Week 6 thing 15

The following paragraphs stood out for me in the reading for Library 2.0:

The term "Library 2.0" was coined by Michael Casey on his blog LibraryCrunch as a direct spin-off of the terms Business 2.0 and Web 2.0. Casey suggested that libraries, especially public libraries, are at a crossroads where many of the elements of Web 2.0 have applicable value within the library community, both in technology-driven services and in non-technology based services. In particular, he described the need for libraries to adopt a strategy for constant change while promoting a participatory role for library users.

Also: collections based on popularity and demand vs not so popular:

This keeps some traditional customers satisfied, but non-users might be better served if librarians consider what's called the long tail. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired, who coined the phrase “long tail” in an article of the same name in 2004, argues that the demand for movies or books that are not hits far outnumbers the demand for those that are hits. Match those nonhits with the people who are interested in seeing them, and suddenly you have a group of constituents equal to or greater than those who want to see and read the hits.

And from Tame the Web:

Anytown PL’s mission is to promote access to information of all kinds, to anticipate the future needs of our patrons for library services and to give access to ideas in various media. This means we must be looking for new ways to serve our patrons. One way we’ll be doing this is devoting a bit of staff time and library resources to experimenting and trying new things.

I think OPL is certainly trying to meet the needs and desires of the Omaha people. We provide a wide variety of entertainment and informational material, and are very responsive to requests ( as funds allow.) We do innovative programming for Youth with the Homework Hotspots and Lock-ins. We should be proud of what is being offered here.

Week 6 Thing 14

After playing around with Technorati and putting in keywords like Omaha, Omaha Public Library, etc. I discovered that this is really a global site. I got hits from many other countries, and a number of references to Warren Buffet! Some things didn't relate at all that I could see.
I am feeling like I will not finish these exercises because of time restraint. There is so much to do at work, and it is hard to find the spare time.

Week 6 Thing 13

I read through the information (twice) in the Otter Group Delicious tutorial (8.30 min podcast) as well as Us.ef.ul: A beginners guide to Delicious getting started with Delicious. Because I learn best by doing I went ahead and created a Delicious account and bookmarked my ipage with Ingram books. This will be helpful because logging in is always a "process" with passwords, etc. and now I will be able to access this site from home as well as any computer in the system. I also tagged it with words that I would use to find it. I also looked at the account that was set up for us with thePLCMCL2 account and looked at a number of links and comments.
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Week 5 Thing 12 Rollyo link

Well, this has been a frustrating exercise. I have been trying to link my Rollyo site to my blog, and have had little success. Trying to remember names and passwords are challenging, and I am keeping them the same for as many as possible.

Here is my link but it doesn't seem to http://rollyo.com/suzansorensen/reference_search/