Library 2.0 -- My Thoughts

My favorite article was "Away from the icebergs" by Rick Anderson. He listed three "icebergs" to steer away from which all involve letting go of the old way of doing things. To really embrace Library 2.0 you have to stand back and look at your library through your patrons' eyes. You have to understand what they need and want right now--not what was important five years ago. After exploring all of this 2.0 "stuff", I really like it and have a better understanding of why it is so important to provide 2.0 applications to our patrons. A lot of 2.0 is better for secondary libraries, but I think wikis are very appropriate at the elementary level.

Delicious

I like Delicious because I have access to my book marks on any computer and my phone. It was also very easy to import my existing book marks into Delicious and add tags for them. I added the Delicious badge to my blog--I actually have 67 book marks, but they are marked private. I need to go through and "unlock" some of them. It is interesting to see who else has the same websites as me. This would be a great tool for teachers to use if they want their students to use a list of specific websites for research.

Rollyo and Play Time

Rollyo lets you create your own personal search box enabling you to search mulitiple sites simultaneously--which is a huge time saver! Very easy to set up and place on your blog.

I've enjoyed learning about these programs and playing with them. Fun!!