Feedback from Jeff Harrison

The three days have been a real eye opener for me.  The ideas and the possibilities are much greater than I thought and the fact it is available free means we can bring a much better service to our uses as well as marketing the service more widely and effectively.  We have already started working on Facebook pages for the Youth Service and the Library Service, with Flickr being used for the Arts Service pages.  A demonstration is planned for lead officers showing the potential of Web2 and I will be suggesting the use of screencasts and linking in twitter with the facebook pages and the use of video virtual tours posted on Youtube.  I would not have been aware that most of this was possible but for this course.

I certainly think that refreshers would be useful and perhaps regular updates about new developments that we could utilise.  Perhaps Cymal could fund generic information videos and such like for publicity or assist by funding content design/production courses.

Mind Map - Cybersavvy

Here are a few thoughts on co-ordinating on-line safety between services and the websites.

Denbighshire Libraries - It's not what I planned but...

Well, here is my effort, I thought I'd cobble together something to show the powers that be what is possible with web 2, however time constraints have not allowed me to make the video of the almost legendary Rusty Bear joining the library... that and the fact that someone has borrowed the camera... and my wonderful screen cast has been broufght to a grinding halt thanks to the system playing silly beggars and the microphone not working, so when I had done it, it was silent anyway and now I can neither delete or publish it!

All of this notwithstanding, here is a link to my humble contribution. Hope it all makes sense.

My Project - introduction by Jeff Harrison

Hi, I am Jeff Harrison from Denbighshire Library Service (no photo I'm afraid, didn't want to break the camera!). I have been asked to do a presentation for our Lead Officers about the potential of using Web2 not just in libraries, but in the Youth, Leisure and Arts Services as well, so I though, kill two birds with one stone, I shall make that my project... wish me luck!

Mind Map for Denbighshire

Here is an example of how my mind is working at the moment. As with everything it is all down to time, imagination and what they will let us get away with! Youtube could be a great boon for livening things up a bit and the idea of adding the catalogue to Facebook should be great if we can find the coding to do it. Using Twitter to communicate with Book Club users could be fun, if the members can be persuaded to become twits... is that the right word??