23 Things

I'm really excited about the 23 Things challenge we're doing in my emerging technologies class this semester. I'm normally fairly adventurous with technology, but this is helping me stretch a little and try out some new things. I'll write more about these as the semester progresses.

1. Investigate social search engines. [Completed 11/7/11]
2. Learn more about the Digital Public Library of America. [Completed 10/31/11]
3. Set up a chat for work, install Meebo Me chat widget and use Meebo to manage the chat. [Completed 9/16/11]
4. Investigate and compare CiteULike and Mendeley citation management tools. [Completed 11/13/11]
5. Create a presentation with Prezi. [Completed 10/23/11]
6. Code reading list using Google rich snippets. [Completed 9/18/11]
7. Create a MizzouDiversity website click test using USAURA.org to learn more about user interactions with website. [Completed 10/14/11]
8. Investigate Xena digital preservation software and use it to convert digital photos to ASCII format. [Completed 11/13/11]
9. Check out the demo of Koha ILS. [Completed 9/10/11]
10. Become familiar with video file types, codecs and preservation standards used in archives. [Completed 9/26/11]
11. Create an audio recording using Audacity. [Completed 10/1/11]
12. Experiment with mind mapping software like Mindomo and Mindmeister. [Completed 9/29/11]
13. Use Dippity to create a multicultural history of Mizzou timeline. Think about how archives and libraries with local history collections might use this tool. [Completed 12/1/11]
14. Experiment with visualize.me to create a visual resume and add a QR code to my print resume. [Completed 10/24/11] 
15. Set up Google+ account and compare it to Facebook. How could libraries use Google+? [Completed 9/8/11]
16. Attended Jim Ries's semantic search presentation to learn more about using ontologies to improve findability. [Completed 11/2/11]
17. Tweet from the Missouri Library Association Conference in Kansas City. [10/9/11]
18. Figure out how to load records into Koha using Z39.50 protocol. [Completed 10/31/11]
19. Try out Historypin website and investigate phone app. [Completed 11/19/11]
20. Purchase an e-book from Amazon and try out the Kindle Cloud Reader and Kindle for PC applications.  [Completed 9/21/11]
21. Set up Second Life account and attend virtual class there. [10/9/11]
22. Create a digital exhibit/collection using Omeka. [10/16/11]
23. Look into crowdsourcing options for digital collections. Demo tools like FromThePage and Scripto to transcribe historical documents. [11/21/11]