Create a post and tell us how this site can be used for readers' advisory purposes, consider: how might customers find EnCompassCulture useful? What would library staff get out of this site? Would you promote EncompassCulture to customers? Why/why not?

Unfortunately I have just gotten around to finishing my Web 2.0 and this site was apparently shut down at the beginning of November due to funding issues.

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Is it easy for staff to use? I didn't find it easy to use. I could not get the presentations to start.
Would customers find it simple? I think if you sign up it would be easy, if you had a spare 50 thousand hours and like spending that time reading advertising.
Could we use this in the learn.nets and in our workrooms? If you have to give presentations I suppose. I am comfortable using Power Point, so I would carry on using that.
Do you think that you're likely to use this site again? No
Would you promote this site to customers? No. Customers only get 1 hour acess. I think it would take too long.

What recipe did you choose? I chose to go to the chocolate fudge brownie. Why this particular recipe? Because it looked sooooooo good. Is this site easy to use? Really easy. It would be good to find nz restaurant stuff. Would you ever use it again? Yes. So hard to think of what to keep having for diner. Must be getting close to the change over to summer food soon. Getting a bit hoha. What did you think of this task? Very good, thank you for showing us. I am going to make the brownies this week. Would you prefer that all web 2.0 activities relate directly to libraries and our customers? All learning is good learning. Libraries are not just about books anymore, are they. What did you, personally, get out of TasteSpotting? Tosca was right. Do not look at this site until you are ready to cook. I'm sitting here drooling.

I found this site quite easy to use. I am however getting quite used to using these types of formats. I'm not sure if your average learn net user would even be interested. I'm not sure if I will use this site again. I have to wait and see what emails come through and if I have time to follow the blogs. I did upload Manukau, Wellington and two Auckland Library feeds. I also uploaded Gareth Morgans blog.

I chose this image because it is quite eye catching. I found the site quite easy to use. I think this site would be good to use if it is easily accesible like the way google images is now. Everybody knows to go straight to google images for fast easy images on anything you want. Could be useful for up to date images on Authors, maybe when promoting a book?

Box net.

I think this website could be quite useful. I could imagine the liaison teams could find this site useful when working on projects together. It is not something that I would use personally. I found it very useful to use. I owuld promote this to customers to use if they had no other way of saving their wor on the learn nets.

Okay I have finished, and completed the survey. I have increased my knowledge of the different technologies so that is good. But I have been completely frustrated at times and I felt that I was spending too much time going around in circles wasting rate payers money and getting nowhere. Hence I have spent the last part of the Web 2.0 training completing it at home in my own time.

Facebook

Well, I don't get it at all. I set up a facebook page. I then went to the Manukau Libraries page but I couldn't become a fan. I went to the help page and I still couldn't get it. I then tried from home with the help of my daughter, still no luck. Not only that when I tried to follow the link that was sent to my email, I was blocked out and I have been reported to the authoraties as having been abusing staff regulations!!! Never mind, move on, so I try to go to the next thing about what my all time favourite book is. No, no luck. I give up. I don't use it, now or ever and I won't be promoting it to customers.

MP3

I went to amazon. It was easy to set up an account. But there was only a few music clips that were actually free. I did try to download one but I had to go through another screen and fill out personal details to install the programme to run the music. After all that I was denied because of being outside USA. Do we have the right programme on the learn nets? I don't think customers need any help, pretty straight forward.

GoodReads. What a wonderfull website. I found it really easy to use and set up. The ease at finding the books that I have already read and what I want to read next was fantastic. I also liked the groups, and I joined one for Historical Fiction of which I enjoy the most.


What would library staff get out of this site?
I think it would be useful if you wanted to find similar books fast. And get a bigger audience for book reviews and opinions.

Would you promote GoodReads to customers? Why/why not?t
I don't think I would promote it to customers, I think that it conflicts with what we are trying to do with My Library, but I think that GoodReads is superior to My Library. Perhaps we could look at incorporating what they have into My Library.

Twitter:
Is it easy to use?
NO! I found it easy to set up, but I chased my tail and went round and round in circles and spent far more time on it looking for my tweet on the Libary Twitter page than I had wanted to. I felt like I had just wasted my time and Council time doing nothing. I also could not figure out how to reply to a tweet.

Would customers find it simple?
I suppose it depends on how well they use the computers now. I thought it was easy to start with.

Could we use this in the learn.nets and in our workrooms?
I think what it could be used for is already covered on the website and in more detail, than just 140 characters.

Do you think that you're likely to use this site again?
No

What could Manukau Libraries promote via Twitter?
You would only be redirecting them to the website for more information anyway.

What would you use Twitter for?
Nothing.

Would you promote this service to customers? Why/why not?
No. I personally think that it is a waste of time and frustrating.

Is it easy for staff to use?
Very easy. However I was not sure if the file had attached because the box was blank, but when I went to attach again, it told me it was there. Zamzar also said that it would only be available to download the converted document for 24 hours. Seeing as we only get so long for certain things and the email does not happen straight away, for us part timers it ended up being frustrating. I am not sure if the conversion happened at all.

Would customers find it simple?
I think so, but frustrating as explained above.

Could we use this in the learn.nets and in our workrooms?
Handy if you are full time perhaps or done if you work consecutive days.

Do you think that you're likely to use this site again?
Yes, if the Library registered with the company and the downloads could last longer than 24 hours.

Would you promote this site to customers? Why/why not?
I would only promote to customers if the conversion happened straight away. But I think a lot of people want things to happen instantaneously, so you would probably have to explain the time delay.

Week One: Learning 2.0

What worked for you?
Being a newbie the Website for setting up the blog was easy, and was rushed at the last minute of 4pm Saturday.
What didn't?
Remembering all the different user names and passwords.
What surprised you?

The ease and speed it took to set up, after listening to everyone moan about the first lot of web 2 training.
what amazed you?

What you can now do over the internet, different from the 1980's when you had to type in run to commence your computer., oops I'm showing my age.

How could a library use a blog?
I don't know if it would be like doubling up on the book review webpage on the library website, would customers be able to add coments?

What would customers get out of a library blog?
Being able to post comments, good or bad, freedom of speech sort of thing without the library tweaking.

Would you promote this to customers?
I don't know how well it would work, my son said the only blogs they go onto are friends they already know.
How could you use this in your role?
Another oppourtunity to upskill and help customers with their learn net inquiries.