It felt a bit empowering to add my blog to the sandbox, I must say. I also added one of my favorite childhood book titles, too.
I think wikis do enable non-HTML folks the opportunity to share valuable content. Also, it is a good information-swapping tool. (I do have the option to change my mind...)
-C ... a.k.a. Just another Indian...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
#16 - The Wonderful World of Wikis
My opinion of wikis is this: Too many Indians, not enough Chiefs. On the same lines of blogging, wikis open themselves up to too many opinions and no controlling or editorial mechanism.
However, I won't completely poo-poo the concept. I found the SJCPL Subject Guides very comprehensive, the tutorials in Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day extremely customer-friendly, the Book Lovers Wiki Amazon.com-esque and the ALA 2006 New Orleans wiki a great idea we could steal for planning Evening in the Stacks.
I think for us wikis would work well for reader's advisory and customer book reviews. They could also complement some of our programming (with regard to registration, book club discussions, and program follow-up).
However, I won't completely poo-poo the concept. I found the SJCPL Subject Guides very comprehensive, the tutorials in Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day extremely customer-friendly, the Book Lovers Wiki Amazon.com-esque and the ALA 2006 New Orleans wiki a great idea we could steal for planning Evening in the Stacks.
I think for us wikis would work well for reader's advisory and customer book reviews. They could also complement some of our programming (with regard to registration, book club discussions, and program follow-up).
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
#15
I read Away from the Icebergs, Into a New World of Librarianship and To a Temporary Place in Time.
Here are my thoughts, as a -- not quite green but still newbie-ish- library associate:
1) We have come a long way from paper card catalogs and microfilm (although still available at Central for those who cannot part with it). And the years ahead will bring new opportunities as we coast along the information highway of technology. But... (and this is a big butt), despite our advances, we will always have customers who still want you to teach them, who still want you to do things for them. I would call it assisted-self service. With Web 2.0, I'm glad to have some working knowledge for those customers who want the information even if I have to hand-hold them (after, of course, I finish holding my own hand;).
2. From ...New World of Librarianship: "Decisions and plans are discussed in open forums and comments answered." Ideally, that would be great. So would the Librarian 2.0 who "listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes ..." I implore you to rise to the occasion and live the dream!!
3. From To a Temporary Place in Time...: I believe as library associates we have a responsibility to our library as a community. It isn't simply about the books or documents ... or even the budding technology of Web 2.0, it's about community. About building experiences and mainstays for our patrons. For without the customers and community involvement there would be only books and no users.
Here are my thoughts, as a -- not quite green but still newbie-ish- library associate:
1) We have come a long way from paper card catalogs and microfilm (although still available at Central for those who cannot part with it). And the years ahead will bring new opportunities as we coast along the information highway of technology. But... (and this is a big butt), despite our advances, we will always have customers who still want you to teach them, who still want you to do things for them. I would call it assisted-self service. With Web 2.0, I'm glad to have some working knowledge for those customers who want the information even if I have to hand-hold them (after, of course, I finish holding my own hand;).
2. From ...New World of Librarianship: "Decisions and plans are discussed in open forums and comments answered." Ideally, that would be great. So would the Librarian 2.0 who "listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes ..." I implore you to rise to the occasion and live the dream!!
3. From To a Temporary Place in Time...: I believe as library associates we have a responsibility to our library as a community. It isn't simply about the books or documents ... or even the budding technology of Web 2.0, it's about community. About building experiences and mainstays for our patrons. For without the customers and community involvement there would be only books and no users.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Technorati
I guess opinions are like blogs... it seems like every opinionated person has one. Geez. I wish people proofread what they are putting out there. The typos abound! Some of the stuff on Technorati is trash. The guy who posts his income is a bit freaky. If there is a topic you are eager to read about, Technorati has everything under the kitchen sink. I do like TMZ.com, among one of the most popular blogs.
When searching for Learning 2.0, I found 22,211 posts, 632 blogs in the blog directory and a number of tags. As I was searching Technorati, the number of blog posts continued to grow... it's amazing.
I don't want to claim my tag. I'd rather keep my opinions to myself! :)
When searching for Learning 2.0, I found 22,211 posts, 632 blogs in the blog directory and a number of tags. As I was searching Technorati, the number of blog posts continued to grow... it's amazing.
I don't want to claim my tag. I'd rather keep my opinions to myself! :)
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