thing 7

We have a wikki for the staff at the library. It is eplkids. We use it for any number of things. I t is so easy to use. It is easy to navigate through, add to pages and comment on. It isa very useful tool. I use it a lot! If you have never used a wikki, you have got to try it out. Way cool! We also hve a county-wide library system wikki called lilly. Also, very useful!

thing 5

i think delicious is a great idea. Now I can have things bookmarked on my work computer, my home desktop and my laptop all in one easy step.

Thing 4

I have an account with bloglines. I think that it could be overwhelming if you have too many subscriptions. But it can also be helpful. It could save you a lot of time surfing the web for topics that interest you. Here you have everything at one location.

Thing three

I feel that there are a lot of new and cool ideas out there to use. I think that it is good to be aware of the kinds of things that are available. I think that you also need to be careful what you choose to use.There are good and bad techno. things out there. You need to choose those things that are important and useful to you and your patrons. There, unfortunately, is not enough time to get involved in everything. You could drive yourself nuts trying to keep up with every new idea that comes down the line. We are a fairly small library but we are trying to keep up with the changing needs of our patrons (library 2.0). It is important to at least be familiar with the new technology so we can answer questions or in the very least not stare at a patron with a blank look when they start talking about something.

Thing one for 21 things

If you look over my blogs, you will see that we did a similar thing at our library in the spring. I learned a lot of new things and I hope to learn some more. We have a blog for the children, teens and adults at our library. I think it is a great way to get info. out to the patrons.