Week 9 things 20/21/22/23

I spent a little time on YouTube and had the most fun I've had through all of this. I found a couple of short videos of impersonators. They were really good and funny. It was a nice break from trying to get through so much during a very busy summer with several staff taking vacation. I also spent some time on podcasts and downloadable audio sources. So, I've finally made it through the 23 things. I must say that, while I know it's merely a small tip of a gigantic iceberg, I've learned a lot. I believe the "23 things" process was a good opportunity for me to see a lot of available tools of which I had little or no knowledge.

Week 8 thing 19

I explored a health site that was listed in the Web 2.0 awards list. It does seem that there is helpful information there that would be useful to me personally and could also help researchers at the library.

Week 8 thing 18

It's a good thing Gates has already made his billions. It is so convenient to have a tool that is common and accessible. It would have been really nice when I was taking some history and literature classes to have a word processing tool that was the same, regardless of whether I was in the computer lab at GC, or at the REL writing papers.

Week 7 thing 17

I've played in the sandbox and edited the page to include the link to my blog.

Week 7 thing 16

It seems that wikis are indeed useful. Two of the uses I read about and liked are using them for book reviews and for communicating "best practices". I also like the idea of wikis for intranets. But, it seems to me it may be best to have an "official" intranet wherein one would find documents such as policies and procedures, and then another that would be more for sharing ideas and informal information.

Week 6 thing 15

I've read some of the information on Web 2.0 and Library 2.0. Life always involves change and it's likely that the libraries of the future will be quite different than they are today. I agree with especially one of the viewpoints that I read. While change will happen and we must be prepared to serve customers in new ways, I believe we will need to continue to serve a group of our customers who will for some years continue to expect library service in what they recognize as the more traditional sense.

Week 6 things 13/14

I have trekked to Del.icio.us. I do believe this is something I can use, but I will need to become more familiar with it. I did create an account and had some difficulties installing the buttons. However, I looked around until I found a very helpful video type instruction tool that did the trick for me. I also took a look around Technorati.