#9

I had a look at Library Thing during a quiet time on the desk today. Maybe it was being surrounded by all those catalogued books ..... I really didn't feel the need to create a library catalogue of my own books at home ..... too much of the same thing?

#8

Technorati was interesting. I found quite different results when searching for "learning 2.0" - from 275 tags to 1745 blog posts and 404 on the blog directory search. While doing this exercise with technorati, I also noticed "fans" for the first time. I was able to find my blog through the blog directory - I don't have any fans!
I'm not especially interested in tagging or claiming my blog. Maybe another time ...

#7

I've become used to using Deli.icio.us while working on the online reference services and it has been very useful (although I sometimes wonder about the descriptors that people use). Fortunately I can relate to enough of the tags to make it worthwhile. For me it has become a quick way to access credible information and when time is at a premium, that's important.
I can see that adding tags to things will probably make them more accessible - Will pages accumulate so much info / comments etc that they become clogged and user unfriendly? - aesthetically displeasing?
I took up the suggestion of searching at Yarra Plenty for "kite runner" and it was good to see the results.
Overall, this exercise was a bit frustrating at times because pages took a while to load and I was conscious of "wasting time."

#6

I quite enjoyed the process of creating rss feeds and look forward to receiving news from the various sites. In the first instance, I went to sites that I just thought would be of use / interest. Unfortunately, some of these didn't have the rss facility. I then used the suggested finding tools with mixed success. Feedster seems to be taking a holiday at the moment - Didn't like Topix.net - Fared better with Google blog search.

#5

I decided to add my blog to the Favourite Blogs page and had a very frustrating session. What began as a relatively straight forward exercise ended up being a time wasting exercise as I didn't realise that this couldn't be achieved using Internet Explorer (my preferred browser). Thanks to my colleague (who has already completed the learning programme) for coming to my rescue.

#4

I've been working through the suggested list of wikis. The one I've previously been most familiar with is wikipedia and I've found it can be useful for the on-line reference service when you want to give someone a general overview of a subject. However, I am always mindful that people are able to edit the information mischeviously. "Library success : a best practices wiki" reinforces this negative aspect of shared information with its warning on vandalism. Unfortunately I think I will always tend to look at "external" wikis with a slightly jaundiced view.
I like the idea of being able to share information on-line here at SLV and made a posting a couple of weeks ago on the desk diary - useful to check when you're on the desk.
Thanks to Mark for creating the SLV training wiki. It's really useful.
I was very interested to find out the origin of the term, wiki.

#3

I've decided to add a photograph so that I can have a good memory whenever I need to look at this blog.

#2

I think my first impressions were correct - this is time-consuming.

#1

Finally I'm getting started and hoping this will work. I'm beginning to think that this experience of exploration could be a very time-consuming process.