Completing your assessment

I have posted for each blog exercise.

I have labelled them as well. Also I have tried to fulfil/answer all the questions. 

Commenting on other blog, Exercise 15

Hi Gary, I having some difficulties finding any of my classmate's blog to make a comment on them. And I have only invited you as I don't have any other students email ID to invite. I hope it's okay for you. 
Thanks.

Inviting people to be authors, Exercise 14

For this exercise I have clicked on settings. After that I have clicked on Add author and put our class teacher’s name and clicked on Invite authors. 

Changing the arrangement of my blog, Exercise 13

I have clicked on Layout and tried to change the Blog view. At first I clicked on profile gadget and Put my name there. Then i clicked sidebar right-2-1, add gadget and a box came up with many option. After that I clicked on Image option and downloaded an image from my computer, Titled it and saved it. I also changed the Blog’s stats by making some changes and also changed the Blog Logo. 

Changing the colour of my Blog, Exercise 12

This exercise is really amazing to do. I have choose Awesome inc. I have clicked on customize and then clicked on apply on blog. Experimenting with a new form or background theme, this is actually fun and exiting too. The colour of the blog I have choose is pink. Here every post shows by date in a separate box. This is really great and I loved it.

Exercise 6

I’ll give you a few reasons. First, Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the web. In February 2014, the site was averaging 18 billion page views a month 18 billion. That’s like saying everyone living in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and, oh, Zimbabwe looked at 36 pages this month. I can tell you my library’s website doesn’t get that kind of attention. Does yours? But Wikipedia, by nature, is a work in progress. It doesn’t have all the answers. As Josep Serra, Director of Museu Picasso, says, “Museums [Libraries and archives] have the knowledge and the documentation, and Wikipedia has a global reach and a circulation far beyond anything any museum could achieve on its own.” So why not work together?

Usually i don't use Wikipedia. 

Michael Szajewski of Ball State University wrote about this in his article, “Using Wikipedia to Enhance the Visibility of Digitized Archival Assets.” Some of the numbers he shares are pretty fantastic: 40 assets viewed 13,000 times (an increase of 600%); 10,000 pageviews referred from Wikipedia (5x more than any other source); 300% increase in page views for the 149-asset collection. Not too shabby!

Exercise 11

Local studies: Academic libraries especially should try to create more value with social networking profiles “by offering a space for patron to give feedback, by providing news and information, or by providing a portal to library services” (Farkas, 2007, p. 122).  This would allow for more patron interaction where the patron may feel more comfortable and willing to give more candid feedback about library services.  Also, by engaging students and patrons within an online social network, academic libraries can keep in touch with the informational trends and needs of these groups.  “An understanding of these resources, even if they are not currently being used, is necessary in order to keep in touch with and have an understanding of this group [students]” (Bradley, 2007, p. 182).    While social networking online is effective and dynamic Web 2.0 software for libraries to augment their traditional services, it is not the only one.

Children's: The global nature of web based services means that libraries can reach a vast audience, serving more people in the virtual sphere than would be possible at a physical location. For example, by establishing a presence on social media websites, libraries can reach beyond the ‘walled garden’ to interact with users in online spaces that they are already visiting, rather than passively waiting for users to seek us out. This presents opportunities to appeal to difficult to reach user groups, such as children’s, who are traditionally less likely to visit the physical library building. A strong web presence, including representation on social media sites, improves awareness of library services and contributes to a progressive and modern image, which may in turn lead to increased physical visits.

Teenage: Web2.0 services are increasingly becoming embedded in many areas of life as more people, from teenagers to national governments, recognise and harness these powerful communication tools. Similarly, libraries and librarians all over the world are using Web2.0 technologies to promote services, share information engage with users and network with colleagues, on a global scale. As such, SLIC and CILIPS believe that social media websites have great potential to enhance the delivery of library services and to contribute to the professional development of library staff. As service users increasingly come to expect interactive online services in all spheres of life, libraries must keep pace with developments elsewhere in order to ensure a responsive service for the future.

