my latest relative

a new bear is found in the woods

Maybe the image is slightly premature, but as the course comes to an end there are so many ways we could use the tools. Imagine just publishing an image ( if they agreed) when someone new starts at the Library - or one of our staff becomes a proud parent. For clients, what a great way to even share the covers of new additions to the collection - or a favourite image from an exhibition. For audio and visual the world would truly be our oyster as we opened up our wealth in a myriad of different ways. WOuldn't it be great if we even used images in teleconferences - without the expense of webcams etc, we could at least see what the other people in the conference looked like. Imagining the possibilities is enought to start a new blog!

Didn't think there'd ever be a podcast about us as a dying species - but the new world has everything. Haven't quite mastered the world of links, so here's the URL
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2005-2006/mp3/qq-2005-11-05c.mp3

Does a Bear Shed in the Woods?
Listen to or download the mp3 or Ogg files. (what's ogg?)
Bear investigating barbed wire - Courtesy, Maples/Metzgar/USGS
Grizzly bears used to roam throughout western North America, but their current range is restricted chiefly to Canada and Alaska, with a few small groups left in the north-west U.S. Now, new work by a group led by Dr. Michael Procter, a post-doctoral researcher from the University of Alberta, has shown that these bears are at greater risk than had been previously understood. Dr. Procter built a genetic profile of these bears from hair snagged on simple barbed-wire collection traps. The DNA showed that some of the southernmost bears have been largely cut off from the rest of the bear population, making them more vulnerable to human activity and more prone to local extinction. Dr. Proctor conducted his research while studying at the University of Calgary.


Lots of ways we could use this - like podcast of events for the day after they are live at the library - or imagine a voiceover catalogue searches or databasees when they're a real challenge

Mashups sounded rather like last night's leftovers, but once I got into it then the challenge began. I lost my poster a few times, but here it is. A glimpse into my recent personal life. I'll be interested to see how others think mashups can be woven into the fabric of our communication strategies

Have just added my first question to Yahoo7 Answers. For the library I can see an opportunity in posting some of our more general questions and the answers - saves looking for questions and shares answers which may be useful to many - a new kind of Information Request Service.

Have been missing for a while and need to refresh. So far my mainobservation would be an identity that was created once and could be picked up and used everywhere. I've got more logins than honey pots!

Really love Library Thing. Wish I'd discovered it before packing for hibernation, then I'd know which book is where. I've also checked out some of our other test pilot bloggers, haven't guessed any of the identities behind them yet though. I can see that the Library Thing could be a great sharing device for students studying the same subjects. Does anyone know if the same exists for journal articles?

maybe this is what I want - last week it was far more relevant because of the weather, and I wondered if we'd all be wading through water. Thanks to a fellow blogger for putting me on the html track - so easy when you know how!