#17 playing with wikis

Wow! Everyone's Learning 2.0 work on one site! It will be great to have time to REALLY apply this technology to instruction and access to the collections in Special Collections.

#16 what's in a wiki

The articles and examples of wikis are interesting. In the core competencies article I enjoyed the statement that the disadvantage is the same as the wiki's advantage. In other words, that the wikis users are its authors. Applications that may work well include library staff websites, where everyone, (not just those with "permission or the techies" can create websites. Also, I think applying wikis to subject guides can represent the interests of users as well as a method of sharing special resources with users. The idea of a space for collaborative work groups (especially those creating documents) as an alternative to (too many) emails is a great idea.

#13 del.icio.us

I searched around in del.icio.us for quite awhile. This could have potential for research as along as the sources are relevant. I didn't find too much in the "popular and recent" postings. I did find useful sites when I searched for Web 2.0. These groups of sites could be utilized for further refinement of the tools we're using in these Learning 2.0 exercises.

#15 web 2.0

The web 2.0 article from the OCLC next space newsletter had some interesting and predictable points of view. I enjoyed Michael Stephens comments the most. He actually used the word knowledge rather than information! I think an 18 year old person's needs (and better yet expectations) are not the same as a 22 year old, a grad student or a faculty member. Shouldn't we be discussing these needs in the context of information, search for knowledge, instruction and utilizing web 2.0?

The "iceburgs" article was predictable, and in the words of Michael Stephens, demonstrated "techno-worship." Wendy Schultz gave an interesting summary of the future, but somehow reminded me of a blog I read earlier today by an individual sharing his dream of preaching to a stadium full of people. I browsed the rest of the newsletter, and saw OCLC's advertisements for new products for libraries to buy. They sure fit in with the articles about web 2.0!

#14 technorati

Searching "Learning 2.0 in all blogs, exact phrase; wow! 3878 results for Learning 2.0 as of 7/17. The results, however are less than relevant. Searching in tag search (3 results)more relevant, but I need a bunch of windows open to complete this exercise (ever heard of back buttons?) Searching in Blog Directory; 485 blogs... authority? hahaha! Popular pages... suprising? money, entertainment, tech, politics, no, not suprising.

Authority on the "live" web is interesting. In the technorati search guide, authority is "determined by the number of unique site links that a blog has. The more unique site links a blog has to it, the better the ranking and higher the authority of the blog." My impression of authority of relevenant resources includes terms such as "scholarship or scholarly", peer reviews, etc. I'm sure the marketing industry will figure out (quickly!) how to utilize the "live web's" criteria for authority.

#12 Rollyo

Tools such as this (like organized favorites) are useful. Like other things ephemeral, web sites can go away, and 2 out of 3 sites in the Rare Book Library Search were gone! Here's a link to the search roll I created.
http://rollyo.com/editroll.html?sid=301636

#11 LibraryThing

Once books are chosen, librarything indicates how many others have also included those works on their library as well as a rating. Here's a link to the five I chose.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/connick