Week 7 - Thing 16 - Wikis

When I heard the term wikis all I could think of is the Wikilepedia which I though was full of misinformation and random thoughts. But after reading some articles on wikis I could definitely see the benefits for libraries. Libraries could use wikis (meaning quick) to have customers write book reviews, give information on community history, restaurants and plus other items. ALA 2006 New Orleans and the Bull Run Library used their communities to tap into a wealth of information for others to use. There are other benefits for libraries including group projects, and quick information sharing, one can add or delete information thus speeding up the completion of work. There are some negative aspects though - one must be alert to negative input, misinformation and the management of wikis (who is in control). All in all wikis do have a potential for providing a portal for people to share their knowledge and ideas.

Week 6 - Thing 15

Thing 15 - Like many other participants in 23.. I watched the youtube "Machine is us/ing us and then got hooked and watched "Conan the Librarian" and "Super Librarian"... The Machine.. video helped explain the importance and the growth potential of Web 2.0. Seeing how quickly information changes this format can reflect and grow with imput from everyone.
I also read several articles on Web 2.0 - "Away from the "icebergs" by Rick Anderson; "To more powerful ways to cooperate" by Chip Nilges and "To a temporary place in time" by Dr. Wendy Schultz. I liked Nilges quoting Reilly's notion of "harnessing collective intelligence" while he used it in OCLC context, it can be used everywhere when talking about Web 2.0. Dr. Schultz definition of Libraries as ... conversation, they are convocations of people, ideas and artifacts ...
fit into the context of Web 2.0 and that libraries must change and reflect the times. Her segue of Library 2.0 to Library 3.0 - Web 3D gives a strong picture of the future and where libraries need to fit or go the way of Rich Anderson's Icebergs.

Technorati

Week 6 (thing14) Technorati Tour did not play but the information on the other sites helped to explain the In's and outs. Doing a keyword search using Learning 2.0 drew up quite an array of numbers. Going from 21, 580 in blog posts & then narrowing the term to "learning 2.0" to 2,015. Tags had 2,899 and the Blog Directory - had 547 with more relative information.
Exploring the top favorite blogs - one got Boing Boing; the Top Searches took you to youtube and gossip sites. The top blogs were more technical in nature - talking about Sony & Gadgets.

Del.icio.us

Week 6 (Thing 13) Had a great time finding and creating tags.

Rollyo - Now I can keep track of new materials coming out in the science fiction field.

Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/profile/rberkeley


Great way to keep track of books read and make of list of books you have in your collection.

TRIPS

Week 5. (Thing 10) Had a great time looking at aviators and creating my mine.
(Thing 11) Library Thing - Cataloged some books that I have with images pulled from Amazon - makes the cataloging easy and fun.
(Thing 12) Rollyo - Great way to be informed of new materials and new authors.


While I was not dressed like this, the Great Wall of China is beautiful and unreal.