Wikis

I had a look around Library Success a best practice wiki and in particular had a look at the areas on materials selection and maintenance - had links to quite a few library sites which were doing book reviews/holiday reading by staff. I think Wikis can have some good uses in libraries but like anything needs to be regularly updated and the content checked.

Library 2.0 - It's many things to many people. What does it mean to you?

Reading Away from Icebergs raised some interesting points about the collection of print resources, and I think patrons do want access to everything but they also want it straight away - influenced by the web and the vast information they can find out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One of the problems is that not all publishers move at the same pace as the patron wants or needs and this puts us in the middle!

Into a new world of librarianship made me question a couple of the points raised about the traits of Librarian 2.0. I think that alot of these traits aren't newly required -you could argue that librarians (admittedly not all)  have always looked forward, understood content and planned for the future with patrons in mind - these are traits that haven't just come about because of Web 2.0.

I think Library 2.0 is about exploring and implementing the best changes and technology developments to connect more with the patron and provide quality resources not quantity

Technorati

I explored this site and found some references to Learning 2.0 but I don't know if I would use this site as a way to locate other blogs. The Blog directory might be a good starting point  for people who had an area that they wanted to explore. Technorati Top 100 was interesting. The ads around the site got a little annoying though!

Del.icio.us

Well I created a Yahoo account which I wasn't keen on as it seemed to need too many personal details like birth date and your location. Once I worked out how to get this not to display, I went on to use Del.icio.us. It was easy to add the web pages and I can see how useful it would be for researchers to share their research, make connections and develop opportunities for collaboration. It is also useful for students to keep track of popular website and to share this information amongst a group of people. I can see how it would help you to see what sites other people are finding.

Web 2.0 Technology

I think that areas such as Cultural Collections are really making good use of Web 2.0 technologies like Flickr. I like the Library's blog and its use of RSS feeds. It would be great to use some of these technologies to highlight our new resources for our students and staff. Google Talk is another technology that has some great benefits and is starting to be used among several teams of staff as another communication tool.

LibraryThing

I've created my account and added 5 books. I have a connection with each of the 5 books I've added to my LibraryThing, I grew up in the world of A.A Milne and Beatrix Potter, I became a fan of Jane Austen, and I'm working towards Paris! I like the concept of this website and can see great benefits for book lovers and libraries, perhaps as a new way to showcase new titles. What was interesting was when you searched on a title like Pride and Prejudice and then saw the thousands of books, DVDs and the like which have a connection. You can check out my LibraryThing profile at http://www.librarything.com/profile/bronwen99

fd's Flickr Toys

Here is the photo I did, jigsaw style!  I really liked this exercise. If you want to try here is the link http://bighugelabs.com/. It was really simple, just add a photo and then you can do all sorts of things to the image. I particularly like the jigsaw effect.