Exercise 10

Local Studies: The rapidly evolving digital communications industries require practitioners who are technologically literate, culturally sophisticated, innovative and resourceful. This degree develops imaginative, synthetic and analytical capacities, as well as practical skills across diverse technological platforms. Studies focus on capacities for imaginative, synthetic and analytical thinking and communication, as well as practical skills in digital communication across diverse technological platforms and environments. Graduates are technologically literate, analytically sophisticated, innovative and resourceful leaders for the rapidly evolving digital communications industries. 

Teenage: This statistic gives information on the most popular social media sites used by teenage and young adult internet users in the United States as of February 2016. During the survey period, it was found that 66 percent of responding internet users aged 13 to 24 used social photo sharing app Instagram. Contrary to some beliefs, Facebook continues to be the most popular social media and networking site used by teenagers and young adults, aged 12 to 24 years old in 2015. Seventy-four percent of respondents currently use Facebook, followed by Instagram use with a 59 percent share and Snapchat with a 57 percent share. Yet when teens, whose average age was 16.3, rated their most important social network, Instagram and Twitter where given more important ratings than Facebook. These social networks are being increasingly visited via mobile devices. Nowadays, ninety-three percent of teens ages 15-17 have mobile access to the internet through a phone, tablet or other device.

Adult Fiction: Young adults are living their lives online. Sure, as an adult, you're probably also addicted to checking updates to your Facebook groups, Twitter feeds, Pinterest links, Snapchats, or Linked In requests.

Like you, I can quit any time. I swear.

It's inevitable that this online reality has influenced our fiction. As writers, we can't underestimate how handed-down tablets and smart phones have influenced the younger generations. Some have skipped email entirely to go straight into online profiles on user-heavy social media sites.

Exercise 9

My favourite social media is Facebook. I use it for many reason, mainly to keep contact with family and friends. I am regular on Facebook. I also use Instagram. I don't use Pinterest or YouTube. Some reason why I use Facebook is given below-

·        * Because it’s required to log in to other websites.

·         *Because you can use it to build a professional profile.

·         *Because you can use it to share photos easily.

·         *Because Facebook offers free video messaging.

·        * Because it’s an easy way of organising events.

·         *Because Facebook groups are better than bulletin boards.

·         *Because it’s the easiest method for remembering birthdays.

·         *Because it offers a simple way of spreading awful opinions.

·         *Because it’s better than Google+.

Exercise 8

A filter bubble is a result of a personalised search in which a website algorithm selectively guesses what information a user would like to see based on information about the user (such as location, past click behaviour and search history) and, as a result, users become separated from information that disagrees with their viewpoints, effectively isolating them in their own cultural or ideological bubbles. Prime examples are Google Personalised Search results and Facebook's personalised news stream.. The term was coined by internet activist Eli Pariser in his book by the same name; according to Pariser, users get less exposure to conflicting viewpoints and are isolated intellectually in their own informational bubble.
Pariser related an example in which one user searched Google for "BP" and got investment news about British Petroleum while another searcher got information about the Deep water Horizon Oil Spill and that the two search results pages were "strikingly different". The bubble effect may have negative implications for civic discourse, according to Pariser, but there are contrasting views suggesting the effect is minimal and addressable.

Exercise 4

Nancy Pearl on the value of libraries

exercise 7

Before diving into a lengthy explanation of what a Podcast is, let's look at the word "podcast" itself. Firstly mentioned by Ben Hammersley in a 2004 Guardian newspaper article in which he rattled off possible names for this booming new medium, the 'pod"of podcast is borrowed from Apple’s “iPod” digital media player; and the “cast” portion of podcast is taken from Radio’s “broadcast” term. As a matter of clarity, just because it’s named after Apple’s iPod, does not necessarily mean that you have to own or use an iPod — or any portable digital media player for that matter — to enjoy a podcast. 

iPod + Broadcast = Podcast 

Each podcast typically has a website where show episodes can be listened to or downloaded for future listening. With downloaded media, you can either listen it on your computer or take it with you by transferring it to a portable digital media player or using a podcast app on your phone. So in the way, it's kind of like a small paperback book. 

I choose The National Library of Australia. The link is given below- 

- https://www.nla.gov.au/news/podcasts 

The National Library of Australia hosts a number of lectures, events and conferences on topics ranging from politics, society, history, biography and literature to the environment, technology and the arts.

