Thing # 17 - Wikis

The hardest thing is trying to figure out how to apply these technologies. The library has a good book on the use of wikis, rss and more for educators it's called: RSS for educators: blogs, newsfeeds, podcasts, and wikis in the classroom by John Hendron. I have really enjoyed the Commoncraft videos on youtube. These have been very helpful.

Thing #16 - Library 2.0 | Web 2.0

I read about Library 2.0 quite awhile ago but never took the time to really learn about it or Web 2.0. I think it is not hard for librarys and librarians to apply the concepts of Library 2.0 or Web 2.0 because they have always strived to to accomodate changes, to keep up with the latest technologies, and they always want to involve community.

Thing 15 - SlideShare

SlideShare is interesting, lots of presentations to look through. Most of the Powerpoint presentations I was interested in seemed to be not as interesting without a presenter narrating them. My SlideShare page: http://www.slideshare.net/beverlyjw1978 I don't have anything that I personally have created.

Thing 14 - Delicious

I have always struggled with the "links" page from our web site. How to evaluate them? Which ones to add? Our links list is so long. See: http://www.hastings.lib.ne.us/links.html Delicious might be a good way to organize them and I like the tagging concept. It might also make sense to link to another library's Delicious account who has reference staff that have knowledge in evaluating web sites? I also wonder about others being able to add links to your list. I need to explore this more. I would like to add a Delicious account to the library's site.