It's a wiki wonderland!

Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day was the first page that I explored. Wow! Would that it only took me 15 minutes a day! But, perhaps after the exposure to the 23 things that I am in the midst of now, some day that will be a reasonable goal. However, I bookmarked the site because I like many of the concise explanations of different Library 2.0 technologies.
The SJCPL Subject Guides created by the St. Joseph County Public Library system were really interesting! How innovative it was to take all library services and resources and organize them by subject in a wiki! I wonder how their library customers like it and how frequently they use it first when searching the library! In conjunction to that library wiki, I next went to The Bull Run Library wiki which we have identified as “a public library wiki.” It is very different from what the St. Joseph County Public Library system developed! And not developed by that library or even anyone on staff. In fact, it states that “this wiki is not sponsored by nor associated with the library system, it is maintained by one library patron.” There is a potential library volunteer that needs to be grabbed to work with that library system! That being said, I didn’t find the wiki itself extremely worthwhile, but given direction by the library, who knows? Here is the link http://bullrunlibrary.pbwiki.com/

Perspectives on 2.0 and the future of libraries

Rick Anderson states in his article “Away from the ‘Icebergs’” that “as a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything…” My experience is that they already do. They expect that we should have it all including that obscure book published in 1985. I think that one of the library’s biggest challenges will be to change public perception of what a library is and what we can provide both instantly and over time. And a second challenge will be to continue to serve those behind the 2.0 curve even as we move forward. You know them – they are the ones looking for that obscure book published in 1985 who still want to hold that book in their hands as they read it and don’t mind waiting for it either.

Technorati 'n tags

Wow! Everything blogged and more! I found it really easy to spend lots of time just seeing what people are talking about (or more literally blogging about) but I look at blogs as more entertainment than anything else. I still haven't found a useful application as far as my day to day work goes. I do see how valuable tags can be - the best way to easily find what you are looking for.

This is simply del ici ous

Wow! A co-worker and I are working up a program and this will be a great way to share all the sites we each find individually. This really merits further exploration!

Hey Rollyo me over!

This tool has great potential for AskUsNow service and the reference desk! Sometimes it takes quite a bit of searching to stumble on sites perfect for one thing or another. But not anymore because we can create lists of those sites with Rollyo! A great tool!
http://rollyo.com/createroll.html?sid=317556

LibraryThing

I can see an immediate use for this. As I go through various professional journals, I now have a way to create an immediate list of what I want to read!

Image generators

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