Exercise 5

Social media has the potential to facilitate much closer relationships between libraries and their patrons – wherever users are based, and however they choose to learn about and access library services and resources. Current usage of social media by the library community generally remains ad hoc and somewhat experimental, but the uptake of these tools is accelerating, and they will likely play an increasingly important role in library service provision and outreach in the future.

Good ideas or advantages for librarians and libraries when using social media/ Facebook are seen to be:

*  Financially the costs of using social media are perceived to be low 

*It requires little training 

* It promotes library services and disseminates news quickly, delivering this information more directly to library users 

* It increases engagement and interactions with library users 

* It helps gather feedback to enhance user services 

*The promotion of library holdings via social media can help increase usage of content 

* It enhances communication both within the library and with other departments 

* It can be used for outreach activities through onward sharing, well beyond the institution itself, helping build connections and reputation more broadly etc.

Exercise 3

I have choosen The Library of Congress for this exercise. Library of Congress has shared lots of photos in Flickr. USA's President Abraham Lincoln is one of them. There they have uploaded lots of photos of Abraham Lincoln. There you will be able to see a photo of young president which was taken/clicked in 1846 or 1847. That picture were uploaded in 25 January 2010. We can also see some photos of Abraham Lincoln's family members in Flickr.

The link is given below-
- http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2009/02/lincoln-photos-added-to-librarys-flickr-stream/lincoln-earliest-photo/
- www.flickr.com/search/?text=abraham%20lincoln%20photos%20by%20library%20of%20congress
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagohistory/4304304160/in/photolist-7ymFEG-5Xs3Nn-5ZeShM-5Xs3Uc-9Mnmsj-kVyPYp-eXsz7b-5XwhsQ-mDHNKx-8Y37EB-5XwhCY-8Nx7nQ-9kgEMQ-7ymfcL-5XwgT5-oum1kQ-5Xs3dX-5ZcWcP-8Y2GXX-dbxyNM-aVt33x-5Xs48n-aVt4Kc-ouxgjB-aVtarR-fJYQNc-oug9EH-5Xs3sT-oeZS3A-ougdFZ-aVt4Q4-aVsXQc-aVtju6-otpKCJ-dW5EHN-n9YEbt-5Xs3yM-8Nu2G6-5Xs3Zt-8Nx6LC-716ZWm-8zZAiQ-7fWft3-5Xwh6U-bgpH3t-5Xwhe5-oujnX3-k5F7uH-owdnP2-5zuhbq

Exercise 2

I have looked at all blog posts and I'm slightly interested in TTW- Tame The Web. In this blog there are some different information on Publication, Speaking & Presentations and some information about Michael Stephens.

Michael Stephens said, for me the heart of librarianship is learning. It’s a cyclical process of support, engagement, and discovery with deep roots in the concepts of service, access, and freedom to pursue interests of all kinds. No matter what type of institution, someone is gaining knowledge, finding information, or creating something new. 

Contributors & Guests: There are some guest post I have given below- 

- Transparency 

- Reflecting on reflective practice 

- John Palfrey's "BiblioTech" review 

- How libraries are helping prepare people for the Zombie Apocalypse 

- Thoughts on Participatory Culture 

- Connecting 

- Human Library Event etc. 

Exercise 1- Social Media/ Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is the current state of online technology as it compares to the early days of the Web, characterized by greater user interactivity and collaboration, more pervasive network connectivity and enhanced communication channels. 

One of the most significant differences between Web 2.0 and the traditional World Wide Web is greater collaboration among Internet users, content providers and enterprises. Originally, data was posted on Web sites, and users simply viewed or downloaded the content. Increasingly, users have more input into the nature and scope of Web content and in some cases exert real-time control over it.

The social nature of Web 2.0 is another major difference between it and the original, static Web. Increasingly, websites enable community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. 

3 Web 2.0/ Social Media applications are given below-
- Facebook
- YouTube
- Twitter

Self introduction

Hi, I am Rabeya. I am from Bangladesh. I am doing certificate iv Library, information & cultural services course from TAFE. After that I want to do the Diploma, within that time I will also looking for jobs. Recently I have become a mother, just started taking the taste of motherhood. As a mother I am really young but I am taking really good care of my newborn child and also trying to make things better. I am really overwhelming by the happiness of being a mother, the emotion is really heart touching.