Having worked with wikis as part of a CSU subject I can definitely vouch for their effectiveness when working in a team situation. All members of a team can contribute content, while providing a central access point for all team information. I can definitely see the value in organising wikis for the various teams here in the library.
Picture only slightly related - "Ask me about Wikipedia" - it just caught my eye...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...
Some thoughts from the perspective pieces:
1) 'Into a new world of librarianship' - I actually laughed out loud when I read Librarian 2.0 controls technolust - "This librarian does not buy technology for the sake of technology" - um, you might not, but others sure do (or at least write journal articles about it). Many librarians seemingly look at how the newest tech toys can be utilised in libraries, just because it will make libraries 'hip' with Gen Y. And don't get me started on Second Life...
2) 'To better bibliographic services' - I quite liked the ideas expressed in the Package and push metadata section, about making resources more discoverable, and packaging / pushing library content to users via RSS feeds. After all, how will users know what services and content we offer if we get the information to them?
3) 'To more powerful ways to cooperate' - Just from personal experience, the "data is the new Intel inside" mantra from Build better data rings very true for me. The better quality your records, the more discoverable and tranferable they are.
1) 'Into a new world of librarianship' - I actually laughed out loud when I read Librarian 2.0 controls technolust - "This librarian does not buy technology for the sake of technology" - um, you might not, but others sure do (or at least write journal articles about it). Many librarians seemingly look at how the newest tech toys can be utilised in libraries, just because it will make libraries 'hip' with Gen Y. And don't get me started on Second Life...
2) 'To better bibliographic services' - I quite liked the ideas expressed in the Package and push metadata section, about making resources more discoverable, and packaging / pushing library content to users via RSS feeds. After all, how will users know what services and content we offer if we get the information to them?
3) 'To more powerful ways to cooperate' - Just from personal experience, the "data is the new Intel inside" mantra from Build better data rings very true for me. The better quality your records, the more discoverable and tranferable they are.
Techno(crappy)rati
Well, a blog search that only searches registered tagged blogs. Mmmm. Tried a few searches, and zero results. Obviously the blogs I read haven't bothered tagging with Technorati. Not sure I see why this is worth me using then...
Also, "unavailable" links and not being able to find the tour easily make this low on my list of priorities with Web 2.0.
Also, "unavailable" links and not being able to find the tour easily make this low on my list of priorities with Web 2.0.
Delicious
http://www.delicious.com/mangaresearcher
Well, I went through the process of signing up for Delicious, and I have to say that I probably won't use it very often. I can see that it would be useful for people that might change computers often (or travel alot for work) to have an external back-up / list of their bookmarked sites. It's pretty easy to import existing bookmarks into other browsers, so I don't think that I'll really be rushing to take advantage of Delicious, especially as I keep a list of favourite sites on my USB stick anyway...
Well, I went through the process of signing up for Delicious, and I have to say that I probably won't use it very often. I can see that it would be useful for people that might change computers often (or travel alot for work) to have an external back-up / list of their bookmarked sites. It's pretty easy to import existing bookmarks into other browsers, so I don't think that I'll really be rushing to take advantage of Delicious, especially as I keep a list of favourite sites on my USB stick anyway...
Libraries and Web 2.0
I can definitely see some advantages for libraries with using social networking technologies. While some tools already in use, such as library blogs probably aren't seeing as much interaction as they could, others such as online video have much greater potential. case in point, the Youtube video UoN has created for Chinese speakers on how to use the Print/Copy system. Great idea, well exceuted, and definitely useful. I'm not sure I see the point of a Facebook page for the library, as what is popular moves on rather quickly (MySpace anyone?), but there is definitely a place for user-driven content.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
It's a LibraryThing!
Just joined up with LibraryThing, and created my catalogue:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/anthonyo
You'll notice that the majority are graphic novels, because, well, they're my thing. lol
I can definitely see a benefit in using this type of social networking, as not only can you generate personal lists relating to different books (want-to-read, already-own, etc), LibraryThing allows you to see who else has included your books on their list/s, giving you the opportunity to see what else you might like to read, as well as being able to contact others with similar interests.
Great stuff.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/anthonyo
You'll notice that the majority are graphic novels, because, well, they're my thing. lol
I can definitely see a benefit in using this type of social networking, as not only can you generate personal lists relating to different books (want-to-read, already-own, etc), LibraryThing allows you to see who else has included your books on their list/s, giving you the opportunity to see what else you might like to read, as well as being able to contact others with similar interests.
Great stuff.
Online Image Generation
Here is a magazine cover I made using one of my favourite pictures of Homer Simpson (with thanks to FOX). the picture just seemed to gel with the cover, so I went for it. The cover was created by uploading Homer via Footrix, and then using Fakemagazinecover.com
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