Thing 16: So what’s in a wiki?

Wiki is an excellent way to share ideas and to collect topics all in one place.
The one of interesting things that I discovered was Bookswim. It's a Netflix type of book rental system. That might be fun to try.

Thing 15: On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...

I feel that Into the new world of librarianship describes LCPL best because we have those traits. LCPL is striving to breakdown barriers and allow users access wherever they are: home, work, commuting, school, or at the library, bases all planning and proposals for services, materials and outreach on user needs and wants, participating in other thriving communities build connections online where their users live, doesn't buy technology for the sake of technology, “Techno-worship” does not exist here, recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology and recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology.

Thing 14: Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

In Technorati I did a keyword search for Learning 2.0 in Blog posts, in tags and in the Blog Directory. The results for blog posts were far greater than the results for tags. The cutest thing that I found while exploring Technorati was Nora, the piano playing cat. She is so adorable.

Thing 13: Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Del.icio.us

I viewed the 12 minute Del.icio.u.s tutorial and found the other two discovery resources helpful too. For this discovery exercise, we were asked to take a look at Del.icio.us and learn about this popular bookmarking tool. I took a look around Del.icio.us using the L2LCPL account. I clicked on the bookmarks and saw the different tags and comments. Can I see the potential of this tool for research assistance? Or just as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere? I would say the answer is yes to both questions. I decided to try the optional exercise. So, I created a Del.icio.u.s account because I wanted to bookmark a few bookmarks that I saw when I was using the L2LCPL account.

Thing 12: Roll your own search engine

I created an account and explored Rollyo. It's a pretty neat search tool. I took a look at the other search rolls like Quick Quotes and I typed in a few quotes. It found every single quote that I'd entered. Next up - creating a search roll. At first I drew a blank, as to what subject I would create a search roll about. So, I clicked on the "need a suggestion" link and that helped me to think of a subject. I picked women's health. Since I had come this far in this discovery exercise, I decided to do the optional exercise too. Tada! Below is my search roll and I named my search engine "To Your Health".

Select...To Your HealthSearch The Web

Thing 11: A thing about LibraryThing

The LibraryThing is a great online tool for booklovers. I had fun adding books to my catalog. You can edit the covers, change the view of your catalog and so much more. It was an easy and fun discovery exercise to do.

Thing 10: Play around with Image Generators

Out of the three image generators, I had the most fun with Letter James. There were so many good images to choose. Well, here are my four.