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.