Thing 16 Wiki's

I found the Wiki Slide presentation with music very helpful in providing an overview of wiki implications worldwide.

I learned that Wiki's are great for groups that already know each other or work well with a clear nucleus more likely to edit than create. Therefore, I can see wiki's evolving in the library world with a type of communication thru small groups (committee's) blogging or sharing ideas. Especially with constant change in methods of doing a task or policy.

It was very interesting to read about the ALA-2006 New Orleans Wiki page since I did not attend the conference. I also enjoyed looking at the Booklovers Wiki Team produced by Princeton Public Library sharing book reviews.

Thing #15

Now this is what I am talking about!!! Connecting with people through library services!

Library 2.0 to me is not only a term, but a concept/mindset to build and invite customers to use the library for many different things. Things such as: computers, family/teen programs, instruction to databases/catalogs, etc.

I love being able to network with students, teachers, principals and the community at large.
Building comfort and trust thru not only books and information: but creating a desire for people to come use the library!

Thing 14

I didn't seem to like Technorati. Blogging is not my interest at this moment. Yes, the results were different when doing a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" in blog posts and the blog directory.
What I found interesting was that Brittany Spears was listed as the #1 top searcher and top favorite blog was Boing Boing. The top blogs were "Engadget" which was new to me.

I think I had enough of Technorati for now. Time to move on.

Thing 13

I can see how tagging can be useful for someone who has the time to do this. However, when I tryed to access the tutorial at several different times it was unavailable. Therefore, bookmarking can help customers see quickly a relationship between data and a final answer.
It can help the library to be a more friendly user place.

Thing 12

I happen to like the name Rollyo. It gave me incentive to name my search engine the Roxyrollio! I have now added 3 sites I happen to use often related to news, national weather and travel.
Moving along!

Now! Time for sharing the generator blog sketcher. It was so appropriate to snag a pic from my email. The picture is the BCPL system winner for Teen Read Week in October 2006. Check it out!

Also, viewing the library catalog and cataloging some of my favorite titles was fun.

Things 10 & 11

Now! Time for sharing the generator blog sketcher. It was so appropriate snag a pic from my email. The picture is the system wide "Winner" from the October Teen Read Week! Check her out!

Also, viewing the library catalog and cataloging some of my favorite titles was fun.