Thing 5 of 23 things

I used BigHugeLabs to create my photo mosaic and I'm motivated to do some more with this tool. It had a fantastic assortment of possibilities using photos. It is difficult to get the navigating down to travel between flickr, my computer, BigHugeLabs, and my blog. I learned that using tabs helps tremendously, but I still haven't got that totally ingrained, so I have wasted time along the way by getting lost or clicking out of what I needed, inadvertently.

The possibilities are numerous for using this thing in the library; promotion materials and the library blog, collaborating with other libraries would be the first to come to mind.

I'm quite comfortable with having photos online. One tends to expand their comfort level when it saves a lot of time and provides security for storing photos. I am concerned about getting signed permission for photos of young library patrons. I don't know how successful it will be, but regardless, I am sure I can make better use of photos after learning this thing.

thing 4 of 23 things on a stick

Winter Reading Program
Originally uploaded by kris.bratsch

This is my photo of the display for Renville Library's Adult Readers Winter Forum. I am blogging this to fulfill the requirement for the 23 thingsonastick. This is thing 4.

I have learned great restraint on doing this thing; restraint not to scream or pound my mouse or keyboard. I came so close, so many times to getting this done earlier, but something would always baffle me. With all the help screens, and the switching sites and pages, I was on brain overload.

This is a good way to entice people into the library to see what is new in person or enable those who aren't able to come in person to be there via the internet. I will have to work on ways to promote the blog, however. I'm looking forward to having enough photos for a slide show. This has made me aware of how other libraries use Flickr and I want to do further investigation on that. I'm considering how Flickr can help promote the Summer Reading Program and also help with the organization of it, since our library and another are collaborating for the first time. Also, it would be great if there was a computer activity for the kids using Flickr.