Week #7 Assignments

Wiki....found interesting the Book Lovers wiki. After reading some of the reviews, I have found some more books I would like to read. For ex: Abide With Me and The Girls.

In libraries, a site for your own individual department. Keep it limited to those who are only members of your department as far as having access to edit/create information, but open it up to all library staff for reference. This way everyone within your department could contribute information that would be helpful to all persons involved.

Library 2.0...What it means to me...What stood out for me in reading these 5 perspectives is accepting the fact that the time has come where we need to focus on finding new ways to bring services TO patrons rather than them coming to us. In other words, it has become the library's responsibility to find ways to provide their services mainly through the Web. Convenience of access is what's going to win. Patrons are beginning to physically take the easier, most accessable way to find information and that seems to be sitting at a computer, clicking buttons to get the info they need. As one of the articles stated, we as a library, must humble ourselves and accept that this is the way technology has advanced us. I can't say that I agree with this but it is happening and will continue to happen.

Technorati....Wow, my 1st search came up w/ 4,020 items. I then did the "Tag Search" and seen a familiar face.."Hi, Jan" and listened to her video. She encouraged me to continue on and have "fun" with this blogging.

The "blog directory search" I liked. I liked the "categorized" list of blogs and I especially liked the most popular page(favorites). It never ceases to amaze me the amount of information you can find at these different sites. Very interesting...

Week #6 Assignments

Tagging/Del.icio.us.....more terms to become familiar with! Personally, at this point, I don't search the web a lot so it wouldn't be worth it for me to try to figure out how to set all of this up. However, it is a really "neat" idea and I can see where it could be a great asset for both research and personal use. It was of interest to me when it suggested to use this system for wishlists, vacation idea/plans, and cookbook and that it could be accessed from anywhere. Just maybe, this "blogging class" will get me more interested in using the computer/web after all. We'll see...

Cont. of Week #5 assignments

With the Rollyo assignment, I again have learned more about what is "out there" and available for use. I think this would be a great asset for those who refer to the same websites frequently. I clicked on each one of the search rolls they listed and I can see where it would save a lot of time and it is a great way to organize them(websites) into similiar categories. Even though I do not use the internet much for personal use (only have dial-up!) I can see where it would be beneficial for both work and personal use.

LibraryThing is very interesting to me. I like to read and I read all different types of books. Another good resource and a way to communicate with others who like to read the same types of books. A good way to recommend titles to each other.

Here is the link to my personal catalog.

Week # 5 Assignments

Here is my store front design. I enjoyed "The Generator" blog to browze around in much better than the other two listed on our assignment page. Doesn't this store front look "cute". It looks like somewhere I would like to go to...how about you?

Here is the url for the website I used.

Week #4 Assignments

Well, I'm continuing to learn new and different things with this assignment. I found some very interesting websites and had no problem with finding enough to list on my bloglines. This assignment was more confusing to me but with help from my co-workers, we got our heads together and hopefully have done it correctly. We kept wanting or feeling that we needed to somehow transfers our bloglines to our "blogs". In addition to doing my assignments, I have also learned a lot about what all is "out there" and the different options you have to make your life easier with searching the web.

Looking over the different sites for finding feeds was interesting as well. They basically were about the same but its nice to know there are different options out there.

Week # 3 Assignments (cont.)

As part of my #3 assignment, we were to comment about technology. Technology is something I don't understand. I am intimidated by it!! Once I start doing assignments like this, I have to admit they are fun but it certainly isn't something I could do all day. I get tired of working on the computer. I realize that to "keep up in the world" I have to start caring more about LEARNING technology. I guess this goes back to the term "life-long" learning. It certainly will be for me a process of continuing to learn for the rest of my life.