Wikis

I can see wikis being used by the library for readers advisory and book dicussion groups. It seems like wikis would be good for groups or communities that can't meet regularly in person. Instead of each person having their own blog they have a giant group blog on a wiki.

I do like the idea of having a wiki for an event. I think it would be cool to create a wiki for our SRP lock-in in August. That would give the teens a chance to recap their favorite parts of the night and view (or post) pictures from the event.

Web 2.0 Prospects

I believe digital research is the future for libraries and related institutions (ie. schools, research facilities, etc). FAU had a decently sized collection of articles and texts as digital copies which we could use for our reports. It was most helpful to be able to access such information from home rather than having to deal with traffic and parking on campus. PBC is building a collection of audio books on our webpage, which I think is fabulous.

In "Away From Icebergs", Rick Anderson discusses the obsolete "Just-In-Case" collection. I completely agree that libraries should not be trying to build collections wastefully, anticipating user needs where none exist. I constantly see libraries not weeding "classic" books that have not been checked out (or clearly have not been moved at all) in the past 10 years just in case someone wants to read this book published 30 years ago. Why not archive them?! Then we could use the space in our libraries for contemporary popular literature.

With the limits of physical space with regards to building new libraries or expanding current locations it makes sense to try to build as large a ditital archive as possible. There will be no more lagging behind in reading school required texts. Simply access it from home (or library) until you can get a hard copy to read at school.

Technorati

When searching for pbclibrary.org I found 75 entries through technorati, including e-government search and some web 2.0 participants discussing what they've found on technorati.

The site kept crashing when I tried to look up web 2.0 tags. I'll try it again later and see what I come up with.

I'm not that into reading a lot of blogs so I can't really see myself needing a blog search engine to find more blogs to explore.

Del.icio.us is a pretty cool site. I like the idea of sharing websites with your friends and colleagues through an organized system. I think it's a great tool for both research and recreation. I don't always have my own computer to use, so I really like that I can bookmark anything and am able to access it again with ease from any computer.

I am also enjoying the web comic Unshelved which I found on our list of sites.

Let's create another library!

So I joined librarything.com. I suppose it could be a useful site if I ever had time to actually read the suggested titles.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jdoyle84

WebFeat

WebFeat looks pretty cool. I bet it will help us a lot over in YS to find info for science fair projects and other school reports.

I found this from kids infobits:

Boca Raton
Boca Raton, city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. Its diverse manufactures include computers, plastics, electrical and electronic equipment, furniture, jewelry, paint, and air-cushion vehicles. Florida Atlantic Univ., Marymount College, and the International Museum of Cartoon Art are there.

Source Citation: "Boca Raton." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
Document Number: BX3201102829

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Flickr is really bothering me with this whole not posting the text I include with my picture. I'm not sure how to fix this issue. Last time I just changed the text color and it worked fine. Now it's not working at all. :(