I added a page to the KCPL wiki that lists all the counties NKTBL serves and links to each county's public library. Check it out at:
http://kcpl24things.wiki-site.com/index.php/Ginnyky
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
24 Things- Week 3 Wikis
From the links on the KCPL 24 things blog I found a couple of interesting wiki’s.
The Loudoun County Public Library in Virginia created a community wiki. This seems like an idea way share your local knowledge with area residents and visitors.
The Children's Series Binder wiki at is designed to help sort though the huge world of children’s fiction. A wiki provide the prefect format for this kind of information exchange. If a children’s author or series all of sudden becomes the new must read a wiki can be updated with the pertinent information in matter moments. At the same time it archives and makes readily accessible frequently asked questions. For example this wiki provides a list the of American Girls and the titles of their books and short stories.
In my personal life, I often refer to wiki when I’m playing video games. Video game wiki’s are much more likely to document software glitches than a game’s official website. Two excellent and well maintained video game wiki’s are Fallout series and Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.
The Loudoun County Public Library in Virginia created a community wiki. This seems like an idea way share your local knowledge with area residents and visitors.
The Children's Series Binder wiki at is designed to help sort though the huge world of children’s fiction. A wiki provide the prefect format for this kind of information exchange. If a children’s author or series all of sudden becomes the new must read a wiki can be updated with the pertinent information in matter moments. At the same time it archives and makes readily accessible frequently asked questions. For example this wiki provides a list the of American Girls and the titles of their books and short stories.
In my personal life, I often refer to wiki when I’m playing video games. Video game wiki’s are much more likely to document software glitches than a game’s official website. Two excellent and well maintained video game wiki’s are Fallout series and Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Have a strong P@$$W0rd? Keep it Pr!v@t3
Unique passwords are one place online that the end user can take responsible for his or her privacy
News flash! Simple passwords are easily hacked
Just common sense really, using a password like abc123 is the cyber equivalent to leaving the spare house key under the welcome mat.
If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Personal Privacy vs Internet Social Networking
I searched for Virginia Jacobs on Google and found dozens of women with my name but not me. I got the same results searching Google for Ginny Jacobs.
After watching the video I’ve decide to keep the default privacy settings for my blog.
For me, the challenge is really more about a willingness to share information over internet rather than keeping sensitive information private. My adult children have been excellent mentors in this regard. Just like I was in the 90’s when I pushed and cajoled my mom to start leaving messages on my answering machine.
Avatars Gone Wild
I’m familiar with avatars. I’m an active participant on a gaming forum and I change my avatar for that forum about 4 times a year. For my 24 things assignment I’m using an animated snoopy avatar on my blog and a snoopy pic for my friends/following list.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Blindness Groups, ASU Settle Suit Over Kindle - ABC News
Blindness Groups, ASU Settle Suit Over Kindle - ABC News
Acquiring textbooks in a timely manner is often a challenge for NKTBL’s high school and college age patrons. We have fiction titles for English classes. Textbooks are not included in the NLS talking-book and braille program. When our office receives a request for a textbook we provide referrals to print houses that publish textbooks in large print, braille and audio formats. In general textbooks must be purchased.
Acquiring textbooks in a timely manner is often a challenge for NKTBL’s high school and college age patrons. We have fiction titles for English classes. Textbooks are not included in the NLS talking-book and braille program. When our office receives a request for a textbook we provide referrals to print houses that publish textbooks in large print, braille and audio formats. In general textbooks must be purchased.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Free Audio books and Samples
If you listen to Audio Books be sure to visit the BBC Audiobooks America website. http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/Trade/TradeHome/tabid/60/Default.aspx
They usually run a promotion featuring a free audio book for download. The current promotion is free copy of Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry By Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
http://bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/bbcawdioThe-Twitter-Audiobook-is-Here.aspx
You can listen on your computer or download the MP3 file.
They usually run a promotion featuring a free audio book for download. The current promotion is free copy of Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry By Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse Narrated by Katherine Kellgren
http://bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/bbcawdioThe-Twitter-Audiobook-is-Here.aspx
You can listen on your computer or download the MP3 file.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A Talking Book patron in Fredericksburg, Virginia shares how Talking Books have changed her life
I've often heard stories like this our patrons or thier family http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/012010/01072010/518887
24 Things
This post is for the 24 Things project at the Kenton County Public Library.
I took the quiz at http://pewinternet.org/Participate/What-Kind-of-Tech-User-Are-You.aspx
And the result suggests I’m a Digital Collaborator. Sounds like a fancy way of saying “I'm on the Internet too much”.
I took the quiz at http://pewinternet.org/Participate/What-Kind-of-Tech-User-Are-You.aspx
And the result suggests I’m a Digital Collaborator. Sounds like a fancy way of saying “I'm on the Internet too much”.
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