Long time no post

Well .. it's been a while! My apologies. I got caught up with various things, including bronchitis, and have not been as dilligent as I'd like to have been. I had a successful see and share session with a lecturer, explaining how to access the catalogue from her desk, and then when I moved onto Movi things went haywire. Drew had already passed the Movi segment using the webcam on his PC, so I thought I'd log on as myself and use Movi there (the most convenient PC to use it for attending meetings when I can't get away to a VC room). That caused problems, which I now think were accompanied by a contemporaneous but probably unrelated problem with the webcam, which IT and VC staff were unable to fix. In the end, I had a second webcam donated to me by IT, and I think the actual problem may have been fixed by unplugging it and re-plugging it in.

However, all's well that ends well. I attended a meeting yesterday using Movi, and my apologies to the long-suffering folk also at the meeting - I thought I'd turned off my webcam mike, but apparently not, and they are much more sensitive than you'd think. *blush* I had to call VC help and we fixed the non-being-able-to-see-me problem, but they heard my muttered comments to him. I also found out to my dismay what a fidgety boots I am .. others sat beautifully still the whole time. We TV stars have a lot to learn!

That is quite enough of a brush with fame for me ... and now it's on to wikis!

Ooops, forgot to answer the questions: Did you enjoy communicating with colleagues this way? I did, and have learned a couple of htings, as above. It also enabled me to keep an eye on the LRC and helpa few students/staff when I was the only one there. I will work on why I couldn't use the PC that's closer to the Circ Desk. Did you have any problems? As above. Do you think this is a useful way for library staff to communicate across LEARN? Yes, in some circumstances, e.g. meetings where face-to-face is needed, though a lecturer was saying that she thinks Centra is sometimes more useful because you can share documents, videos, link to websites, etc. You can't see the others, though.