Friday, October 26, 2007

Week 6, Thing 15

I think it's terrific that librarians are being forward thinking regarding our role in this now not so new technological era. As a library user, I am thrilled that I can access the library's research databases at 2:00 p.m. or 2:00 a.m.. As a librarian I am thrilled that more and more people are finding out what resources we have and how to use them. When the WWW (as we called it then) first came to be, I remember a lot of talk of the "paperless society". Thankfully, I don't think this will ever come to be. As for libraries becoming obsolete (and librarians along with them--remember--really good books never die, they just come out in paperback.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Week 8, Thing 18

This is a document a created in Google Docs. It was very easy to add the image and post it to my blog!

Okay, this is pretty cool. This is a photo of one of my favorite physicists, Richard Feynman, playing bongos. It really should be copywritten by CalTech, but I guess all of that has gone out the window!

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Week 6, Thing 14

Looked at Technorati and searched Learning 2.0, in blogs, tags and directory. Each search came up with different results. Top searches were a mix of the predictable (Britney, Marion Jones, youtube) and the surprising (ladies car insurance).

It's incredible how much information is out there--a bit overwhelming and I'd imagine a lot to sift through to find what you want.