THE BEATLES AND JUGGLING

WIKIS #16

I have been a fan of wikipedia for a long time although not realizing what a wiki really was in relation to anything other than searching. A great way to be interactive and pro-active in a library environment. Love the way anyone can input and how wikis draw on knowledge of the masses.

#15 Library Web 2.0

I needed to know some background to understand where information services could possibly be heading and found reading Tim O'Reillys 'What is Web' 2.0 very informative. The discussions about where we are heading start to resonate as possibilities for the future after exposure to new concepts and tools during this learning programme. I certainly don't think libraries will change quickly as we need to absorb new ideas and ways of interacting with technology and users of libraries. I do believe that we need to be able to deliver relevant content to users wherever they are and that our role in cyberspace may be as avatars or "super-librarians" helping negotiate the web. As Dr Wendy Schultz stated "libraries will still need experienced tour guides" in referring to packaging and promoting web 2.0.
Obviously we will need to be technologically savvy to keep our jobs or die out like the dinosaurs. Lucky for me I don't think I'll see books disappear in my lifetime.

#13 Del.icio.us

I like anything that allows me to connect with other sites of similar interests and have already discovered sites that I will be tagging once I set up a Delicious account from my home computer. Why try and re-invent the wheel when it seems like others have already done the work for me and I just need to link in. I am a little bit concerned about material that may compromise my computer, which has started to run very slowly and on running a scan has detected a number of ??????????? and deleted them.

#12 ROLLYO

Another toy to play with, oops, I mean tool. I do like the fact that we are or can create a personal space tailored to our needs, or the needs of the perceived user.

#11 LIBRARY THING

A great tool to link reader's with common interests. Useful application for libraries to promote books, or a great book club. Was simple to initiate but again cutting and pasting URLs had me scratching my head as I could not add a widget. Gave up for a week, came back to it, tried and it worked. Seems like I need a week to mull over some things.

IMAGE GENERATOR #10

Had some fun with this one at http://doppelme.com

Also try http://www.image generator.org