More on Thing 5

RSS
I have added all the FRLearners (at this time) blogs to my Google Reader. It is very convenient to have them in a folder in the same place and receive the update automatically.

Thing 5

I now have a Reader account and have been looking at RSS. While working on an Adult Services workgroup assignment this morning I viewed alot of the red feed icons. Is this something that I would use alot? The jury will be out awhile on that. In the meantime I plan to read through some of these.


An interesting page I found. MBL Note: Tony Tallent

LibraryCrunch
Service for the Next Generation Library - A Library 2.0 Perspective by Michael Casey
Free Use Photos
by Michael Casey on April 19, 2008
Lori Reed and Tony Tallent have started a very cool group on Flickr called Free Use Photos:
Free Use Photos is a group where members can share photos that can be used without any copyright restrictions.
These pictures can be used however you would like. No attribution is necessary. All images are free.
Use them in your displays, presentations, publications or anywhere else.
Freedom to use. Freedom to read. Freedom to know. Freedom to share.
The idea is simple. Any photos placed in that group may be used by anyone for any purpose. What a great idea!
And now we have to get Flickr to create a copyright selection that can reflect this freedom. The LOC Flickr page (part of Flickr’s The Commons) is able to use a “no known copyright restrictions” label, but that label is reserved for participating museums and libraries and not exactly what we need for the group. What we need for the new Free Use Photos group is a public domain label. Unfortunately, Flickr’s most liberal license is the Creative Commons Attribution license, which is a start but doesn’t fit the needs of the group.
Robert Scoble recently dropped a lot of his photos into the public domain:
One advantage of putting all my photos into the public domain? People are now uploading them to Wikipedia. Like this entry for AT&T’s CEO. All my photos are in the public domain now. You can use them without even attributing them, or giving me credit (although I do appreciate those of you who give credit for my work). Why do I do that? Because sharing my work with the world has brought me back so much goodness. This is also a gift to the world from Fast Company Magazine, which paid my travel expenses to go to Davos.
But what we need is for Flickr to create a license that reflects the public domain status of the images so that we can avoid any confusion over licensing. Anyone have any ideas

Summer fun

Who's fishing?

Rob fishing
Originally uploaded by fayebumgarner

Cataloochee Valley is a great place to fish!

Thing 3:Habits

Thing 3:

Several of these "Habits" could be linked together.

Habit #1: I try not to set goals or deadline unless I have to. Tomorrow is not promised so I take one day at a time. Photography (as you will probably see) is something I really enjoy. I like to see what is around the corner each day and go with it. If I have a commissioned piece of art I definitely finish it promptly. Deadlines are stressful and that takes you to "Habit 71/2". Sometimes I have to be reminded to play and relax.



Habit #2 : Accept responsibility for your own learning.
I accept responsibilty for myself. No one else can "learn" for you. Being a very independent person I like to solve problems for myself but when I need help I also know I can find it in a book, internet, or by asking a friend or coworker for help. On the other hand I also like to help others when they have a question.

When you stop learning you stop growing.

Thing 1-4

Thing 1 & 2 :
Introduction-I read about the Blog and watched the tutorial. I have now shook hands with Thing 1 and Thing 2. I will be considering the 71/2 habits and be back to blog about them.


Thing 3:

What am I doing here? Blogging for the Library . A new experience for me. The internet doesn't have alot of interest for me. Just give me the great outdoors--camera, fishing pole or a walking stick and I'm as happy as a fish in water.
But I do love my job and already I can see this will be an interesting assignment. This group of team players will be awesome with the 71/2 habits of life long learners.


Thing 4:
I will email Sarah and register this blog. Learning 2.0 journey begins!