#15 On Library 2.0 and Web 2.0

I read all 5 perspectives on Library 2.0.

This is such a paradigm shift. Not having a library background is a bit limiting because it means I don't automatically think in the information organisation, directories, databases, indexes layer. I describe my own thinking as "paper and pencil", linear, pedestrian, controlled.
Now, with Library 2.0, I glimpse a world best described by dynamic, multi layered, 3-dimensional, networked.
It provides the means to organise, communicate, express yourself, converse, create content, be original, learn and share with remixes and mash-ups. I'm gaining insights into the potential of interfaces such as Face Book through which my daughters network with people across the globe. I'm even contemplating investing the time to really come to grips with this and develop my own Face Book as an exercise in familiarising myself further.

Library 2.0 aims to be user-centric with traits such as collaborative, welcoming, user friendly, constant change, user participation, taking advantage of Web 2.0 technologies, and continuous improvement.

The State Library of Victoria's vision is "Victorians will have ready access to a comprehensive collection of Victorian documentary material and to worldwide information resources to enrich their cultural, educational, social and economic lives." I thought Michael Stephens described best how Library 2.0 will be incorporated in this. He describes how Library 2.0 can make the library a "socially and emotionally engaging centre for learning an experience." It can be a "strategy guide" for helping users find information, gather knowledge, and create content.

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

I played with Technorati. When i searched for Library 2.0 it came up with 17, 840 results - and rising! looking in the tabs there were 1010 blogs about Learning 2.0 and 1330 posts. There were also videos and photos.

In "popular blogs" there were Top - favourite blog, searches, blogs, videos, movie, news. The assasination of Benazir Bhutto was, of course, dominating current news and the tiger attack over Christmas featured in a video.

#13 Tagging, folksonomies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us

The concept of tagging comes up again as it did in flickr and librarythings. Del.icio.us provides a method of bookmarking web pages and then categorising them with tags. The bookmarks can be accessed where ever you have computer access - very useful because most of us log onto different computers at home, work, and holiday etc.
There is also a social networking aspect to this. You can see how others have tagged similar links and find out about new websites that may be of interest.
I didn't choose to open an account at this stage. However, it could be useful.

#11LibraryThing

I really like this site and I am tempted to stay here, feeding in more and more books and seeing what others are reading. I had a look at the groups but chose not to become involved. I need to move on and finish my 23 things.

#11LibraryThing

#10 Play with image generators

This is my name in Chinese - my first play with image generators at http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/

#9 Locating blogs

Bloglines Search Tool is easy to use. I found lots of blogs on libraries when I used "libraries" as a search term for feeds.
Feedster is changing and currently unavailable.
Topic.net had news and media outlet RSS feeds.
Google Blog Search was simple to use - once again I fed in libraries.

#8 RSS and Newsreaders

I have set up my own Bloglines newsreader account at http://www.bloglines.com/public/katew

#7 Blog about technology

I have added another photo to revise accessing Flickr because I think that is the secret of mastering this technology (or anything for that matter). Familiarity - it becomes easier with practice! It does take awhile to find my way around and becoming familiar with the paths through the wgrlconlinelearning to Dashboard. I accessed this photo through flickr colr pickr. I loved the yellow-green photos.

This technology reminds me of the way we accumulate cards and pin numbers, there is a difficulty in remembering a plethora of sites and passwords and IDs. There is also a fear of signing up for something that will incur cost or privacy invasion or viruses. It takes a while to know what is safe.

#6 More flicr fun

I've been exploring some mash-ups - web applications that combine data from more than one source into a single integrated tool.

For instance, RunningMap was great if you want to go for a run in New York but not so useful for Melbourne or Leongatha.

I know a dancer who lives in Detroit so I fed "dance" and "Detroit" into eparty guide and came up with 120 venue options.

mappr is obviously very useful for combining with other data.

I really enjoyed flickr Colour fields which picked out photos of various colours and shades.

#5 Flickr again

This photo was saved on to my computer from flickr and then uploaded to the blog. We tend to take very little notice of insects until they bite us or splat on a car windscreen but they are a multitudinous, beautiful, diverse, and complex layer of biodiversity.

#5 Flickr

This time I think I really have uploaded a photo - i hope - not a lyrebird and not from flickr but then water lilies can be fairly inspirational - they take me back to the Kimberley. So this may be a small start which I will try and repeat with another photo perhaps from flickr. Meanwhile i have learnt about tags, groups, sets, collections, organizr, groups, and maps.

#5 Flickr

Lyrebirds have been a source of joy and inspiration to me.

#4 Register your blog

This time I do think I have registered the blog - with Janet and with the Victorian Public Libraries Learning 2 Program as well.

activity 3. creating a blog

Well, it has taken me hours with this dial-up connection to re-find the blog I created - but I think I've completed activity 3.

My first post

This is entered with trepidation-dipping the toe in the water, trying not to create ripples, grimacing.