Thing : 17

More Wiki:
Fontana Regional Learning Wiki is really very simple. I didn't have any problems accessing it. I added some to favorites. It is easy to add your favorites and I found out it also very easy to delete someone else's. (Enough on that) I like this one.

Thing : 16

Wikis:

This site is good information anf tutorial for Wikis in Libraries. And the photos are great too.

http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/talks07/2007.02.01.Wikis_and_Libraries.ppt

-The most interesting thing I read about is how team projects/ committees can share and collaborate with a Wiki and not be dedicated to meetings. Everyone on a team/committee can read, add, modify and change assignments anytime. Even at their own library.
-This could save alot of time traveling to attend meeting and workshops.
-One thing to beware of--deletion of other members work.
-I can see the usefulness of a Wiki for tutorials. As we advance to holds being placed outside the libraries we could have "help courses" for this and online catalog and account access information readily available for patrons. They could also participate. This could link staff, patrons and the community together as they share a project.
Possibly a link from the homepage?

Thing : 15

Library 2.0
A term used to describe a new set of concepts for developing and delivering library services. Thanks Sarah-I'm still pondering on this.
What does the 2.0 movement mean to me? Since starting the 23 Steps I have definitely explored many websites and accessed the internet more than I ever thought I would. Google Books, Delicious, Flickr, RSS, Image makers, Blogs, etc. are sites I now know "something" about. I might even be able to talk to patrons about them. What a concept!
Strength: I think the lifetime learning has allowed all of us the opportunity to learn new technologies that we may not have had the chance to otherwise. And the time on the job to do it. The more we know about technology the more we are able to communicate with our patrons.
Weakness: Library 2.0 could move at such a rapid pace that we lose track of what the patron wants and needs are and instead we focus on being a library that's on top of "social networking".

What can we do to move in this direction to make things easier and more usable for our patrons? I liked what Meredith Wolfwater said in "The essence of Library 2.0" :
Listen to our patrons and members of the community who don't use the library. Get to know them and what they want and need from the library. Whether it is what we offer now or if they want all the new technology. Then work toward that goal-after all they are why we have Libraries. I think it all comes back to customer service.

Thing : 14

Google Books :
I looked up books on grafting since a patron had requested material on this subject.
I found several and looked in the table of contents for subjects.
I was very impressed with Art of Grafting and Budding by Charle Baltet--copyright 1885. Of course all the pages were not there but to be able to view a book that old is awesome.

This is a very good way to find information if you don't have it available in the Library. You can go directly to the contents and scroll to the pages you need. And the more ways we have to find information for the patrons is always a plus.

I could even enter an ISBN in the search field.

Copyright--I can foresee a problem but how would it ever be controlled when it is wide open to the world? One book I looked at did have the words Copyright embedded in the print on every other page. This should help when printing.

I wouldn't use this site to read an entire book (unless it was very rare and the only way to have it) but for subject material it could be very good. I really didn't see anything I didn't like.

Thing : 13

Shelfari was found while exploring Del.icio.us
I can see were the bookmarks could be very useful-students doing reference and research for school projects on different computers-and I like the idea of having recipes bookmarked in a central location. And you can keep it all private if you choose. Your bookmarks would certainly be portable and that is a plus.

Shelfari could be a way to display newbooks for the library on the webpage......
You can even scan the ISBN into the site.

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Thing : 12

Technology:
Flickr is my favorite "Thing".
It's very interesting to read and comment on other staff blogs. While we are learning new technology we are also learning something about our fellow coworkers.
Life is good!

According to the following site over 200 Libraries are particiting in the Lifetime learning program.
http://plcmcl2-about.blogspot.com/

Is there a 2.1 in the future?

Think I will go with the flash drive. Really don't use my mp3 player. I just like peace and quiet so much more.

Thing : 11

Just Digg It!
This tour was interesting in the way you can create your profile.
You can participate with your comments and view what others have posted to see how they reacted to stories.
One site I found very inspirational:
http://digg.com/other_sports/Double_Amputee_Sprinter_Can_Now_Qualify_for_the_Olympics

Thing : 10

Goodreads:
This site amazed me. I thought I would have little use for it. I see so many patrons, especially retired teachers, come in the library with their "little book of list". All the books they have read with a mark beside them-good or bad. This is not something I thought I would ever do and probably won't. But Goodreads is different! Have you ever heard someone say, "I read this really terrific book but I can't remember the title or author. Can you tell me what I checked out last month?" This would be the perfect solution for them. And it is so easy and takes such a minimal amount of time.

my 'read' shelf:

Thing 7, 8, 9

This is My town

http://www.flickr.com/map?place_id=sLG.0MObApvQf.eQ

I have explored around in several Flickr sites and found Interestingness--interesting. Here is a map of my town. Do you see the Library Street?

Flickr is fantastic. I could play and learn so much here. But I must move on.

Dumpr is the nice museum where they convinced me to display by "one of a kind" photo of the white and yellow daffadil. Aren't they nice people?

Spring Blossom

Photo

A Few of My Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbumstead/2456982327/

Thing #6 :Finding More Feeds

CNet RSS Introduction is a very convenient way to add to Google Reader. It has a huge amount of information you can have at your fingertips.

I still like surfing the net of my favorite pages and looking for the RSS sign and marking the feeds then. You see them everywhere...

My favorite feed at the moment is for all the FRL folder. This is absolutely the best way to view what our coworkers are finding and adding to their blog pages.

I haven't really viewed a weird one. Matter of taste?

I also have noticed how other Libraries are using blogs. For instance one has all their programs (by date) for each branch library on a blog. This gives a patron all the information at once instead of surfing back and forth on each Libraries homepage.

Wouldn't that be great?

I'm not really fond of technorati (yet) but this video did catch my eye:

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZJlkplvYdgA