Wikis

Wikis are great. That one from the South Bend Indiana public library is really nice. Their community links are top notch. We have one for afterdark knowitnow. It's like a rolodex only bigger and easier to use.

Library 2.0

Library 2.0 is a new layer of information and a new way to store and organize information. And we need it badly. There is so much information out there and things are changing so rapidly that we cannot keep up. I've been trying to create a pathfinder for full text books online for a while now. There are so many places and they are not all reachable by google. This is where I need my evolving tagged folksonomy. I can add it to delicious or update my wiki and automatically my patrons can see it. I'm ready for library 3.0.

Delicious.com

I put my bookmarked websites in delicious and created a public profile. It was interesting to create my own tags, but I am the sort of librarian who doesn't want any random tag on a site. I want the commonly accepted tag. For example, I don't want library and libraries. I want to decide which word I will use and then apply it to all appropriate sites. Do you see what I mean? This didn't turn out to be as big a deal as I thought. The tags are all listed, so closely related tags are easy to choose from.

Library Thing

I went to library thing. I'm not into cataloging the books I've read or even keeping track. I know where they are when I want them. However, for Learn & Play at CML I was more than happy to add five books to library thing and add tags. You can view my bookshelf here.

Superstickies

This is cool.

Sarah Palin baby name generator

My Sarah Palin baby name is:

Bang Walmart Palin.

I'm really glad she's not my mom.

Find your Sarah Palin baby name at the generator blog.

I made a READ poster on the ALA site.

Here it is.

Online Image Generators

So, the last time I tried playing with the image generators I was interrupted and could not finish and/or save. I made an avatar. I will now attempt to do it again!

This is the picture

that my sister sent me. Seriously, look at that adorable child, and this is the best picture she could get? Maybe it is. I hear she can be a little demanding!

Blogger following

Ok, so now I'm following people on twitter and following blogs on bloglines AND following blogs on blogger follow.

Do you follow?

Google blog

Google Blog!

Twitter

Twitter is hilarious fun. I didn't think I would like it. And I told the truth about what I was doing. I'm Janis1191. Follow me!

ResourceShelf.com

Thank you ResourceShelf.com. Every bit of info helps when you're doing Know It Now.

Interesting Library-related blogs

http://http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/
Stephen Abrams has been traveling around telling the library world how to make their computers better serve library patrons. I saw him speak at Internet Librarian, and I distinctly recall his complaints that librarians are always putting limits on computers and making them stupid. At the time, CML had a no e-mail or games rule. This was what he was complaining about. I will be very interested to read this blog.
http://www.lii.org
librarians' index to the internet -- helpful resources when doing chat reference!

View my public bloglines subscriptions

http://www.bloglines.com/public/Janis

Blogroll

Jan's favorite websites

http://icanhascheezburger.com/
This is the best website ever. EVER.
http://www.cuteoverload.com/
Second best website ever. Let me tell you, I do not like the old-fashioned cutie-cute air-brushed cute animal pictures. These are real animals that happen to be cute - baby skunk, moose in a sprinkler, your dog drinking your Starbucks iced coffee when you leave him alone in the car, hamster in a hat, etc.
http://www.facebook.com/
I shouldn't say that this website is the best. It is certainly the best at making time zoom by. You log on, start a game and suddenly 4 hours are gone. woosh. So, it's fun but be careful.