Week 9 A wrap up

A summary of thoughts on this programme.... umm For me it has been challenging and at times fraustrating but I'm pleased that I did it. I appreciate the help I have received from others who have willingly shared their knowledge. I will possibly not use a lot of the tools immediately but can at least understand what they are about and may well refer to them and use them in the future. On a personal level it is good to be in tune with some of the things my family are doing. Along with others who were on the voyage of discovery I found that some exercises were too much for a week and smaller bites would have been more digestible. There are some things I have discovered in 23 things that I can apply to my library Studies - esp Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 so that's a plus. Would I do another discovery programme in the future - yes. Thanks to Donna for her work on 23 things.

Catchup time

I have a few more things to do before I reach the finish line...
Week 7 Read a few things on Web 2.0, Library 2.0....
16: library 2.0 is a loosely defined model for a modernized form of library service that reflects a shift in the way services are delivered to users. It appears to be causing plenty of debate in the blogsphere - is it new or just the same old same old with a new spin?
In the meantime it is interesting to me as I can apply the concepts to my study.

Web 2.0
Web 2.0 philosophy points the way to a number of ways library services "can and should change." Suggestions from John Riemer include a push for streamlining metadata creation and adlopting features of Amazon and Google - with the submission of reviews, assignment of keywords (tagging) scholarly comment - building new services with Web 2 technologies - to reach out to the entire web, to the edges and not just the centre, build better data - to keep pace with the changing composition of library collections. Chip Nilges believes the principles of Web 2.0 can help libraries collaborate in new and powerful ways to make resource sharing more efficient. One librarian who embraces Web 2.0 tools is Michael Stephens who uses instant messaging, builds Webblogs and wikis as resources to further the mission of the library and mashes up content via API ( Application Programme Interface) to build useful web sites. While he says he does not buy technology for the sake of technology (he manages to control his technolust) he questions does it meat the users need in a new or improved way? does it create a service for putting users together with the information they need? All very interesting and once again relevant to my study and deeper understanding of library future forecasts.

Week 8 Zoho Writer

I had a play with Zoho Writer and reproduced part of a poem by Wordsworth with appropriate image, one of my favourite poets and an appropriate poem on the eve of Daffodil Day. I found editing the blog was a little fraustrating and was difficult to attain the end result I wanted.

Week 8 word processing tools - Zoho Writer

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high over vale and hill

And all at once I saw a crowd

A host of golden daffodils.

Beside the lake,

Beneath the trees

Fluttering and dancing

In the breeze.

Wordsworth.

Week 9 Podcasts etc

I checked out YouTube briefly (with Donna's help) and chose a video on the Eiffel Tower to add to my blog. I chose this clip because it brings back memories of my visit to Paris in 2005 a special place visited during an amazing nine weeks away. Bring on the next OE.

I also checked out Yahoo: What is a podcast tutorial. Yahoo! podcasts claim to be the largest and best organised collection of podcasts on the internet. Trawling though I found an interesting number on Jane Austen - a series that has recently made interesting Sunday night viewing on Tv.

I can see the application for audiobooks - new MP3 player and long car trips equal catching up on some interesting reading - certainly lots of titles to choose from - the classics and motivational books appeal.

Eiffel Tower

Week 7 Tagging, folksonomies & Technorati and Week 8 Wiki's and things

I have looked at the book marking site http://del.icio.us/ and created a Del.icio.us account but have not fully explored it's applications for me. Checking out Technorati "the leading search tool for blogs" I found there were 22,982 blog posts about Learning 2.0 and 536 blogs about Learning 2.0 in the blog directory. As soon as I write these figures they are likely to be outdated with the number of blogs increasing at an astonishing rate.

I have been looking at Wikis - lots to see here and in the bullrun library went through to site to create my name in rainbow colours - cute but didn't copy.
The site is http://www.degraeve.com.cgi/ -

I thought the Book Lover's Wiki developed by the Princeton Public Library could be useful for someone who wanted to try something new and didn't know where to start. There are some good reviews posted.