Library 2.0 Perspectives

And a video.

This is Victoria Hart. "Whatever Happened to Romance". Three points if you can answer that question.

I have been thinking about library 2.0 and everything that we have been learning. I guess my thoughts lie with both training of the customers and learning from them. We have always had technology classes in the library but they have traditionally been "Introduction to the internet" and "introduction to Microsoft Word". Now there is so much more that our customers are experiencing. I know that I am always finding new things to do and see online. I am oftened amazed at our younger customers who are playing online games, watching videos, and posting with rapid fire precision. If we could tap into our customers knowledge base, and let them know that we are interested, we might be able to work with them to create programs that are fun and enlightening and can teach us librarians a thing or two.

I know that funding sometimes prohibits us from being as cutting edge as we would like to be. The minute we purchase a new piece of technology, it begins to become outdated. But with web applications, maybe some of our customers at home can experience the library in a new way.

Perhaps a virtual librarian can be projected right into their living room.

I am just excited to be part of the ride!

Be Good or Be Gone, Fionn Regan

I know, I know.

Long time no post. I have been suffering in this heat. I don't think my brain has been working all that well. When it gets above ninety, I start sliding. Can't think of things to say and surely can't update the ole' blog.

But, I can't keep my public waiting, so I thought I would entertain you with a video.

This is Fionn Regan and I really love him. I just ordered his CD and hope to get it this week. Definately someone worth listening to.

I know we will be getting to Youtube on the 23 things, and I have more than made up for that week by all the videos I have been posting. But I love youtube. I hear all my new music that way. I have a couple of other artists I want to post this week, so if you are so inclined, please tune in and watch. You won't regret it.

Ciao!

Week Six, thing 13.

Have been playing around on del.icio.us. I have set up my own account, and have been saving files and tagging away.

For example, this new video by Amy Winehouse (Tears Dry On Their Own) can be tagged Winehouse, video, music, youtube, tears and hair. I wondered if there was a way to tag something as a phrase, so you could use "Amy Winehouse" or "big hair" as a tag, but so far I can only see how to do tagging with one word.

I find it interesting that after you tag something you can select your tagged word and click "popular" and find other sites that share that tag.

I can really see how del.icio.us can be used for research. If I were reading serious articles for a paper I could put them all together under one heading. Most of the sites I am tagging are purely for fun but they are links that I go to quite frequently and it is nice to be able to log in to del.icio.us from any computer and find my list of personal links that I can peruse.

I have several youtube videos saved on my del.icio.us account with tags so I can just type in video and get a list of my favorites.

Then I can post the video here and torture you all with it.

I hope the rest of you have as much fun tagging as I am having!!!

Patrizio Buanne - Il Mondo

This is Patrizio.

He is marvelous.

I just picked up his CD called "The Italian" and I really love it.

My coworker thinks he sounds like Tom Jones, and I guess she is right!

I am off to work on the next of my 23 things. I will leave you to swoon for a bit, and catch up with you on the flip side.

Melanie C - I Want Candy

This is a little ditty that I have been listening to all week. It is the Fab-U-Lous Melanie C (Sporty Spice) who has a great new album available in the UK called This Time. Worth listening to.

I know you all think I have an uncontrollable Spice Girls fetish. I mean, this IS the second post involving one of the Girls, and it is definately starting a trend.

Who should be next? Ginger? Baby? Scary?

Leave a comment and let me know!

Week Five, thing Twelve

Just finished playing with Rollyo.

Made my own little collection of sites called "cruise info".

It seems to work.

I am thinking about putting a search bar onto the sidebar but haven't done that yet. My sidebar is getting quite crowded. The more the merrier.

I have put my "cruise info" search bar over onto the sidebar. Now you all can search and find the cruise of your dreams. I know I will be doing that soon!

So, I guess week 5 is finished. Now, onto week 6. Can't wait to see what I need to learn now.

Week Five: The Avatar

I am busily working on week Five of the 23 things.

As you can see, I have my own avatar on the sidebar. I made him on http://www.meez.com and you can, too! He doesn't really look all that much like me, maybe he is the me that I would like to look like. Anyway, it sure was fun.

I also put a Weather Pixie on my sidebar. You can as well if you go to http://weatherpixie.com/, but it takes a little work to get him or her on your sidebar. Weather Pixie is fun because you can pick your state and zip code and the pixie changes with the weather. In summer he is in shorts but when winter rolls around he will wear winter clothing. I think it is quite nifty.

I have also started putting my books onto Library Thing. Boy, I sure do like mystery novels. But it is a great way to keep track of my favorites. You can also go to http://www.goodreads.com/. Good Reads works just like Library Thing. I knew about that one first, and had a profile there but have also started one on Library Thing. I hope I can keep all my logins and passwords straight!

I hope the rest of you are having fun.