Thing 11

I can see the potential for using del.icio.us . I just don't know that I really need it. I don't have a real need for keeping track of website and blog postings. The libraries Wiki has a great deal of website lists for me to reference instead of using tags or labels. If I was a big blogger I could see where I would want to tag things for easy reference.

I could see how a library could use tagging for frequently used website. If our library didn't already have a system in place through our website and wiki, I would say the del.icio.us would be a great site to use. The San Mateo Library had quite and extensive list of site tagged by dewey number. I did see many readers advisory sites listed. (They should have more YA/teen sites tagged, especially the YALSA site with all it's book lists.)

Thing 10

Wikis are great fun. Our library has one (created by our tech savy BrianL) that we use for staff use. It is great for finding library events, policies, phone numbers, computer helps and frequently used websites. We love that any staff person can make changes or updates to the info on the Wiki. Editing things is so easy. I could see how teachers might like a wiki for use in class projects, giving password assess to anyone who might need or denying access to others. Yes, many teachers/faculty "ban" Wikipedia as a source for student research, just like they "bannned" us of encyclopedias as your primary source when I was in high school. I think that Wikipedia can and should be used. If nothing else the access it gives to users of related links and information is very handy. Any good school teacher or librarian should be teaching their students how to find accurate and reliable sources of information on the internet. Like the information in book, the information is only as perfect as the person who compiled/wrote it.

I did create a 23 things wiki account and added a few words with my name(Lynette the Library Lady) at the end. Like I said at the beginning. Our library has a wiki and I have made changes to that, so this "thing" wasn't hard at all.

Thing 9

I really found not much difference between the two. I think that using this way of document editing, for muliple users who are using a variety of operating systems and word processing software, would be a very good choice. Especially in committee work where members are in different parts of a city, state or even country. For my purposes, here at our library, I don't see much need. We all have access to MS Word and saving documents in a shared folder is quite easy. In fact it makes it quite easy when I am in the graphics room, struggling with the color printer and I can resend a print job from any of my co-workers computers without having to login as myself and going back downstairs.

As far as the Founding Fathers are concerned, I think that they would be very surprised at how much work we put into typing, re-typing, editing, printing and re-printing something. They would have loved to be able to quickly make many copies of an important document. However they most likely would not like the waste of money and paper that occurs when people print and send junk mail, catalogs or other paper documents that people do not want or have any desire to read/use. They would also miss the process of writing by hand. Getting an email or e*card is not like getting that personal note sent by loved ones and friends.

Thing 8

I spent a great deal of time this morning, playing around with and creating a XTIMELINE. I found the link to this site from the 50 Web 2.0 Way to Tell a Story Link. Here is the link to the timeline page; http://xtimeline.com/timeline/Lynette-the-Library-Lady

It looked like it would be pretty easy at first. I thought that I could include links of relevant website to the timeline events. I guess they should have been video feeds instead. I did manage to add a photo of the college I attended. I did include a photo of myself when I created the page, but the photo that shows up on the timeline is not that photo. I would have to spend a lot more time on this to get it looking like I would want before putting it on any webpage that I would share with.

Thing 7

Web communications is everywhere. Before I started this job 9 years ago, I didn't even have an email address. Now there isn't a day when I'm not reading, sending or using email. My husband and I use the Mac product 30 Boxes to share our calendar of meetings, appointments, family plans and work schedules. It does interact/sink with my Novell email at work, but at least I can look at our calendar and see if we have any plans for such-n-such a date.

Our library does have a 24/7 IM reference service. I don't know much about how the reference staff coordinates that. I should have a look at that some day. I will periodicly get a question forwarded to me about YA library programs.

As for text and IMing for work or personal use, I haven't really found a need. My nieces and nephews are addicted. Hundreds of minutes are used to text their girl and boyfriends. The slang that is used is hard to keep up with. I even heard of this woman in Japan, who writes books/short stories on her cell phone and text messages everything to her home/work email and then forwards it to a publisher. The interview showed her texting in traffic and while shopping at the mall. Talk about a mobile job.

Webinars are one of the greatest things. I love being able to attend a seminar or class without having to drive all the way to the Twin Cities or other metro area to attend something. I am going to be "attending" a webinar this week about young adult programing through the U of M Extension programs. I did have the option of heading over to the United Way offices to sit with others and watch the session, but I think I will stay right here at my desk and login. Minitex has a long list of courses to take, but they seemed to be very cataloging topic heavy.