# 18 - Zoho writing

Well this has been an interesting experience, just trying to locate where my I could locate the published document from Zoho writer was saved as a draft.

I've joined and tested both Google documents and Zoho writer. Can see benefits to both, but they don't yet have the functionality of Microsoft Office programs. Of course, this refinement may come and it must be admitted that my familiarity with said MS programs means that I am looking for the functionality as a given.

Will be interesting to see how both products continue to develop and whether it will mean the end of MS office as we know it.

Testing Zoho Writer

Lets try to add a table

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hours of opening	Mondays	Tuesdays
Hawthorn Library	10 am - 6 pm	10 am - 9 pm
Camberwell Library	9 am - 5 pm	9 am - 5 pm

Note: unable to manipulate cells easily. Tried to make hours centred only, but also centred library names and needed to highlight each seperately and then click on the left align button to return them to original state. Columns don't seem to work also.

Otherwise table was easy to insert and looks clear and simple

Let's add in an image

I find it quite difficult in resizing and manipulating images once they are in the document. Easy to add them however.

# 17 - Playing in the Wiki sandbox

I must admit that it is incredibly easy to add and edit a wiki, which demonstrates why they are so popular and work well - you can't really stuff it up.

I've added my blog address to the PLCMC learning wiki under favourite blogs and Boroondara as well as making a comment under Favourite books, way down at the end. (comment refers to "The Bagthorpe Saga" by Helen Cresswell.)

I can actually see some applications for a wiki between only friends / family, and may even set one up to handle some of the issues around Xmas present shopping.

# 16 - Wiki's

I was aware of Wikipedia, but I can see that there are alot of possibilities for Wiki's in the library. Things that could be set up easily and maintained. For example:

• Subject lists/pathfinders
• Booklists - if you liked this author, try ...
• Intranet - put the policies, procedures, forms, etc into a wiki for use by library staff only
• Community wiki - either expand upon the current CIS setup or create something new which will build upon current community outreach activities and build links with individuals and community groups / neighbourhood houses
• Local History encyclopedia - get the observations and recollections of as many people as possible

Now the challenge is getting everyone on board and setting up the wiki's

# 15 - the future with 2.0

It is my belief that the library industry and profession is in the middle of reinventing itself in order to be flexible and open enough to integrate the new technologies and evolution of the web .

We need to be actively looking at the possibilities and seeking ways to utilise these new tools which are appearing with web 2.0 and which will continue to evolve into web 3.0 and beyond. It involves us recognising that a combination of actual and virtual service is required to meet the needs of our community - working in tandem with one another.

If you think back to the introduction of the internet 12-13 years ago and how it has grown and developed, it is fairly obvious that where we'll be in 5-6 years (let alone another 12-13 years) could be far beyond what what we even imagine now. Certainly the rapidly increasing popularity of virtual libraries and online databases, where the community can access information and services from the convenience of their home, work or wherever they are travelling, is an indication that this will be a major area of growth and we need to ensure its continued development.

It's an exciting time to be involved in the libraries.

# 14 again - searching for blogs on technorati

Pretty easy to do the searches, just type in the keywords and the list appears. With the amount of blogs tracked, you wonder if there is any topic not covered.

My blog is now listed and tagged, I don't suspect that it will be viewed by too many people, so I don't expect to see it showing up in the popular list anytime soon.

# 14 - Technorati and claiming my blog

Technorati Profile

Well I've registered with technorati and are now claiming my blog. I'm unsure where this will lead me, but lets give it a go and let the spiders out.

# 13 - Delicious

This was not entirely unfamiliar as I believe that Del.icio.us is a variation on furl which was in vougue 2-3 years ago.

I've registered on Del.icio.us and imported my favourites across, but still need to do some playing around with tags.

Unfortunately I am unable to add the 2 recommended icons to my toolbar, as our IT department has blocked this functionality. However, I will perserve on without them.