Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of web it take libraries?

Web 2.0 has 5 professionals (Librarians) share their expertise, knowledge and views on this subject. All very well said. Overwhelming but needed to drive home the impact of what modern technology has done for libraries and users. Everyone is impacted, whether they be young school children, high school students, college age students, scholars, educators, professors, businesses and/or anyone in communities, they benefit from it all when libraries bring their services readily and conveniently available to patrons. Are we scheduled for Web 3.0 & Web 4.0 next summer? We'll have to find out what is in store for us.

Wikis and OU Libraries Wiki

I went to the OU Libraries Wiki and added my blog to the favorites and I also added a movie to favorite movies. I also used Wikipedia to look up some information on the recent space mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, August 7-21, 2007.

Technorati

Technorati sounded beautiful to my ears. That's crazy, isn't it? It's a brand new word to me. Yes, I created a Technorati account and added my blog in blogosphere. What do I think about being tracked in Technorati? Not too well. It's sort of scary. There's no secret you can keep anymore. It's open to the world. But Technorati has a lot of advantages just like any other branch of technology. You get connected to links upon links, etc., to information you need.

Podcasts

A podcast is an audiorecording posted online, like a short radio show and is often done through RSS technology. A student or anyone can explore on podcasts on any category they are interested in. I would like to recommend to a student to try out podcasting as another source of taping on information he/she is interested in. While making my search on podcasts, I stumbled on Pandora.com and fell in love with it. As I worked on my birthday I treated myself to some great music by Celine Dion and other famous artists. Here is the link to this virtual radio station http://www.pandora.com/

23 2.0 Things completed? It's only the beginning...

What a journey this has been for me. Sure I had some problems grasping things. But I did learn a lot of things and had/have lots fun along the way. Will continue to do so. The word BLOG or BLOGOSPHERE was not in my vocabulary then. It's becoming a common word and is nothing to be scared about. I enjoy having the knowledge to upload pictures from the internet using Flickr or uploading pictures from my own camera to my blog. I did quite a few just for the mere fun of it. Among my favorites are YouTube and Podcast. Under podcast I discovered Pandora.com. It's a new kind of Radio Station and it's free. You can create your own radio station by searching for your favorite artist or your kind of music to listen to. Pandora then plays for you your favorite songs and you can listen to them for as long as you want to. Thanks & Kudos to all who had a part in putting this seminar together. That is, Learning 2.0 for the Library Staff. For without it, I won't have learned how to blog or appreciate or know that there are so much things and resources out there for yourself and for anybody or everybody (students, parents, & others on earth). Everyone of you administrators were very supportive and very helpful. Keep it up. Positively speaking, we should have something similar for 2008!

Facebook

I've signed up in Facebook. I've also added Nancy Story and Edie Luce as my friends. I hope to meet other friends through them. This is going to be interesting.

YouTube

YouTube is fantastic. There is so much technology out there. So much to know. It's mind boggling. I explored a few things on YouTube and found it hard which one to put on my blog. In the end I chose 'Did you know?' from ShiftHappens... I thought the facts are amazing. The accompanying music does wonders to catch one's attention!

Squidoo

I chose the award winning Squidoo which is a site to create webpages about topics you feel passionately about. I chose the Art of Growing Vegetables.

Zoho Writer

Dear Edie and Nancy,

 

Thank you for taking your time to help me with my assignments. Couldn't do it without your help so I really appreciate that. Hey, Zoho Writer is pretty easy to work with. It's definitely great. Me-Tutie