week 7 #16

finally get caught up a bit. enjoying looking at wiki. Especially enjoyed the library sucess wiki. I can see using a wiki for committees and other uses.

week 6 #15

Found these readings very interesting. The article on avoiding the 3 icebergs affirmed what I already have felt, that I need to avoid building a "just in case" collection, that we can't train all our patrons and really are wasting our time by trying to do so, and that we can't wait for people to come to us. I think a lot of the things we're doing are moving us into the right direction, this training among them. The article on cooperation had a great idea: a google map mashup of local libraries. Wouldn't it be great if we need something like this showing our libraries and HPL libraries? We spend a lot of time figuring which library a caller is closer to, and sometimes its a HPL library. The 2.0 librarian manifesto was inspiring to me. Library 2.0 to me means a constantly changing, exciting place to work and offer services to users.

week 6 #14

When I did the searches by keyword and tags, some of the results were the same. When I did the blog directory search, the results were completely different, which makes sense. When I explored the popular blogs, searches, and videos, I found some things that were quite interesting. I like the boingboing blog which it seems is the most popular blog of all, at least for right now.

week 6 #13

Have used the library's del. account some to see what websites might be handy for ref. Tried to install my own account but it wouldn't install the buttons on my home computer, probably because I have Vista and my husband has a google toolbar, etc. I can see the potential.

week 5 number 12

Tried to get into Library Elf and their server is down. Did get to see the demo yesterday and it looks like it would be a big help for patrons/staff who check out lots of stuff. Since I only check out for myself, I can usually keep track of my stuff pretty well. Will try again to get into elf.

week 5 #11 library thing

I already have been using Library Thing for a while. I use it to keep track of what I've read and what I would like to read. You can look at my list at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/claramaynard.

link to meez

http://www.meez.com/home.dm

week 5 number 10

didn't get to do yahoo avatars as they seem to having technical difficulties. But I'm looking forward to creating a yahoo avatar for my yahoo e-mail. Meez seemed pretty easy and it was fun.

Clara's Corner

week 4 #9

Of all the tools, I found Topix the easiest to use for finding news. I typed in "millionaire adventuerer" to find info about Steve Fosset, whose complete name I could not remember. Of the news related tools, Topix gave me more of what I was looking for. I tried Synidc 8, looking for library news, and found libraryplanet.com, which was interesting.

week 4 #8 part 2

Added some more feeds. This is fun. Will give me a place to put all my favorite web stuff.

week 4 #8 RSS

This could be very convenient. Added 8 newsfeeds, and will think about which ones I want to add next. Like the idea of filtering through all the stuff that comes in.