# 14 Technorati

I did a search for library 2.0 in Technorati and got 41429 results. I then wondered if I really wanted that many opinions on Library 2.0. It is interesting to know that there is a search engine for blogs to add to my body of general knowledge and in case a customer asks me about it, but I would prefer to be seaching for authoritive articles in reviewed professional journals when I have an interest in a subject, particularly when it relates to my profession.

# 13 del.icio.us

I did admit to having too many favourites in a previous posting, so I was pleased to learn about this social bookmarking tool. With great enthusiasm I have imported hundreds of bookmarks into del.icio.us and now seem to being doing my phd on reordering, deleting and updating them. This tool opens up a wonderful world of related bookmarks and has brought to my attention many useful articles on library services. It will be very useful in sharing bookmarks with colleagues and add to our information overload to some degree. The answer as usual I believe to be in our ability to analyse, organise and share information in a professional and collaborative manner. Perhaps this whole blog exercise could have been improved if we had arranged for small groups of librarians to analyse each question, organise a response collaboratively, and then share the information with the broader team, instead of so many individual librarians working away like a cottage industry, each doing every question. Just a thought. If this project was to be organised in this way, I would have chosen del.icio.us as my question. But I am very grateful just the same to have the opportunity to participate in the total exercise.

#12 Rollyo

Well what a really useful tool for reference this will be once we learn to maximise its potential. This will take a bit of teamwork and coordination but may help to streamline and standardise our quality of reference service via the internet if used wisely. Here is an example of my search for the Ballet Russe in myRollyo Search engine Twinkletoes :)


http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=BALLET+RUSSE&sid=320323

#11 LibraryThing

This is a great little tool providing an online cataloguer which answers the question we often get. How do I catalog my home library?I think it will be useful for the baby boomers who are of course just so well read, they will retire and read, read , read..... but they won't remember what they have read and they can record it all for themselves on LibraryThing as a little reminder.

www.librarything.com/catalog/blogabout

#10 image generator

www.imagegenerator.org

The above link was chosen by our team as we believe in the wisdom of Confucious. I checked through the other exercises on image generators and can't really imagine having the time to play with these ideas outside worktime, as the younger generation Y do. They seem to have a compulsion to compare and communicate via facebook on a regular basis developing networks and constantly updating their computer knowledge on how to create flashy presentations. I do feel that it is a bit of a time waster just the same.
An article of interest on Facebook can be found athttp://www.theage.com.au/news/web/facebook-gets-on-with-business/2007/10/09/1191695837750.html

# 9 finding feeds

I found Bloglines the easiest tool for finding feeds. I mainly find feeds by visiting sites I visit regularly but eratically, and attempting to systematically organise the flow of information with varying degrees of success. I have the same problem with my favourites and podcasts of which I have far too many. But for those interested, it is worth visiting the ABC site for the podcast of the Bookshow on the 17th of Sept., which discusses the concept of literary blogging..."to blog or not to blog" Susan Wyndam who creates the book blog for the Sydney Morning Herald and is senior writer on books, comments on citizen journalism and if book blogging will destroy critical literary culture as it is, or whether blogging will invigorate the debate on books.

#8 rss

What a time consuming exercise. The establishment of the account is simple but deciding on feeds is not so easy. The tempation is to overload with information which I probably have done. I will re-evaluate after having read the feeds for a while and having done some more thorough searching for appropriate feeds.

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

more technology

The discussion generated by the web 2 exercises, their frustrations and challenges has opened lines of communication previously untapped. Different people have been able to demonstrate their strengths and support others through their knowledge. It has become a team building exercise to some extent.

# 7 blog about technology

Internet filtering in libraries continues to be a technological issue under debate. ALIA is currently drafting a background briefing document regarding both the technical and regulatory conciderations of internet filtering. NetAlert - Protecting Australian Families Online initiative proposed by the government is ill thought out and considered a waste of time and money by many, as it is very easy to get around such programs by many technologically savy users and freedom of information is challenged once you begin to restrict access to information.

# 5 flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteroses/

I found this exercise more challenging than I expected.