Wikis

I found it interesting to realize that there are so many library related Wikis out there.  It would be great in school libraries to have a Wiki re Web 2.0 applications with links to useful videos, eg the videos in"plain English' are fun to watch and are instructive as well.
A Wiki can be on any topic, it can be a directory, it can have many formats.  I would like to spend extra time looking at some of the sites in the other 'library wiki examples' in our our course notes.  I can see a specific use for Wikis in our libraries,  see above, for instruction purposes.  In fact, Wikis for encouraging information literacy in general, could be valuable to students.

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IMG_1845, a photo by kmkmkm2011 on Flickr.

I did take some pictures of the class hard at work with their laptops, but unfortunately I did not ask permission to take everyone's photo. I became aware that two people objected so I have now uploaded this photo of inaminate objects instead. This has been a learning curve for me, both to not take pictures of people without permission and in the use of Flickr. This is a neutral library related photo. I have enjoyed this exercise and have been pleased to do it twice.

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library, a photo by snapper head11 on Flickr.

Wow what an interesting design. Another image uploaded from Flickr.

Libraries Work Because We Do!

Libraries Work Because We Do!, a photo by circulating on Flickr.

I hve chosen this image from Flickr to upload to my Blog. I like it because it has a library theme and is also very people orientated

Librarians Matter

I have an RSS Feed to the below site.  I think the articles on this site provide entertainment.  They are short, interesting and include a video or image.  RSS Feeds can be helpful in a library situation, for example, I noticed that one of the students has an ALIA job vacancy RSS Feed on her blog.  Personally, I think that was quite a useful feed to access and I would suggest that all the students in the class access the ALIA job vacany RSS Feed.  I know it is useful to individuals to access RSS Feeds and I am sure this usefulness could be transferred to a library setting, especially in the case of library staff where they could be kept up to date with sites that are pertinent to their workload and/or personal development.

Karyn, G. (Ed.). (2011). Retrieved Jul 6, 2011, from Librarians Matter: http://librariansmatter.com/blog/