Library Thing Activity

I read about, then toured Library Thing and created an account. I appreciated how easy it was to create an account and add books. I like their "no nonsense" approach.

Library Thing is an excellent tool and way of connecting and socializing with fellow readers.

I took a look at the cloud tag for Patterson's book 7th Heaven. I find the tags very helpful personally and when assisting patrons. I think it's a very useful approach, and am very glad it's available in our catalog.

delicious activity

Yes I was able to view tags used to catagorize different references.

I can definitely see the value of this tool for research assistance. I can also appreciate the value of it as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere on the planet. Pretty cool.

I love the tag cloud on our OPAC. I have found it useful when assisting patrons who are looking for like titles/genre.

I like delicious. I found a number of interesting subjects and spent quite awhile checking different sites out. There are a lot of things I wiould go back and visit repeatedly for new info.

facebook & myspace activities

Whew! There is a lot of information on both sites. T thought it would be a huge pain and a real boring task. Turns out I rather enjoyed it.

To answer your questions: there are currently 141 fans. Did not fan it because I do not have an account (and really do not want one).

I was unable to get the libraries box to work properly so cannot tell you the exact number of libraries with a presence on facebook. Near as I can tell, there are at least 14 different libraries on the site, and most likely way more. I found it interesting checking out the different library sites.

I was unable to view the "find out more" page for our digital library as every time I clicked on the link it sent me to "search for friends" page rather than the "find out more" page, which is what I really wanted to be connected to.

The LI/NY website link was not working either. Everytime I clicked on that link it gave me "page cannot be found."

I did not like myspace as much as facebook, although like facebook it has a lot of great information. I think facebook, myspace, and myspace teens is similar in that they are all trying to achieve the same goal of helping connect and keep people worldwide connected and informed on a wide range of subjects/interests.

I think the greatest difference is in format and some subject matter. I personally liked facebook better.

I think social networking appeals to so many because it makes it possible to locate and/orconnect with and share interests with people all over the world as well as staying in touch with family & friends. It's a great concept, especially in a society that is ever on the move, constantly growing, changing, expanding in so many ways.

I am unsure how we can tap into the potential of this technology. Maybe start a recipe exchange feature and/or listing/pitures of most current cookbooks available at our library. Maybe the same thing with carfts.

I took a look at our twitter and microblogging site. I think the idea of twittering is a clever idea by someone. It's brief, to the point, seems less a waste of time. Doubt I will ever use it but I think it's interesting.

Got my blog set up

Setting up a blog was really easy. I don't have the time at work to check it, but at least I get how you set one up and what you can do once you have one.

web 2.0 completions

I found step 2 very difficult and frustrating. For whatever reasons I could not get a gmail account. I finally got it accomplished with the help of Nicole T. So I now have a gmail account and have published a comment on the blog.

I've created a blog

Wow, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be!