of hers..Green Sheep and Possum Magic and Wombat Devine and Koala Lou, I do Love you..ahhhhhh!!

to the top of the list

2008-11-25T23:50:00.001+11:00

this is a post so that I can go to the top of the list of those who have one..I don't want you to think I am neglecting my webolutionary duties!!!!

Webolution Whizzes Winners!

2008-11-19T21:20:00.010+11:00

Well here they are the top Webolutionary students..winners of Webolution Quiz 1 and 2...aren't they clever!

Kirri, Amanda, karen and Sarah....well done...your certificate from the Leader of the Webolution will turn up in due course (when she's not busy dreaming of Byron and Rainbow libraries)

For those who didn't get around to doing the quiz or who had no idea where to start..here are the answers to Quiz 1 and 2

Quiz 1 - Who's Blog?

1. Talks about the Skipper butterfly? Kay H

2. Mentions 5 basil leaves and 5 mint leaves? Karen V.

3. Name one book on Jo's Shelfari - Death on the Nile - Christie Agatha

4. Has a picture of a dogs bottom with tail in the air? Maria

5. Mentions Jack and Loch in the one sentence? Suzanne

6. You Tube vision of their wedding dance? Amanda

7. Name one of the cartoons on Vonnie's Blog - The Far side

8. Barracks for the Mighty Brown Caps? Kirri

Quiz 2 - Who's Blog?

1. Name two virtual places 'Flat Katie' has been? HBCC Childrens week picnic,

Bath Library in England

2. Who's blog talks about their sons 'TopDeck trip to Europe.' Kay B

3. Who posts comments under the name 'Kiwi'? Bronwyn

4. Who it the owner of 'The Wiz' blog? Liz Latham

5. 'Book Escape' hosts homestay students, which country do most of them come from?

Japan

6. Who was 'blogging for the hell of it' on 16th October? Sarah Nailon

Bernie networking at the State Library

2008-11-15T10:26:00.008+11:00

kicking back at the end of a busy week Bernie and I headed to SLV for the launch of The Summer Read.

A lovely speech by the state librarian and a very touching piece about last years Summer Read sent from Rome by Kate Holden...in her letter she mentioned the memorable night in the park on a 40 degree night last summer. She noted that it was one of the warmest audiences she had ever had..at this stage Bernie elbowed me and I nearly started laughing.

...but wait the laughter was to be saved for the very humourous speech by Summer Read champion Spicks and Specks star Alan Brough....it appears he would like to be a librarian, this must have excited Bernie because she soon went on a promotions and networking frenzy....

First there was the chat with the official photographer about how we could get hold of the photos she took of us, then a chat with the Read More girls from Moreland...and then...wait for it the big moment...

She dragged Alan Brough over to get his photo taken with us and the Read More girls .................go Bernie, what next!!

Greek culture with Stelios and his mate!

2008-11-13T21:23:00.011+11:00

wow what a lovely afternoon of relaxation and culture we had at Altona today..melodic Greek music that took me back to the days I spent on Naxos, the beautiful Greek Island! Suzanne requested Zorba and the musos obliged., bosoki and guitar in total unison.. a pity she didn't lead off on the dance!

....anyway enough of that..well done on an excellent job to Anne P for organising this engaging cultural event and going to great lengths to publicize it (I think she even snuk over to Greece)!

It was terrific having Soula there...because she used the power of language to make them fill in the evaluation form, join the library and even borrow some materials...wow!

Check out next weeks Leader and Mail newspapers for some professional type photos of the event, there should be at least one photo published, as they took at least 100 each!!!!

Bring it on...lets have music in the library every month!!

Here it is... live Greek music and 34 more photos on Leader website!

http://leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/gia-sou-hello-to-greek-culture/

Cruzin in the library with Rod and Ali

2008-11-11T21:22:00.016+11:00

what a fantastic night we had Cruzin in the library with Rod!

There they were, the Hot Rodders cruising into the carpark, carefully moving the witches hats, taking photos, talking the talk and patting the rods...

and did they create stacks of interest on a warm summer/spring evening ... people relaxing in the park getting off their deck chairs and wandering over to check out 'Show and Shine'.

Once we dragged them into the library, the 45 men and 11 women were all ears listening to the great stories of the silver hot rod which inspired a life time of interest, the fastest hot rod in the world, built by Rod, sold in the USA and now featuring in many movies!

By the way who was that cute little kid in pink..is she part of the Hot Rod community as well or maybe related to the real Rod??

Well done Ali..a great initiative..what else do you have up your sleeve??

Flying High in 2008

2008-11-09T20:27:00.006+11:00

2008 will be remembered as the year of flying high!!! First we had Pam's 'Libraries are For Everyone' flags for Lib and Info week and the latest edition to the suite are Amanda's flags. ..'What do you think of Hobo Bay in 9 words or less'......check them out at Altona, Laverton and various other locations around HB before they give way to the next lot...!!!!

Pexta's is the one on the right..'Spirited Villages of Significance and Surprise'

flicks and flickr

2008-11-04T15:11:00.002+11:00

well after a few weeks of playing with my blog I thought I'd better move on the the next activity which is flickr (is that My Friend Flickr?) anyway i found my way around and how cool is the 'montager' and the 'color pickr' .

I did a 'montager' of librarians..check it out at
http://www.deviousgelatin.com/montager/image.php?image=3000598893

any familiar faces??

Wactive - can you believe it??

2008-10-30T20:35:00.003+11:00

I can't believe it Big W has got onto the Webolution Wagon..they have stolen our thunder...imagine calling active 'Wactive'..how Wacky and Weird is that??!!!!

Wanzacs

2008-10-26T20:49:00.008+11:00

though these biscuits have been around since WW1, Wanzac Biscuits Wosemary Style have to be tasted to be believed...

WANZAC BISCUITS
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup coconut
135g butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon bi-carb soda
1 tablespoon boiling water

Combine oats, flour, sugar and coconut. Combine butter and golden syrup, stir over gentle heat until melted. Mix soda with boiling water, add to melted butter mixture, stir into dry ingredients.

Place tablespoons of mixture on lightly greased oven trays: allow room for spreading. Cook in slow oven 20 minutes. Flatten and loosen while warm, then cool on trays.
Makes about 35 librarian size biscuits

talk about photogenic libarians

2008-10-23T23:33:00.003+11:00

they came from everywhere those book loving libarians...well prepared to promote the cause of the Book Chat on 28th Nov...they were so obliging...from the pastel girls in front to the tall guy in the middle, the balance of colour, height and book interest were very diverse. Funny but Matthew Reilly seemed to get the big gig! I wonder why Sarah??? Can't wait to see the real thing in Monday's Leader..thanks Lea, Rob, Aidan, Sarah and Bernie

you mean you get paid to do that!!

2008-10-22T22:42:00.009+11:00

what a great day it was today...despite a few early drops of rain all was forgotten when lots of kids started arriving for the Kids Week Picanica ..very exciting!

Duncan SES P was a bit of a hit, Pam's Cafe operating through the smashed up window went really well despite competing with the footy club guy selling 80 cent snakes, Jenella's rendition of 'Make Your First Card a Library Card' went straight to number one.

Lots of kids, lots of Departments, worm farm won by St Martins who performed their repetoire beautifully. Police Band were really cool, especially when Council staff joined them for the Maccareena..those who didn't quite make it or who don't do children's missed a treat

what a day!

2008-10-17T23:26:00.004+11:00

who would've have ever thought when the date was picked for the Japanese cultural hour many, many months ago that the day would've turned out so randomly chaotic!

What a hoot, desks moving in and Franco Cozzo moving out, couldn't find the chair mover, microphone left on all week, roadie Aidan had a go at fixing it, roadie Jenelle was busy with the laptop, vu Peter sticking down cords, Katie running the library removalist company, Lea calmly organising the curator for the Manga exhibition, not to mention consultant to the MC.

I never did hear how the 3 minute tour at AM went but they turned up at Alt wanting to use the loo and the key wasn't there! The garden did get peaked at, as well as the Manga display..rush, rush, rush ...translating the event sure did add a lot of time to it.

So inspirational and great to see so many young people in the library, so positive and showing what they can do...I think the delegation may have enjoyed it..they did laugh when they saw the picture of the sushi train!

Anyway off to the bush dance tomorrow, can't wait to see those Library Gals dance to the lager phone!

Taking it to the Streets

2008-10-14T23:08:00.006+11:00

well on Saturday I went to the Classic Car show at the King of Newport's Bakehouse (otherwise known as Sammy's) ... I got so excited as I was handing out flyers for the Hot Rodding event at Altona!

Did I get excited because I was freelancing for the library in my own time, or because the sun was out or because there were some really hot and really cool cars?

No..none of the above, the excitement rose within me when I was handing out the Hot Rod Cruizin flyers and two people said 'I know Rod' and one guy even put the flyers on his dashboard as a free promotional.

Check out Peter who knows Rod promoting the event for free!

2008-10-10T23:55:00.000+11:00

this is how I discovered that AWF does not stand for All Want Food!

AWR

2008-10-10T23:28:00.000+11:00

well today I called in at Altona to chat with the Manga club about next Friday's Japanese gig and wow what a scene! I now know what AWF means..I had no idea..I thought it was All Work's Fun or All Work Friends! Seems like it had something to do with the big mess...

and speaking of next Friday, come along at 4pm cause we are gunna see some positive teenage performance and pride, you will have to be there to believe it!

legins and stockings

2008-10-09T19:18:00.000+11:00

well I wore my legins and stockings (only stocking socks) to work today and though my teenage daughters told me I am too old to wear them I rebelled and wore them anyway!

Katie and Amanda did not back me up and they did not back my daughters up the crucial question today was should I wear stockings under legins?

What do you think, is it becoming for a nearly middle age (30 is the new 40 you know) libarian to wear legins with stocking socks?

Blog number 6

2008-10-08T23:06:00.000+11:00

hello leader of the webolution...do you think it's a record to start 6 blogs?

and here is my wlog before midnight as promised!

everyone of the other 5 have stumped me somewhere along the way, but not this one..I am going to beat it with a little help from my friends..

already in the last week I have jumped on and off the wordpress bandwagon and back to blogger..swayed by Allison who has been to Nimbin..when she told me I could have a poll that was it...I do like to have my say and give everyone else the same opportunity....so welcome