Thing #15

What an exciting time to be in the library business!! Our focus will be changing from the standard collection mentality to an expanding universe of possibilities. There are so many ways to use the concepts in Library 2.0 to enhance our patron's experience. The biggest challenge is to be ready to assist patrons with new technology while not abandoning those who just want the old-fashioned library experience. These universes will clash from time to time so we must be ready to make it all mashup!?

Thing #14

Technorati - another amazing space to lose yourself in!! I searched on a few tags and looked at the popular sites. I found Boing-Boing there. I am already getting that on my RSS feeds. It's pretty wild. I did not claim my blog yet. I want to spend some more time there before I jump in with both feet!!

Thing #13

Well I spent most of 2 days just exploring Delicious (with dots) and I think it's a pretty amazing concept. From my SLRC tour, I learned that PRATT is planning to publish their custom links on their webpage but they are using a different site that requires a license - I believe they are paying something for the license.

The most interesting thing on both sites, however is the tagging feature. This is a new concept for me. I have used folders for so long, it's a bit of a struggle to keep an open mind. I can see that tagging is the best way to share stuff with a large, diverse community but I still tend to think in terms of the old folders. Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember when folders was a new concept. For that matter, I can remember when the computer was a new concept. I think I will stop there!! {:-}

Oh yea, I like the clouds too.