Week 7: Wikis

Wikipedia has not always been my choice to use for research either at the information desk or in AskUsNow. Too many people are able to add items whether they are correct or not. Having said that I find that wikis are useful. This section on Wikis introduced me to new uses by libraries and librarians for a Wiki. Wikis are simple to use (you do not have to sign up for a web design class), and anyone is able to add their information. You can link pages in a relatively easy manner thereby expanding the information you are giving. The potential use for wikis in libraries is tremendous. I can see librarians using wikis for readers'advisory list, book discussions, specific web pages e.g. Business resources. I was particularly impressed with the Ohio University Biz Whiz and think our SBIC should have a wiki that would be available to the public.

Week 6 : Things 13,14,15

Tagging is almost like doing your own cataloging without the Dewey numbers. Del.icio.us and Technorati are great ways of sharing information. The possibilities for use are endless, research papers, reading advisory lists, information on specific subjects and just learning what the "hot topics" are. However, I think you would have to spend more time on your computer to use the benefits of del.icio.us and technorati. Perhaps libraries could have a full time technology person who keeps track of information on del.icio.us and/technorati and sends it out to the staff via their blog. The future of libraries is tied up with all of this technology. It is important for librarians and staff to be on top of the new methods of communicating and researching information. The patrons who walk through the door of a library are generally aware of what is available via the computer and they expect librarians to be using these methods to answer their questions.

Week 5 Thing 11 and 12

I already had placed a kitten from an online image generator. It was fun. I only added 2 books to the library things. Truth is I am trying to cut down on my own personal library as someday I hope to move. Anyway I have a wonderful library(CCPL) to borrow books from . Creating some reference urls on Rollyo. Amazing I did not know all these sites and items were out there for us to use.

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Week 5 Thing 10 I loved the kitten image generator. The kitten on the left is sooo cute! My avatar took a little while but with the help of coworkers I was able to finish it.

Bloglines Week 4

I still have not received my verification e-mail but I was able to sign up for the RSS feeds. Go figure. I signed up for 3 of the library RSS feeds. The reader's club Rss feed was not recognized or is not really a feed or something is wrong as I could not subscribe to it. RSS feeds will help librarians keep up to date on the latest news and information within the profession. I can see more libraries and librarians using RSS feeds. Perhaps in the far future we could eliminate some newspapers???? I still have to Explore MERLIN and a few useful library related-blogs and news feeds more in depth.

Another quote about butterflies

" Butterflies are self-propelled flowers" R. H. Heinlein