Thing # 17

This library wiki project is a great idea. I found posting and editing to it fairly straight forward. I put up the instructions on using the offline mode.
http://lpls.pbwiki.com/Using+Offline+Mode

One reason I'm glad we're going to be putting all the manuals and instructions on the wiki is that it is has a search function. The search feature is pretty user-friendly. I like how it has each article listed with the highlighted search terms to the right.

As far as other uses for the library wiki, we could use it as a reader's advisory tool, or a tool for sharing programming and best practices.

Thing #16

Wikis are a good tool for people to use to collect and post helpful information on just about anything. I wouldn't use one as a source for a research project or paper, but that's not really its purpose in my opinion. I particularly liked the Library Success wiki and the Library Instruction wiki. These two sites are wonderful resources that allow users to contribute their best practices so that everyone has access to some great ideas on programming and more.


As far as applications within the library go, using it as a reader's advisory tool would be great. That way workers and patrons can contribute to the wiki, so it creates a way for everyone to get involved.

Thing # 15

I 'm glad that libraries are using Web 2.0 to expand their services and to create a more user friendly environment. It's nice to see that different integrated library systems are using web 2.0 technology, like the use of rss feeds, tags, and other user created metadata.

I identified with the article on better bibliographic services. I think that this is a great way to use web 2.0 technology in libraries. A library 2.0 catalog could link you to articles in the library's databases, user reviews, user created tags, and provide rss feeds for new books on the subject. Additionally, by using the concept of FRBR in OPACs users are able to find more books and sources since they are linked and grouped together in a more logical way. For instance, OCLC has a prototype catalog using FRBR called Fiction Finder. It's located here: http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/. It functions as a catalog and as a reader's advisory tool. You can search by characters, settings, genres, literary forms, and much more. It has much more bibliographic information than a normal catalog, and it links and groups similar books together in a more user friendly structure.

Even though library 2.0 encompasses much more than just improving bibliographic access methods, for me this is the most interesting element of library 2.0.

Thing # 14

There sure are a good deal of blogs out there. I searched for "Learning 2.0" in blogs and got 2,230 different hits for blogs that made posts mentioning that phrase. When searching under tags there were 274 different posts with that tag. Some of those posts looked similar to the learning 2.0 project that we're doing. Using the blog directory, there were 391 blogs on learning 2.0. So yes, the results are different, and if I were looking for blogs on "learning 2.0" it looked like the tag search gave me better results.

The Popular section in Technorati is interesting if you want to gauge what's popular with a certain segment of mainstream culture. For instance, there are popular music artists and celebrities making up some of the top searches category.
The favorite blogs category seem to center around technology, like the Boing Boing blog or the Techcrunch blog.

Overall, technorati is useful as a search engine. You just need to be specific about your searches to avoid getting too many results, since there are so many blogs out there now.

Thing # 13

Del.icio.us is another web 2.0 tool that I never explored before, so I was glad to look into it. The main use of Del.icio.us for me personally is the convenience of having my bookmarks accessible from any computer. I think I would prefer the tagging structure to what I use now on my computer.

For work, this would come in handy for quickly finding websites while doing reference, and also with reader's advisory. I would also think that Del.icio.us's tagging structure could be used in library OPACs as well.

Thing # 12

Rollyo is an interesting tool that could be used to cut out all the junk sites you might run into with a larger search engine. I like it, and it's something that would come in useful for someone doing research on a specific topic. For example, specific search engines on snails, wood carving, or anything subject-specific would come in handy for someone. I found it easy to create my rollyo. I just put some ready reference sites in there and created it. I didn't get too involved in it, so maybe I'll add more later.

http://rollyo.com/0067/ready_reference/

Thing # 11

I had always read or heard about LibraryThing, but I really never looked into it. I 'm glad because this will be a good way to keep up with books I want to read, or have read. I was using my Amazon wish list as a way to do this, so LibraryThing is MUCH better.

Here's my account: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/0067. I'm going to try to add more tags later. I've just been adding books that I recently read or want to read.

I can't remember where I read it, but there's a new article on libraries incorporating LibraryThing in their OPAC. Patrons are able to search by tags and read reviews from other patrons.