#16 - week 7

i looked at several of the wikis, but i must say my favorite is the book lovers wiki. what an awesome tool/site/wiki!. to think that the average bear can contribute to something like this, or that this was such a collaborative exercise...wow.

i've worked on special projects for sjsu's slis classes using wiki technology. it is amazing how easy it is to collaborate using this technology. i'm struck by, as far as libraries, how useful this could be for answering difficult reference questions. as it is, several people usually use forms to answer one question - it gets passed around until a sufficient answer is found. i think using a wiki for this process would allow more flexibility than passing around a sheet of paper.

#15 - week 6

i read a few of the perspectives and i am particularly struck by the emphasis on partnering and collaboration. this is an extremely important idea for libraries moving forward.

as the world, and libraries, move into the digital age, change is very fast in coming. it has been my experience that many are resistant to change, especially as the idea of being a librarian as a cloistered profession fades away. the new model involves a lot more patron interaction. this can particularly be seen in the san jose way. for those who worry about all of this change, i must point out that, as far as libraries are concerned, this is nothing new. libraries have always been on the forefront of embracing the latest technology. remember the microfiche & film controversies? the beginning of opacs? the current technological landscape may be changing faster then in the past, but it is, in essence, the same. embrace the new, i say. and who knows, maybe someone will unplug the internet someday and we'll go back to card catalogs. :)

#14 - (week six)

the blog directory search on technorati came up with the most relevant results for learning 2.0. the tag search seemed to come up with the most blogs in different languages.

it's funny to see how quickly trends/fads of the internet spread - like that certain youtube video, or the dreaded forwarded email. with these tools, it's like a hyper-speed virus. it's also very voyeuristic, the public aspect of it. but i guess humans are pretty much naturally nosy, so it is definitely fulfilling a need, i suppose.

#13 - (week 6)

#13 - del.icio.us is an awesome tool. i plan to organize (using del.icio.us) my raggedy mass of "favorites", which has pretty much been languishing on my computer for years, when i get home. thanks to the generosity of christy aguirre (thanks, christy!) i am working on this at rosegarden, where i spend 5 hours of my internship a week. looking at how other people have tagged and what they've tagged is fascinating.

i can definitely see the utility of social bookmarking for libraries. websites of interest to patrons, staff, etc, could be easily organized and made exportable. that's cool.

#12 - week five

since i am interested in serving incarcerated youth, i put together a searchroll of publications, general interest and funding sources for/regarding said youth. it took me a while to figure out how to link to my searchroll, but i figured it out. here it is: http://rollyo.com/aelurophile/incarcerated_youth/. i am going to run some searches now...this is a pretty good idea. if only we could have something like this ALL of the databases that King has - but i know that's not possible because of permissions, etc.

#11 - week five

coolest discovery yet! i checked out www.meebo.com, an award winner. i'd seen people instant messaging with it before, but i never quite knew what it was. now, i have one more thing to distract me when the reference desk is slow...hmmm, maybe i shouldn't have said that...anyway, it will be fun to i'm when i'm at work. it'll all be, ahem, work related, of course.

#10 - week 5

i used www.comicstripgenerator.com to create this lovely work of art. fun!