Friday, April 17, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Lesson 10 Challenge
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 10 Challenge
On the Go, On Your Blog…
Now that you’ve explored the COSA website, the City and Library mobile apps, and our SAPL Government LibGuide, go to your blog and write a paragraph about one local and one state or federal government website you explored. Will having government services and elected officials “on the go” make us more (or less) democratic as a society?
Since the Igo Branch is frequently an early voting site, and even an Elections Day voting site.
I explored in more depth the Bexar County Elections website, http://elections.bexar.org/.
This is a comprehensive website that gives information on voter ID, sample ballots, voting sites,
campaign finance reports, etc.--all very helpful for those patron questions.
irs.gov is a popular federal website at this time of year. Because of budget cutbacks, libraries are receiving fewer irs forms and no instruction booklets. Everything you need to know (but don't
really want to know) about federal taxes.
How do you think mobile technology will change people’s relationship to government access and services?
With the advent of mobile phones and tablets, the public is increasingly demanding immediate access to information. People can quickly find information on government services (and new services they were unaware of, like the usa.gov site that includes the new Consumer Information Agency). But
sometimes too much information can confuse the individual and if agencies' funding is cut back,
personal replies and answers to questions will be replaced by self-service through online devices.
This can be a problem for those age groups, who grew up before the "Digital Age".
Will having government services and elected officials “on the go” make us more (or less) democratic as a society? It should legitimately make them more accessible to citizens, but, in fact, very often
our elected officials are unavailable by any means and are represented by aides, secretaries, and the like. Technology may speed up access theoretically, but how humans process that information has not
speeded up concomitantly.
On the Go, On Your Blog…
Now that you’ve explored the COSA website, the City and Library mobile apps, and our SAPL Government LibGuide, go to your blog and write a paragraph about one local and one state or federal government website you explored. Will having government services and elected officials “on the go” make us more (or less) democratic as a society?
Since the Igo Branch is frequently an early voting site, and even an Elections Day voting site.
I explored in more depth the Bexar County Elections website, http://elections.bexar.org/.
This is a comprehensive website that gives information on voter ID, sample ballots, voting sites,
campaign finance reports, etc.--all very helpful for those patron questions.
irs.gov is a popular federal website at this time of year. Because of budget cutbacks, libraries are receiving fewer irs forms and no instruction booklets. Everything you need to know (but don't
really want to know) about federal taxes.
How do you think mobile technology will change people’s relationship to government access and services?
With the advent of mobile phones and tablets, the public is increasingly demanding immediate access to information. People can quickly find information on government services (and new services they were unaware of, like the usa.gov site that includes the new Consumer Information Agency). But
sometimes too much information can confuse the individual and if agencies' funding is cut back,
personal replies and answers to questions will be replaced by self-service through online devices.
This can be a problem for those age groups, who grew up before the "Digital Age".
Will having government services and elected officials “on the go” make us more (or less) democratic as a society? It should legitimately make them more accessible to citizens, but, in fact, very often
our elected officials are unavailable by any means and are represented by aides, secretaries, and the like. Technology may speed up access theoretically, but how humans process that information has not
speeded up concomitantly.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 9 Part 1 Hoopla
Hoopla offers movies, television, audiobooks, and music. Digital services such as Hoopla
means that libraries are becoming accessible from many off sites, not only in the physical library.
With mobile devices, the library travels with the individual.
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 9 Part 2- OverDrive Magazines
A SAPL Library Card (in good standing)
Access to OverDrive either by:
A Nook OR The Nook App
A Barnes & Noble Nook account (free)
- On your device, go to Hoopla. Scroll down to Audiobooks and click or tap on the BROWSE ALL link. In your blog, list three AudioBook Titles which are in the FEATURED section.
- Tell us your thoughts on how services like Hoopla are changing libraries
Hoopla offers movies, television, audiobooks, and music. Digital services such as Hoopla
means that libraries are becoming accessible from many off sites, not only in the physical library.
With mobile devices, the library travels with the individual.
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 9 Part 2- OverDrive Magazines
- Please visit SAPL’s OverDrive Magazines LibGuide and look at the “Initial OverDrive Collection” list of periodicals. From the magazine collection list, select three magazine titles that interest you.
- From the LibGuide: what are the things you need in order to get started using the OverDrive Magazine collection?
- NOOK HD
- NOOK HD+
- NOOK Tablet
- NOOK Color
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK
- Nook App for iOS
- Nook App for Android
- Nook App for Windows 8
Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge
Lesson 8 Part 1 Challenge
Veronica Roth, Divergent
Number of copies: eBook 89
eBook Formats: Kindle, OverDrive Read, Adobe EPUB ebook
eBooks available 12
Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire
Total number of copies: eBook 17
eBook Formats: Kindle, OverDrive Read, Adobe EPUB eBook and Adobe PDF eBook
eBooks available: 12
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge
Find an eAudiobook from each collection: OverDrive and Hoopla. Record the titles in your blog then write about which platform you found to be the easiest to search.
Overdrive - eAudiobook, Chris Bohjalian, Light in the Ruins
Hoopla - eAudiobooks, Bruce Fife, Coconut Oil Miracle
When I searched Hoopla for the Light in the Ruins, I did a title search for eAudiobooks and this title, and got 11 titles, none of them this title. Evidently it was searching only keywords.
Veronica Roth, Divergent
Number of copies: eBook 89
eBook Formats: Kindle, OverDrive Read, Adobe EPUB ebook
eBooks available 12
Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire
Total number of copies: eBook 17
eBook Formats: Kindle, OverDrive Read, Adobe EPUB eBook and Adobe PDF eBook
eBooks available: 12
Please name this blog entry: Lesson 8 Part 2 Challenge
Find an eAudiobook from each collection: OverDrive and Hoopla. Record the titles in your blog then write about which platform you found to be the easiest to search.
Overdrive - eAudiobook, Chris Bohjalian, Light in the Ruins
Hoopla - eAudiobooks, Bruce Fife, Coconut Oil Miracle
When I searched Hoopla for the Light in the Ruins, I did a title search for eAudiobooks and this title, and got 11 titles, none of them this title. Evidently it was searching only keywords.
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