Week 8 #18 Social Networking

I've looked at myspace and facebook before. I can't believe what people put on there. I think its a real danger but I guess I'm old fashion. All my kids have pages somewhere out there somewhere and they're all in their 20's. I'm just not into other people opinions that much. I liked the ratemyspace site. It was fun to see other peoples ideas. I guess its good to know all of that stuff is out there.

Week 7 #17 Technology

Slow down. Thats what I would like to say about technology. I just can't believe how much stuff we can do with todays technology and for the most part I think its great. I love the impact its had with healthcare. For me I'll spend more time with Flicker. If I had more time I might explore more but for right now I'll become familiar enough with the terms to keep me from looking clueless. Now its time to comment on someones blog.

Week 7 #16 Wiki

I took a look at some library wikis and really liked Book Lovers, its easy to read and a pleasing design. The Library Success could be of use. I found a cool one on the Muppets. I did establish an account and started getting a bunch of unnecessary e-mails. Wikipedia is a neat concept.

Week 6 #15 On Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

I don't have my library science degree, but if I was getting it now, I'm sure it is changing fast. When I read "Into a new world of librarianship" I related to what Michael Stephens was stating, "the library is human". Libraries aren't just buidlings with books, they are alive. Libraries are "transparent". We have to be open and fast when it comes to making decisions. I hope we can continue to attract young people to the profession, especially men. The profession should be changing just as fast as the technology. The impact of technology is now, its rethinking how we do everything. But....what about the past? Where will we store history, artifacts, documents? I understand the debate. I certainly don't want the library of the future just to be labs of computers. How boring is that?

Week 6 #14 Technorati

Everyone seems to be getting on the blog bandwagon, I see them everywhere now. I'm starting to get a bit overwhelmed with all the sources of information. Blogs are reinventing the way we do lots of things. I sure feel sorry for people who don't have access to computers because these blogs are very powerful. We all know knowledge is power. I explored the popular blogs and found them pretty interesting. Advance searching is tricky for me. The library system is smart to get us all familiar with all this information.

Week 6 #13 Del.icio.us

I now have a clearer idea what Del.icio.us is all about. I did set up an account and enjoyed reading all the tags on the ihcpl account. I can see the benefit of tagging for someone who is doing research. Managing all the tags looks like it takes some skill. Since yahoo acquired Del.icio.us it should be around for a long time. The Slacker Manager was very helpful in explaining the terms.

Week 5 Post 12 Elf

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Keeping track of my library items may be a good thing. Although, Harris County sends reminders out when items are due. I'll see how I like it.

WEEK 5 POST 11

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

I created my Library Thing account and added 5 books. This seems like a handy way to keep track of books I've read or books I want to read.

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Week 5 post 10

http://avatars.yahoo.com/



This was fun! I just watched tv show this weekend where an avatar solved a crime. So now I know how to do it.

Week 4 post 9

After exploring some different newsfeeds, I found some easy and informative and others not so. Forget Snyndic8, don't know how to use that one. I liked the Technoruti newsfeed. I read an article on students burning their school uniforms in the UK then was able to tag other articles on high school protest. From there I found a blogline called ParentDish which had some great information, even an blog about how people share info about libraries. I like to go to CNN and click on their blogs. They have a great one written by a doctor. Lots to explore, over whelming amount of material available. I can see how people spend a huge amount of time on their computers. I hope they exercise their bodies has much as they do their mind.

Week 4 Post 8

Today I subscribed to 12 bloglines. It was fun to read all the different kinds of
blogs. I was most interested in the nutritional one which has very current journal articles of nutrition.