Thing #16

I've often looked at Wikipedia, but have never explored other wikis. Exploring the ways other libraries are using wikis is interesting, although some of the wikis have not been updated. I especially liked the Book Lovers Wiki developed by the Princeton Public Library. This would probably be very popular in Montgomery County and would be a good way for children to add reviews of books they read during the summer. The Bull Run Public Library's wiki has a disclaimer that the wiki is created by and for the patrons of the Bull Run Library and is not associated nor sponsored by the Prince William County Library System. The wiki gives much more detailed information about that specific branch and their programs. Wonder how much staff time is spent monitoring/correcting information on this wiki.

Thing #15

Reading about Library 2.0 makes me think about the unlimited possibilities of Public Libraries. A recent post on Twitter wonders how the recent iPad will change the future of libraries--will the public want more downloadable ebooks? My guess is yes, as the iPad becomes cheaper and easier to use. Some thoughts: how fast will this happen, what will be in impact on libraries and how fast will MCPL adapt? Coincidentally, the CNN RSS feed I have, listed an article about the iPad, stating that there is an app call iBooks, which might put the Kindle out of business.

Thing #14

Technorati did not interest me as much as other sites--maybe I'm just not interested in searching out other blogs. I did look for a cousins' blog, but couldn't find it among any of the tags. She discusses her art work and art classes on her blog, but maybe she doesn't know about Technorati. Also, I did not "claim" my blog,--for now want it to be a little more private.

Thing #13

Delicious is very useful! It took some time (more than 45 minutes) to figure this out, as many of the tutorials did not work. After looking over some of the bookmarks posted, I set up a "23 training" bookmark for myself. It includes all of the various sites that I've registered for during this training. The sites are now easily accesed at home. Here is the link for my delicious bookmark:
http://delicious.com/23training

Thing #12

Rollyo is a little more difficult for me to figure out. This site requires more time to explore fully. I set up a search engine for Online Shopping and Condos.

It searches all the sites I listed in each of these, but it includes the entire web. I have been unable to limit the searches to the sites listed on my search engine. It's great to search all of these sites at one time, but need to figure out a way to limit the searches. Here is the link to my search engines:
http://rollyo.com/dashboard.html

Thing #11

Library Thing is another useful tool for librarians. I am using Library Thing to keep track of some of the books I have recently read--instead of notes in a folder! Of course, I still have to explore all the options available and different ways to use Library Thing.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/glatsb

Thing #10

The online image generator was fun to explore. I used Yahoo Avatars because I have a user name and password to start using it. Look at my profile to see the image I created. It was tempting to design a different image--pink spike hair and slinky gown--but designed a more conservative image. Here is the link to look at what you can do with your own image.
http://lookup.avatars.yahoo.com/ewimages?enc=VtSzDQpFScHdXB5mkt1UvntuJrO37jg-&size=large&type=jpg&.intl=uk

I would like to experiment with some photos from our albums and see what outrageous images I can come up with.