Library 2.0

30 Seconds to a Smarter You: The Secret Keyboard Controls of YouTube

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Do you know you can tap a key on your keyboard to jump forward or back 10 seconds on a YouTube video? Or to jump to the beginning or end? Or to rewind and fast forward?

I didn't, but now I know I'll use these YouTube tips in the future — I like the keyboard controls way better than using my mouse or fingertip to move the video slider control.

Watch a 30-second video tutorial to get all the YouTube keyboard controls at...

Spring Cleaning Time... For Your Social Network Connections

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cleaning toolsIt's time for spring cleaning, and for more than just your house — it's also time for a checkup & cleanup of services that have access to your social media accounts.

Do you connect your Facebook or Twitter accounts to apps or free services you've forgotten about or don't use any more?  Lots of free services offer the option to use your existing social media accounts to register, that look like this one:


Here's what Nick Bilton says in the NYT Bits Blog:

Whether you realize it or not, dozens — if not hundreds — of apps and services have access to your social accounts and can see everything you’re doing online. Tweets, Likes, your location, are all there for the taking. What’s worse, there’s a pretty good chance you unwittingly gave them permission.

I noticed that hundreds of old apps have access to my Twitter, Facebook, Google and LinkedIn accounts.

It was time to do a little cleanup.

Just like the spring cleaning rule that says, “If you haven’t worn it in six months, throw it out,” you should use the same edict with your online data: “If you haven’t logged in to an app or site in six months, revoke its access.”

Rotate Those Facebook Photos

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Sometimes when you upload a photo to your library's Facebook page, it ends up cattywumpus, sideways, or even upside down.  This usually happens because the camera or phone was turned in order to take a vertical shot, as opposed to a horizontal one.

Good news — you don’t have to settle for that; here's how to fix it.

How to Contact Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Other Social Networks

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If we don't take care of the customer, maybe they'll stop bugging us.

Need to contact tech support at Facebook?  It's a challenge to connect to the right customer service person — you can waste hours circling through a maze of self-help prompts and navigating 150+ contact forms.

Or... instead you can use the list of How to Contact Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Other Social Networks compiled by Kristi Hines.

Kristi provides links to contact support staff for Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, StumbleUpon and Reddit.

Here are examples of the kinds of issues you might be presented with, with links to the correct contact for each:

23 Mobile Things for Libraries

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23 Mobile Things: Exploring the Potential of Mobile Tools for Delivering Library Services is a free self-paced online course in which you'll learn about mobile technologies that are changing the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other.

The course is freely available to anyone who has access to a mobile device (tablet or smartphone).  Take advantage of this free course that offers you a chance to build your awareness, knowledge, and skills at your own pace!

Creators of the course say they're "interested in exploring ways that libraries and library staff can use mobile technologies to deliver library services, to engage with their communities and for their own professional development."

Here's a list of all 23 Mobile Things (apps & social networking tools for both Android and iOS mobile platforms) covered in the course:

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