Summary of the Web2.0 Experience

In doing this exercise I felt like I learned about a whole new world – a world of endless opportunities. At first I felt scared, a bit intimated – could an old dog like me learn about this whole new world. But I am so glad I was enticed, seduced, led to learn about this whole new way of communicating. I’m not going to say that I’m going to embrace wholeheartedly every single thing I was exposed to, but there are definitely some things in this bag that I am very happy to take on. Thanks for the push/shove into the 21st Century – this was an excellent idea. I will use Goggle docs, FaceBook, and LibraryThing to name just a few.

Kathy Carter

Craigslist

Pretty interesting stuff on there - it was also a good way to check out other areas for housing and jobs. I looked at the pets one, too, but I found that too depressing. Decided to check out apt prices in NYC. I found one in the area where my grandmother and her parents lived when they came over from Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)- Greenpoint.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/1043251569.html

Goggle Docs

This was remarkably easy. I did have more trouble creating a document than I did in uploading a current one and sharing it. I will definitely use this to keep a current list of my personal library.

Kathy

Feeling a Little Lost in WikiLand

Wow, the further you go into the Wiki’s the more it keeps expanding in front of you. It’s easy to feel a little lost, but in a good way. I bookmarked the PALS Wiki as I found that very interesting. I really went exploring at the SJCPL Subject Guides – it was a lot of fun.

The WorldCat site didn’t work when I tried it but I have posted (and read) several reviews on Amazon. In fact I made a good friend through the book reviews at Amazon. I found the library success page very interesting – having worked in a rural community library many years ago I can see how helpful this would be.

I was disappointed when I went to the Princeton Public Library catalog and couldn’t find a book that had a patron review. I know that we have difficulty getting people to blog on our website, but maybe with the new webpage it will be more eye-catching.

Finding New Feeds

In doaing the previous lesson, I discovered several feeds that I wanted to add to my reader. One is Our Daily Bread - http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbc.org%2Frss.ashx%3Fid%3D50398 Another is the NYT book reviews -
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fservices%2Fxml%2Frss%2Fnyt%2FBooks.xml

Boy I hope I'm reporting this all correctly!

Feeds

Okay, I think I really like this & RSS. I would definitely subscribe to our library's new DVDs since I never can remember when movies are coming out. I can't believe how much our catalog has evolved from card files, to dreaded microfiche to computer - it is fantastic.

RSS

One thing I did notice about one of the local blogs is that it hasn't been updated since the fall which made me decide not to subscribe to it at this time.

http://masticshirley.blogspot.com/