Library 2.0

Hip Hip Hooray! I couldn’t agree more with Christopher Harris, in his article, “Say Good-bye to Your Mother’s School Library” (School Library Journal, 5/1/2006) about Library 2.0. He refers to this as, “the digitally re-shifted school library”. School libraries need make changes as we join the digital revolution where “powerful new ideas are enhancing the way in which we function in an electronic information environment.”,says Mr. Harris. He further stated, “librarians, while still based in the media center, will interact more directly with students as well as their teacher peers in new spaces.” I also agree with his statement, “Digitally re-shifting your school library is about harnessing the power of new ideas like Web 2.0 to help fulfill the mission of school libraries.” We need to be blogging, postcasting, screen casting, social bookmarking and using other digital means to teach and communicate with students and teachers. We should take advantage of new ideas, like Library 2.0, as we try to keep up with the ever changing technology and engage in the digital revolution. Our students deserve every opportunity to find success using the power of information as we develop 21st century learners.

Technorati

Categories that were well represented in the blog directory were; Living (17766)- which includes health, religion, arts, food, etc.(The sub category of food was the most used (8103)) and Entertainment (11830) and Technology (11173). The categories that were not well represented were: Science (1179) and Auto (1128). I searched for blogs on “school librarian” and got “0” results. I chose the topic “books” under the category Entertainment (which is the largest category under entertainment). This search resulted in many blogs. The most popular blog being; “Whatever” with the authority number of 948, which was the highest number. Then I searched for “books” under posts, and I found the results to show very specific comments as compared to blogs, which are more general. The posts with high authority numbers(963) were; “10 Books 10 Countries” (The best translated books of 2009) and “Books & Games Following Music Leads” which tells us that Amazon sold more Kindle digital books than paper books on Christmas Day 2009. (A bit of trivia for you.) I am wondering why there is not a category for Education and Libraries. So I looked a little further and went to the category “technology” and searched for library blogs. I got 2799 blogs relating to libraries. It always pays to keep searching (and playing!).

Del.icio.us

Wow! My advice to you is this: Do not visit del.icioi.us if you have any schedule plans or activities for the next several hours. What you can learn and do with del.icio.us is addicting! The 8-minutes video clip was a nice overview. I first searched under popular bookmarks. The first entry was “10 fresh tools and resources for web developers”. Some of this was above my meager understanding, but there were some very interesting tools that could be added to ones blog! Next listed was “15 Dazzling Modern Library Designs”. If you want to see the “wave of the future”, check these out! via weburbanist.com The New National Library in the Czech Republic was 3 dimensional definitely for the 3rd millennium. When it is completed it will hold 10 million volumes. Another cool architectural design was the Central Library in Seattle and the Ballard Library in Seattle which is all about “green” and has an innovative “green roof” where native grasses grow. You can even see library designs that are still on the drawing board. What a great use of creative minds! Libraries are amazing places and books are cool-so why not look the part? You’ll have to restrain yourself from looking on more popular bookmarks and tags. Del.icio.us would be very helpful in my library both for students and teachers, but also a wealth of knowledge for the librarian. I searched for “school librarian” and received 3,127 results. Many of these useful places I plan to return to such as, Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki (here I found links to collaboration with teachers and students). Also listed were 100 Best B logs for School Librarian and PB Librarian Chick, a collection of links to the best of FREE internet resources. There was also the Librarian’s Internet Index and Teacher Librarian Network both of which will be very useful to librarians. I can’t wait to share this with everyone.
Del.ici.us is simply “delicious”!

addict-o-matic

Here is my URL for the web page I created on addict-o-matic regarding libraries.

http://addictomatic.com/topic/libraries#uwtzmnv.dy.bjhgx

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Library Thing

What fun! Library Thing is so easy to set up and use. There are many ways I could use this in my future library. It could be used to advertise and keep track of events and happenings in the library. Here is where author visits, book signings and book discussions with staff and students could be posted. I could highlight new books here and post suggestions from students and staff on good books to read. It would be fun to set up different groups, for book clubs, so members could talk and carry on conversations about books and authors and even write reviews of books they are reading. The possibilities are endless!

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Wikis

Better than e-mail? YES!
My sisters and I are planning a bridal shower for my niece. We have been doing this by e-mail and text messaging. Now, I know a better way - WIKI - This allows me to put in my ideas - edit my plans - save - then a sister can edit my plans, add her input and save for the other sister to edit. We can add links to new pages with additional information such as the guest list and a link for the menu and who will provide what. Wikis are the wave of future communicating, collaboration and sharing of information!