18 Soho

Anther great discovery. I would definitly considering using this tool, if I didn't already have Word on this computer. Maybe its time for a switch. I need to try to and see how the software behaves when I am not online. And that will happen when I reboot the computer tomorrow morning!
Open source software will most likely be more common in the near future and I'm really interested in following this movement.

17 adding my blog to the sandbox wiki

I tried to add this blog to the pbwiki, but didn't have the right password, which must be something else but what is listed at the bottom. I will try again...

16 wikis

I found the wiki created by St. Joseoph's public library particularly interesting. I really liked the idea of creating subject guides and path finders to collections and/or a particular subject/s. This concept would work really well in the library I work, in fact I might just suggest that we create one. I know that many of our users have specific knowledge that they would be interested in sharing and it would also be a way to engage users who do not live nearby. The idea of a wiki seems a lot more solid than creating smiley faces with webfetti (which nearly crashed my new computer).

15 What does 2.0 mean?

I found the article by John Reimer (Head of cataloging and metadata services at UCLA) especially interesting http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/5.htm.
He suggest that streamlining of metadata creation only makes sense and that libraries should strive to create a single metadata that everybody can use and reuse. He gives also gives a great example of how to extend metadata creation ... "if geographic names embedded in the middle of subject headings are mapped to latitude and longitude coordinates, it becomes possible to present users with graphical means of searching by place, new ways of easily asking for materials about nearby places, and hierarchical browsing by place." Reimers also suggests that libraries should consider adopting more web features for their catalogs and points to the Endeca based cataloged at NC as an example. Another interesting idea he has is how libraries can push their ideas and news via RSS feeds.

What does 2.0 mean to me after reading these brief articles? I feel that the 2.0 is all about staying current and adopting a healthy attitude towards new technology advancements. All librarians need to be proactive and constantly eager to change the way they provide reference, think about cataloging and creation of metadata and providing instructions to library users.

14 Exploring Technocrati

While browsing this site and trying to find blogs and other interesting site relating to libraries and 2.0, I found a Swedish site I bookmarked and hope I can utilize if I decide to move back there. http://www.axiell.se/om_axiell
This company sells and plans digital library solutions in the Nordic countries. Very usuful discovery for me. Overall, I found that Technocrati was farily easy to use, but since I am novice, I found less information about libraries than I had expected.

12 Del.icio.us

I will begin this entry by my admitting to the fact the I got lost in Del.icio.us for hours. If this tool is going to be useful to me I need to stay focus on a given topic otherwise the site could become overwhelming and just time consuming. I found interesting sites on Swedish Genealogy topics I had not seen before and a few new dictionaries for genealogists when browsing the site. I also created an account and I hope that I will find myself going back to del.icio.us and try to utilize all of its bells and whistles, but not until I have a definite plan for how I will use it.

12 Discover Rollyo

I just created an account on the Rollyo site and set up a search rool entitled Library technology. I scrolled through a host of interesting search rolls and my son was particularly happy to find a Heavy Metal roll!

11 Library Thing

Here are a few books from my personal library that I have read recently. I added a few manually and the rest were imported using the tool in Library Thing. The link to my Library Thing library is on left side below the photographs.