Thing #16- Learn About Wikis

I enjoyed the video presentation and understood what it was all about but when I went onto the exercise I was a bit lost. I did like the recommended list of books as it can help with books by mail. I also thought Nancy Pearls picks had some good info. I did visit many of the public libraries although I did not see OCL there. I especially enjoyed the Albany County Public Library Staff Wiki. It is a great way for all employees to keep up with all that is going on. I think it could be a great asset to us. The only downside was all the clicking.....I was a bit lost on the history tab when I visited the Ocean County Library's article on Wikipedia.

Thing #15-On Library2.0& Web 2.0

This one created alot of confusion for me. I felt like I was walking in circles trying to figure it out.No matter how many times I read all the info on this one it just wasn't sinking in. I guess it's like a web that gets bigger with all the info that is put together. From what I got out of it...it seems one can gather info from all sorts of avenues using Library 2.0. I guess I would have to spend lots of time learning all there is to learn to benefit from it.

Scrolling News Ticker

I can't believe I did it!!!! Not only did I get to put my own survey on my blog but I also got my scrolling news ticker!!! This is getting to be alot of fun. Hooray for technology:)

Scrolling RSS News Ticker

Thing #14 : Getting Not-So-Technical With Technorati

HELP!!! I feel like I have serious brain overload! I checked out some of the blogs and they seemed a bit overloaded for me! I was excited to find out about "pings" and a "widgets". It is not something from Harry Potter as I suspected ! I am working on trying to add a horizontal news ticket widget to my blog..stay tuned

WorldCat

Well, I just had a patron come in and she told me about a book she just finished reading.
I looked it up on our catalog and it didn't give any info. SO...I went to WorldCat and what do you think I saw????? Tons of info about it. My decision is made now. Thumbs Up:)

Thing #13 Tagging, Folksonomies & Social Bookmarking in del.icio.us

Wow!! So much to take in. I can see how this would help alot of people to keep organized but it seems like so much. I guess being a little more savy with the computer would help, but I myself don't use it that often that I would feel the need to "tag". I did like the idea of all the summer reading lists being at my fingertips.