17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.

I've posted my blog : http://marylandlibrariessandbox.pbwiki.com/Favorite-Blogs

:) Which was a lot easier then I thought it would be. I was worried when I went in to add my blog to the list that I would accidentally hit the wrong button somehow and delete everyone's entries. But, thankfully, I didn't.

Go me!

And it was pretty cool to be able to look at everyone else's blog from the state.

#16 Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them

http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/ : I love this site, not only does it give good quality reviews, but its also a great way to find my next book to read. Amazon.com always seems to flood you with suggested titles and after a while they all start to blend together.

I think libraries would benefit from something like the above wiki. Some partons will come up and ask what is a good book and etc. But for the others who don’t want to ask or whatever, this would be a great recourse; and a way to feature some of the books that are not as well known. I know that Urbana has many books on amazing subjects, but not many would think that we would have them.

…. I think I rambled a bit, but you get the idea. :-P

#15 Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 & the future of libraries

Away from Icebergs : I agree with him that libraries today really need to start thinking about getting a great deal of material turned into “electronic” resources. Whether we like it or not, Google has been turned from a noun into a verb. How often do you hear someone these days say, “Hmm, I have no idea, Lets go to the library to find a book about it.” No, its more like: “I have no idea, Google it!”

To better bibliographic services: This guy also has the right idea, that we need to work on getting everything centered in one place.

#14 Discover Technorati and learn how tags work with blogs

Technorati was pretty interesting, I had no idea there are so many blogs out there about some of my favorite topics. I loved finding a few on ‘Top Gear’ ( A BBC car show). I guess it has its uses. That you can search for just blogs on a certain subject instead of wadding though everything Google pops up. I don’t think I’ll use it on a regular basis, but its nice to know its there.

#13 Tagging and Discover Del.icio.us

It took me a while to think of how this could actually be of any use. But I think that the main reason I would use it would be if I am away from my home computer and needed to access a site from my favorites list but couldn’t remember the address. … Then again, isn’t that what Google is for? :-P

http://del.icio.us/Grasshopper95

12. Roll your own search tool

So this "thing" was a bit odd to try to figure out, at first I thought that I was creating something to search a particular subject matter. So when I created a Rollyo titled "Lee A Iaccoca" I couldn't understand why I could search for "dogs" and nothing about the Ford Motor Comp. was coming up.

I figured it out after I spent five minutes in puzzlement and created, "My Library Search Thingy" :-P ( http://rollyo.com/tiger987lily/my_library_search_thingy/ )

I'm not sure if I see any potential in this, it just made me frustrated, so we didn't get off to the best start. I love Google and I know many people say that it doesn't give you as reliably sources as some other sites, but I counter that with the fact that you just have to know what your looking for. I love its clean, no no-sense set up and Rollyo looks cluttered and does not give as much info on that search page as Google.

But that's just my humble opinion. I'll give it another chance, but I am loyal to Google. :-)

#11 Take a look at Library Thing and catalog some of your favorite books

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tiger987lily

This is a pretty cool website, but I'm not exactly impressed. I have a list I keep track of the books I've read and the authors on my computer and this just seems to be a glorified version of that. Granted, the way you can search for a the book and have all the Amazon listings pop up is cool. And it makes it easier for people to see your favorite books, but its not worth me transferring all my lists over to it.

Fun experience!