Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Week 7-Thing 17: Sandbox Wiki

I visited the sandbox site, added my blog, and created my own page of favorites.

Week 7-Thing 16: Wikis

I have never dealt with wikis before, so this was entirely new for me (which is uncommon because I do a lot online). I visited the Book Lovers Wiki and really liked how open the site was. I liked how you could find useful information about different books and share opinions with others. I think that something like this could really be useful to a library because, unlike blogs, it's a real community of people sharing their thougts. If our branch (or other branches) each had something like a Book Lovers Wiki, people within the community could come together and swap suggestions with one another. It is also possible for it to be something like an adult summer reading program where the library features specific books that the members suggest and then respond to. Now, there is always the possibility that it might not work out, but there is also a good chance that it could be a huge success. But I definitely like the idea of it.

Week 6-Thing 15: Web 2.0

I think that it is so interesting how the internet and its capabilities continues to grow over time. I started using the internet at the end of my 5th grade year and once I started I couldn't stop! I spent practically every day online, discovering all kinds of new sites, up through high school. I think it is so fascinating how so much has changed in that short amount of time. I love social networking sites like myspace and facebook. I think that sites like that can easily be used by libraries and other businesses to keep in touch with co-workers, post about meetings (maybe even conduct online meetings) and just share information. Blogs also make it easy to find/share information. I think that libraries can take advantage of feeds, using them to broadcast information about books and local information to anyone anywhere.

Week 6-Thing 14: Technorati

I "claimed" my blog on Technorati and found the process to be quite simple. After claiming my blog and creating my watchlist, I checked out the top searches (which included myspace, facebook, and the iphone), the most popular blogs, and figured out how to tag my blog so that it is included in the mdlearn2 search group (below). Overall I thought that the site was easy to navigate and very useful!