Last post on this blog

It is a little sad to have reached the end of this program - I have enjoyed it, including the pace. I will have to continue to structure in some continuous learning which is much easier to do thanks to rss feeds.

From the fresh + new(er) is a recent post about "applying a new social media framework from Forrester to the cultural sector" which has a helpful graph showing options for social networking including marketing and client interactions. I think there needs to be some experimentation with the social networks. Read what Michael Geist has to say about the use of Facebook to lobby the Canadian government about proposed changes to copyrigth legislation. This shows a creative use of Facebook. I think there are possibilities about using social networking tools for interaction and communication, we need to experiement to see what works for our exisiting clients, and what may attract people who do not even know we exist.

Online applications and tools

Men ToolBox
Originally uploaded by Cyrille Lefranc (Nano)
Google docs was very easy to use as was Zoho - Zoho was a bit less intuitive but it worked well. I included an image of a toolkit because over the last 11 weeks I have been working on my toolkit - not only do I know what a lot more web based services are I know how to use them as well.

Podcasts

Railways I saw in 2007 ("Trains" series): Sydney
Originally uploaded by scalleja

I have listened to birds of Madagascar, Australian railways, legislative podcasts from Wisconsin, events and stories from OCLS.

It would be great to podcast all the talks held at work - this would allow everyone in the state to have access to these events. Podcasts (including video podcasts) would compliment the online exhibitions - curators could talks about particular items. This would help make the collection more accessible. Video podcasts could be used to provided snippets of information about how to search online databases - or why you would want to search them in the first place. We could (copyright permitting) make extracts of some of the oral histories collected available online. The podcasts could be en exhibition themselves. There is also potential for training and professional development.