Week 8 #18

SJLibrary2.0 has been great fun. I am learning so much about different ways to use the web to work and to play. Thanks for making this such a challenging and rewarding project. I think that this is another place that I am going to have to revisit to think about how to use these tools best. I know that I can use the Microsoft software easily, so sometimes it makes more sense to use the familiar. But I can see the use in having web based products to create and share documents.

Week 7 #17

Okay, that was fun. I will have to browse the favorites list when the library isn't closing. TFTH.

Week 7 #16

Wikis - I've used them for a while. I think they're great to get a quick sense of a subject and some leads to additional sources of information. I really enjoyed the library wikis. I can see that this could be a wonderful way to provide staff training. I am going to talk to Sandra about this.

Week 6 #15

Library 2.0 - I love the fact that we are discussing how we can become more effective and have technology help us reach out to our customers and create ways for our customers to find information easily. When I first started as a librarian, we were just starting out with using computers to find information. It was using the computer to do the tedious index searching for students, researchers, and businesses. Many of my colleagues were less than supportive of new ways to help customers. I think this is part of the continuum of how libraries and societies continue to evolve. Nothing is static, and we all make our own adjustments to life around us - whether we run full tilt at it, close our eyes and hope it goes away, or somewhere in between. I really enjoyed the discussion of Library 2.0. When I think about the endless possibilities to take information and condense it, combine it, and comment on it, it allows us to expand our information possibilities. It's really quite liberating.

Week 6 #14

Searching Technorati, and looking at the differences between blog posts, tags, and blog directory listings. You get the most with tags, which makes sense since multiple tags can be assigned to a blog post. Blog Directories seem to have more authority than blog posts. I will have to do more exploration to see if my supposition is correct. Tagging can be great to locate what people are saying about a subject. However, you can retrieve too much, incorrect spelling can miss some relevant blogs. But it is a good way to get a quick sense of popularity, what people think, etc.

Week 6 #13

Well, I spent some time playing around with del.icio.us and I can see what the point is. I will have to think about this some more so that I can figure out how I can best use the technology to make my life easier. There is definitely some fun in figuring out how others tagged items. For now, I think I will have to let this rumble in my unconscious for a while.

Week 5 # 12

I'm always searching for coloring sheets for storytime. So, now I have a custom search engine. Hopefully, I will be able to use it more effectively than jsut searching google.

So, check out this searchroll if you need a coloring sheet.

http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=nursery&sid=web&prevsid=278182