#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

Away from the “icebergs”
By Rick Anderson
Director of Resource Acquisition
University of Nevada, Reno Libraries

I particularly liked this article – it was written in an “easy to read style” – it didn’t use any complicated jargon – which is always a nice relief.

The article discussed how “difficult, expensive and slow” it is to deal with information when it is in Hardcopy Format. It really no longer makes good business sense to continue with a hard Copy Collection – Electronic Format is the best way to go. As a Web 2.0 development continues patrons expect materials to be accessible in Digital Formats.

Libraries/Librarians should now concentrate on eliminating the “barriers” that exist in accessing the digital information – assist with seaching interfaces and ensuring that the interfaces are easy to use. Patrons will therefore be able to concentrate more on reading the information rather than losing precious time trying to work how an interface works.
It must be recognised that “In the post-print era, libraries no longer have the monopoly power they had in the days before the Internet”. Information has become much more accessible to many since the Digitial Age has taken off.

#14 Technorati

Search Term "Learning 2.0"

Blog Posts 495 Results
Tags 105 Results
Blog Directory 333 Results

As you can see the search results varied depending on how narrowly I searched – as I expected when only searching Tags there were fewer hits. I didn't find any great surprises.

I decided not to tag my posts as I am not the type of person to get out there and broadcast my thoughts – I am a much more private person and would only really post and tag something if I had conducted a thorough Research Project at an advanced level – so that it would actually contribute some knowledge. I don’t generally talk just to hear the sound of my own voice or thoughts.

# 13 Tagging & Del.icio.us

Tagging & Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/

I had a good play around with Del.icio.us it was lots of fun. The way the tagging is used is very useful, it is really handy to be able to enter different search terms and to have the information be returned in the results. The drawbacks are that it is easy to become inundated with relevant or not so relevant links!!

As is always the case I am not too sure about the validity of all of the entries!! Not sure how much this is to be trusted when doing research??

None-the-less it is a great tool for social interaction especially for those who may have a particular hobby or interest

Rollyo

Well it is Monday Morning - I feel a bit fresher after the weekend. I have had a bit of a play around with Rollyo and have added a couple to my Blog. I must say it looks quite impressive for the amount of work needed to set it up.

LibraryThing

I played around with this for while, chose a range of books ranging from non fiction adult to Children's fiction

Here is the link to the LibraryThing site http://www.librarything.com/addbooks

I will now move on to the Rollyo .... wish me luck...

Generator - Rubik's Cube Generator

Here are the results of the Rubik's Cube Generator -- I have added my photo to the generator to get a nice blend of the two.

The Rubik's cube was fun to play around with -- it was a bit of a blast from the past.

Here is a link to the Rubik's Cube Generator http://www.dumpr.net/rubik.php

Generators

It has been fun playing around with the Generator -- it took a bit of nutting out but I got the hang of it and was able to post my results.

This one came from the Famous Star Generator -- here is the link in case anyone else wants to have a play around with the site http://www.famousstar.de/