Library 2.0

Wow. Library 2.0 is a lot to think about. At first, reading the Wikipedia info, I thought “it’s a good idea; of course I’d like to see my library continue to move forward to improve service.” Reading the different perspectives from the OCLC newsletter REALLY opened my eyes to the various possibilities though.

I most appreciated “Away from Icebergs” and “To A Temporary Place in Time.” In the first, he was clear on the time-honored traditions we need to be willing to let go of. In the latter, it was great to see beyond Library 2.0. What’s hip & modern today is outdated tomorrow.

The other viewpoints also ha good points but I felt that they may have forgotten that in a PUBLIC library, we don’t just serve the tech-savvy crowd.

In any case, I’d love to see our library move ahead with the times, just as long as we never get stuck in any one moment of time AND as long as we don’t forget to serve our more traditionalist patrons. They too are worthy.

Milcah on Technorati

O.K. So I've checked out Technorati and "claimed" my own blog. I decided to search out my name "Milcah" and wasn't surprised to find a long list of Jewish references. However, I was happy to see a blog noting that "Milcah" means queen. I was told that by a Jewish dental hygienist when I was about 7 years old and again by my husband when he was doing some Hebrew Scriptures research but it was nice to see it confirmed by a stranger. Very nice.

BTW, to workmates who know me as "Marie," pretty much all of the women in my family are named Marie. We refer to each other by our middle names. Mine is Milcah.

Delicious

O.K. I'm in! I set up my del.icio.us account (http://del.icio.us/milcahdesir). I am using it to line up all of my work-related links. Cool!

Library Thing

Ooh, Library Thing is nice. I have a reading list in Word here at the library but it's nice to have it on-line. Bookcovers are a plus! I put 15 books on so far. I'll keep working on it.

Digital Cameras

My favorite technology-related thing is the digital camera. I didn't realize just how much I love this thing until my son's teacher sent home a disposable camera of photos she'd taken of him all year long. My son, whose photograph experience is mostly limited to digital cameras, asked me, "Where are the pictures Mommy? Let me see them on the little screen." I literally picked up the thing and was like, "Good grief! I've got to like walk this in to a store and wait for processing just to see if I even like the photo!" I'm not a techie but I have to say, I love being able to see the picture and decide whether I like it or not BEFORE I spend money on printing it.

Flickr Mashups

O.K. This is from Week 6 & I'm only getting to blog it now because... this totally didn't interest me. I have to admit that photos really only interest me if they are particularly breathtaking or funny UNLESS they are of people I know AND care about. Having me browse through these was like meeting a friend's mom who insists on having me look through 30 years of family photos where the only person I give a hoot about is the friend. Ugh. I've been there, too many times...

Rollyo

I've created a Rollyo search engine called Milcah's Books. When patrons come to the desk to ask about a book not in our catalog, I tend to check Amazon to verify title/author. If not there OR if there but not in Marina, my next step is Worldcat. I've not had occasion to need to check the Library of Congress, but in teory at least, that's an option. Also, for myself, I purchase books from Amazon.ca and Barnes & Noble. So I selected those sites for my Rollyo. Now, I'll try to use it. Maybe I'll have more to add to it at a later date, especially for the French titles.

Virtual Me!

Love it!!! It's Virtual-Me (more like half of me really on the rooftop garden lounge of my dream penthouse on the Upper East side of Manhattan...) !!!

Bloglines

Bloglines is a place I could lose myself in! When I first looked at it in Week 3, I was like : "I'll get back to this. I'll do it for the training but I'll never use it."

But then... ahhh... [angels singing in the background]. Dilbert!!!

I've also signed up for Quotes of the Day, the Shifted Librarian, and Salon.

RSS Feed

O.K. Finally! I've gotten an RSS feed up & running! I was convinced I needed to do this from home but Trina introduced me to the world of mobile homepages! I tried using netvibes but it wouldn't always load. So I am using MY YAHOO and it's great! Simpler than netvibes but I'm a newbie so that's fine. I'm an NPR junkie so I've added Driveway Moments to my page and am adding more. Yea!

Marc's Wedding

My little man was in my cousin's wedding last month. What a cutie!

Here's a photo from my cousin's wedding on the 16th. My little man was a page. What a cutie!