#17 PBWiki

I added my Blog to the PBWiki under Favorite Blogs. You have to scroll right down until you find the Heading Mornington Peninsula Library (which I added).

This artwork is made out of Peanut butter and Jam.

#16 Wikis

Wikis are a great tool for libraries. The Subject guides would be very useful for library users, especially for people who would like to explore more about  a library's collection. Our library could list new library books, showcase new collections or provide more information about specialized collections.

I think the idea of creating a Book lovers wiki would be great for libraries that host book groups. We could provide suggested books to read and customers could make comments or provide reviews.

A library wiki would be also beneficial to the local community whereby we could provide a community guide, public services eg. announcements, reference services, homework guides etc.

#15 Library 2.0

What can I say about Library 2.0?

First of all this training program is a great way to understand and learn about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0. It has opened up a whole new world to me.

Having read some of the articles on Library 2.0, it is vital for public libraries and librarians to keep up to date with this new technology and to absorb this knowledge so we can provide better services to our communities.

In an ideal world, wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone had access to the internet? Unfortunately there are still many people without computers. It would be wonderful for all public libraries to have budgets that accommodate more staff and computers so we can provide all this online training, free access to databases and everything else that Library 2.0 encompasses.

#14 Technoratti

Well if you're really interested in looking at other peoples blogs around the world, Technoratti is the way to go. You can track blogs (if they have been claimed, which I haven't been game to do!).  I can't think of anything boring than wanting to read my blog.

So, anyway I had a look around Technoratti again. I searched under the term that was suggested, ie learning 2.0.

There were 6,894 hits for blog posts, and only 670 hits for tags. The blog directory search only came up with 704 hits. What does this mean? Obviously, lots of people like talking about learning 2.0, but not many bloggers have bothered to tag their posts or blogs or registered their blogs with technoratti.

Popular tags and searches! 

Well according to Technoratti, dumbledore was the most popular search term, (there are obviously lots of Harry Potter fans out there). Engadget is the most popular blog, if anyone is really interested! Boing Boing blog is the top  most favourited blog. But who wants to know? I certainly don't.

#13 Tagging

Having explored Del.icio.us, I can see the relevance of creating a bookmarking account, if you are one to explore lots of websites. I personally don't see the need for it, as I don't explore that many websites or use the internet enough.

However, as a Librarian, I think it would be a great tool to use in our library. We have many workstations. and if we have a Del.icio.us account we can all access the same bookmarks. We won't have to set up the same bookmarks on each computer. 

Its also a great tool for Social bookmarking, whereby you can see what other users (especially other libraries) are viewing by using the tags.

#12 Rollyo

I created a rollyo account at stephs will, my personalised search engine includes a list of bookshops online.

#11 LibraryThing

My Library

This was a very interesting exercise. I managed to add a widget of books from LibraryThing to my sidebar on my blog.

#10 Image generators

I generated this picture with Bead Art. I down loaded a picture from google and then used the bead art generator to create this picture. This would be great if you were into tapestry and cross stitch....you can create your own patterns!

Click on Bead Art to find this Image Generator.

#9 Finding feeds

Art of Time......I wish I had lots of time to browse all the different Feed Finders. There is so much to look at.  You have to really narrow your searches. I found the Google Blogsearch the easiest to use.  I found Money Magazines newsfeed on this, which I added to my bloglines account.  

I searched ANZ Reference Centre for a Journal title newsfeed, ie Australian Gourmet Traveller and added this to bloglines as well.

I found this task very daunting and time consuming!

#8 RSS & Newsreaders

What a Scream this is!

I have created my own bloglines account and you can view this at:

http://bloglines.com/public/wilss

I have since found that my computer at home has an RSS feeder on the Safari browser.

It was very easy to set up an account and add the newsfeeds from blogs. I can now keep up with some of the trainee blogs and the Library related blogs. Professionally, its an efficient way to keep up to date with news and information from organizations etc.