#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

I am so excited after reading all that inspiring stuff. I am particularly encouraged to see that an anthropologist has weighed into the discussion. After all, we are certainly not in this as "Libraries" in our little cocoons, but part of the wider picture of trying to get a fix on human evolution. I feel much more comfortable thinking about Web.2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 in the broader context. Library issues per se are NOT important, only insofar as they contribute to man's greater understanding of himself.

On a more mundane level, having been in the retail/wholesale business for many years, it is good to see libraries beginning to embrace what the manufacturing/sales people have known for years, ie. in our brave new world, JUST IN TIME is where it is at, not JUST IN CASE.

AND... finally ... it makes me cross on a daily basis when school & tertiary students are looking for references and are told they may not use references from the web. Why on earth not? In which time warp is the teacher/lecturer stuck?

There is sadly no room in this discussion for poodles. Poodles are not really interested in Web 2.0 except for the Flickr pictures.

#14 Technorati

Technorati Profile

Well, although I can't imagine why the 50 million plus bloggers would ever want to read anything in my Blog, I will play the game and "claim" my Blog. It might feel left out and lonely if I don't and I wouldn't want that.
So here you are. Spiders do your worst.

#13 Tagging & Del.icio.us

Oh the things we do. Who would have thought I would do anything even remotely resembling cataloguing? And now two things in two weeks. I must admit this is a lot more fun than marc records and I can (almost) understand how it works, while marc remains a total mystery to me.
Here is my link to my Del.icio.us account
http://Del.icio.us/maggienewman
to which I may return and add some poodle tags at a future time. Toby is becoming quite excited at all the Flickr poodles to which he now has access.

# 12 Rollyo

Link to my searchroll is
http://rollyo.com/createroll.html?sid=319609


This is quite interesting but seems to have limited possibilities. There are easier ways of doing the same thing (for me anyway).

#11 LibraryThing

Well that was fun too. The first time in my life I have enjoyed cataloguing.
Here is my link.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/maggien
I will definitely return and add more titles and re-arrange them a bit.

#10

Well this was fun. Could spend hours making funny notices for the library.

#8 & 9 bloglines

Here is my link to my bloglines.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/maggien
I THINK I have it right now.
I agree with Carpe Diem that rss is a rather boring title and a very frustrating task!
For a Bear of Very Little Brain it was very challenging indeed.