Week 6, Things 13, 14, & 15

I started off this week as suggested, by exploring del.icio.us. I can't say I was too impressed with the site. I think that it is practical - a good way of sharing links that don't contain misleading information. There is a lot of unreliable and even downright wrong information to be found on the vast WWW, so I think in that respect, del.icio.us is a good tool for those looking for reliability in their web searching.

The blog-linking site Tehnorati confused me at first. I tried searching for Library 2.0 without quotations, and just ending up getting repeat blogs about pocketbikes and how much they were going for. It was a little strange to say the least. Then I put quotes around it: "library 2.0" and ended up getting what I was looking for. There were 3,442 blogs about Library 2.0 already.

Next I read an article entitled "Into a New World of Librarianship," in which the writer discussed the future of a more technologically sound library and in what ways librarians will have to adapt to these updates. He brought up an interesting story in one of the sections: the argument that the principles of Library 2.0 are not new. I must say I agree with him, however, the ways in which we go about becoming better libraries are different. The same principles of being able to attend to the needs of the public, especially being able to inform them, are the same. But I doubt that libraries in the past have always used computers, or programs such as Library 2.0, in order to better their technological knowledge. As I have said, I grew up with computers, so this is not that hard for me, but for someone with limited computer experience, I think that Library 2.0 is useful.

Lastly, I got tagged awhile back so I figured I would respond to that in the next entry.