#16 Wikis

We all know about the lack of editorial control with wikis. BSC experienced this first hand. Can anyone become liable with statements made on a wiki? Also, if the information on wikipedia has to be vertified, then why not go directly to a more reliable source? Print encyclopedias can have mistakes as well, but at least they have copy readers of editors to manage the information.

On a more positive side, I can see the advantage of wikis in libraries. I thought of our Greg Bach and the Biz Wiki at Ohio University Libraries. I think the resources referred to on that site are restricted to their patrons. I loved the Book Lovers Wiki and especially the 5 star Reviews. I no longer want to start a book that doesn't come recommended by friends and I am assuming that this library site would be reliable - no Danielle Steele.

#13-15

The advantage of being able to access your account from any site is one of the biggest pluses of Del.cio.us. Using an account at the Reference Desk to add info in the same manner that we did with a notebook is a big factor.

With regard to youth and technology there were several interesting comments about Myspace. In the same way an active parent checks out their child's activities, friends, sleepovers, etc., they should also be aware of MYspace and other technologies kids are using. It's no different than imposing a curfew and other limitations, etc. I was surprised to read one statement calling for a ban.

Del.icio.us

I have added four bookmarks to my Del.icio.us account. Now I need to figure out how to connect everyone so you can all see it. Here is the link:

Library Thing round 2

http://www.librarything.com/home/keeperoftheoldstuff It seems I hadn't added any "friends" to look at my library. Let's try again! I'm also including the link.

Library Thing

Somehow with the title of LIBRARY THING I just think of WILD THING a song by the Trogs in the 60's! It's a long story - I'll move on..

I have my five books listed but I see I put a review in the tags area so looks like I will need to do some editing. The exercise was fairly easy to do.

Mini Read Library Posters

I just looked at my "feeds" and in the Shifted Librarian they had directions to making a READ mini poster where the Librarian's image was put into the frame. Might be something cute for Banned Books Week. We could each be holding a banned book in our picture.
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/08/08/more-read-mini-poster-fun.html

Posting my Voki

Well, after two days of struggling to get my Voki attached to my Blog, I finally had success!! But, only with Marlene's help - we worked and worked and finally found instructions which tipped us off to the EDIT HTML tab. We had been trying to attach "Daisy Duke" while in the COMPOSE tab. Hip, hip hurray!!

New Voki

Here at long last here is my Voki, Daisy Duke:




Get a Voki now!

Ben and Katie

Katie LOVES the film FARGO, so I made sure they had appropriate caps when they came to ND to ice fish in February.

Jon and Helen

Helen and Jon

Okay, now I understand the little symbol indicating a news feed and have added Kiplingers to my favorites. That was the easiest for me with these exercises - I hope that was what you were expecting, Liz.

In a recent USA Today article (amazing that they would even follow something related to libraries!) the writers commented on the fact that the internet was supposed to send libraries the way of 8 track tapes and pay phones. BUT, as we all know, that never happened and libraries are even busier than before, having evolved with the times. Books, of course, are still the main stay, but DVDs and CDs have been added to many collections, coffee shops show up at public libraries, and the internet has been made available for all. In addition, classes for young and old are being offered to teach community people about the new technologies. Attendance is up, however regionally, the southern states lag the rest of the county in visits (okay Bubba, get reading!)