Week 7 # 16 Wikis

Added some favorite books to the iHCPL Wiki and a favorite restaurant. It was interesting to read some of the favorites from other staff members. Wikis could be used by libraries for sharing favorite sites or maybe for the Children's Dept to share resources or the Reference Dept to share resources.

Week 6 #15 LIbrary 2.0 & Web 2.0

I read some of the articles about Library 2.0 and though I agree that libraries are changing and should change--we also need to remember that we serve ALL of our customers and some will still need our hands-on help and don't want to use self check, databases, or the like. Librarians need to keep up their skills but should not expect that customers have the same skills. I worry at times that staff may think the technology means they don't have to be "bothered" by customers because we've made things easier for our customers.

Week 6 # 14 Technorati

Did the Library 2.0 searchs and yes I did get a different number of hits and the result list had a different look and feel.

When exploring Popular Blogs I thought it was funny that Library 2.0 was in Top Searches since our program has no doubt had an effect on this result! I thought some of the other Top Searches were kind of weird. The Top 100 blogs were kind of interesting because it looks like the kinds of things that computer geeks are into.

Week 6 #13 Tagging

Attempted to watch the tutorial several times but it kept getting stuck and wouldn't go forward so I just gave up on it. I have looked at del.icio.us before...in particular the HCPL account. I looked at the iHCPL account and saw that it had links so everything we've done. I do like that you can access your personal bookmarks from anywhere so having your own page makes sense. When I looked at the HCPL page before I thought that some of the tagging wasn't how I would tag the link to find it so I think that a page where several people are doing the tagging and choosing the links might not be as useful.

Week 5 #12 Library Elf

I created a library elf account. I don't think I need it since our system already sends me notices. I can see how customers might want it since they can decide when it sends notices and how often.

Week 5 # 11 Library Thing

Created a Library Thing account. Fairly easy. Put in a few book titles. I did think the Suggestions option was pretty cool since it gives other ideas of books you might like based on the book title you enter. This would be useful for customers needing Reader's Advisory.

Week 5, # 10

Cartoon created in Comic Strip Generator. Quick and easy. This could be used to create cards, invitations, signs, party stuff and more.