Week 7 Thing 16

Wikis I read many of the articles that explain wikis and their use. Libraries have used wikis for many things, including helping to locate resource information (lists,links to interesting resources), conference information, reader's advisory (lists of genres of books, with reviews posted by users), and intranet. Wikis are interesting, but the "worst" thing about them is the lack of security and openness to possible vandalism.

Week 6 Thing 15

Library 2.0 Okay, now my head is reeling and I'm dizzy! Since I've been a librarian, my job has gone from using lots of reference books, to rarely picking one up. I finally got the hang of "googling" and now there's all of these new more "interactive" tools to learn! I read the Wendy Schultz article about how the real techies aren't thinking Library 2.0, but instead Library 3D and Library 4.0, a "Knowledge spa". Sounds good, but I see a future of non-stop education for the library world!

Week 6 Thing 14

Technorati This is a blog directory. I did a search of Learning 2.0 and saw some entries -- some seemed to be from the 23 Things assignments, others just had the terms "learning" or "2.0" in the text. I looked at the top favorites, top searches, top blogs. Many seem to be linked -- stuff in the news (politics, celebrities), some were techie blogs about the latest. I searched for my own blog and found a couple of entries. I signed up for an account and you can add your favorite blogs to it. At this time, I can't really think of a reason I'd really use this feature.

Week 6 Thing 13

Del.icio.us I explored the delicious way to store favorites with tags that I can create. It's an interesting tool -- useful because you can bookmark some favorite sites, put some notes or remarks about the site, and it's accessible on any computer. Others can look at your tags as well, and you can look at theirs. It would be helpful to use delicious when researching any topic. So many times when you research something, the amount of hits you get is overwhelming. Many times the same article or information is repeated. If this is a topic you'll continually go back to, Delicious can help you eliminate all the duplication. You'll find the things that are helpful, assisted by your trusty notes and tags. I set up an account to have an easy access list to the videos my teenage son has on the Internet. I think it will be helpful when searching for a vacation spot in the future.

Week 5 Thing 12

I set up a Rollyo searchroll. I can see where this would be helpful in my job -- putting in favorite websites that I consistently use to answer reference questions. I would also be able to use this in my personal life -- often my husband and I search for places to stay on vacation. We have a few favorite websites that we use for our trips to Hilton Head Island and Florida. I'd be able to keep track of all of them with Rollyo. My site is at http://www.rollyo.com/stackdancer/.

Week 5 Number 11

Library Thing is a really cool tool! Since I am always forgetting titles of things I read, it's fun to have a list (including the picture of the cover) to refer to. It took me a while to figure out how to get it on my blog, but finally added it.