Another fun exercise. I doubt that there would be anyone who wouldn't enjoy spending time here - well those of us who work in libraries anyway. What I like about Library Thing most of all is seeing what books others who have the read the same books recommend.
My Library
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Generators
Now heres somewhere to waste a little time and have fun. The choice is endless, had to reign myself in and get back to the business of web 2.0
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
Sandbox Wiki
Struggled at the begining and then I understood, what took me so long to click? Easy and fun to use.
Wikis
Having been a fan of Wikipaedia for some time now, it has been interesting to delve deeper and see wikis being used for book reviews by the library community as a whole - staff and users. The others that grabbed my attention were the "teaching/learning" wikis. Computer skills and all the ins and outs of using printers. Such a useful tool.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Discovery
The changes in the way consumers access information has changed the way libraries think about informationand how it is presented to our users now and what they might want in the future. The defining factor is what is relevant to the the library and its community.
Libraries are doorways to information for all who enter and we therefore need to be at the very least aware of what is available beyond books, email and google. I think of the times I have seen a dyed in the wool "older" book worm take to google after a simple lesson and not look back. Good grief what would this user do if he knew about wikis and facebook and twitter and.....he would never leave the library, our walls would be bursting at the seams, not with books, but people.
The availability of online resources available to library users is one instance of the changing style of the way information is presented. However it does appear that the use of these resources to a large degree depends on staff presenting or being aware of the need for this information. So for me as interesting and amazing as all the web offers it is only as good to the library as its people.
Libraries are doorways to information for all who enter and we therefore need to be at the very least aware of what is available beyond books, email and google. I think of the times I have seen a dyed in the wool "older" book worm take to google after a simple lesson and not look back. Good grief what would this user do if he knew about wikis and facebook and twitter and.....he would never leave the library, our walls would be bursting at the seams, not with books, but people.
The availability of online resources available to library users is one instance of the changing style of the way information is presented. However it does appear that the use of these resources to a large degree depends on staff presenting or being aware of the need for this information. So for me as interesting and amazing as all the web offers it is only as good to the library as its people.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Technorati
Found this visually a busy site, but once I took my time found my way round. Searching under keyword, tags and Blog posts I have to say left me cold. I imagine if one was browsing/searching for something in particular it would be useful.
Delicious
Have seen that funny little word Delicious on websites and thought mmm "Can I taste it". Well not with my tastebuds, but certainly with information seeking buds. What a useful tool as I saw when browsing the recommended sites
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