How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales
This was an excellent video! I really learned a lot about Wikipedia, how it came to be, and how it is organized and regulated today. I wouldn’t have guessed that it is more popular than the NY Times and that it is funded by public donations. I also found it amusing that it even has exactly one employee. Jimmy Wales appears to be an intelligent individual, but also has common sense that makes him good at supervising such an endeavor.
Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries
Randy Reichardt
Geoffrey Harder
The first half of this article just seemed like definitions and regurgitation of information, but I liked how the last half explained the relevancy of blogs in today’s libraries and how we can use them to improve our services, as well as communication between each other. I wonder if, since the publication of this article in 2004, many libraries have adopted blogs as a daily routine?
Creating the Academic Library Folksonomy
Xan Arch
This is an interesting concept. Apart from our previous assignment using CiteULike, I do not have any experience with social tagging, but it appears to be a useful idea. It mentions del.icio.us and storing bookmarked pages online for access from any computer. Is it possible to upload an existing bookmarks list to this site as well?
Using a Wiki to Manage a Library Instruction Program
Charles Allan
This article seemed like it was attempting to sell wikis as the only way a library instruction program could succeed. It would be a good addition to a library program, but I would like to read about a real-life example of one that garnered results as well.
Jill,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering too about whether libraries have adopted the use of blogs to promote literacy and other things. I know the New York Public Library and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh have blogs available. I think blogs would be a great way to reach even more patrons, especially those of the younger generation!
-Katie :)
Hi Jillian,
ReplyDeleteI use Delicious.com to store my bookmarked sites, and it does have a feature where you can import the bookmarks you already have established in your browser. After you establish your account all you need to do is go into "Settings" and click "Import/Upload Bookmarks." It really has made organizing my bookmarked items much easier! I don't really use it to find additional resources that are subject specific, but after reading this article I might have to try this out. I mainly just use it as an organizational tool.
Aimee
Thanks Katie, I’ll have to check out those blogs! I think you’re right about blogs also being a way to reach the younger masses. It’s hard sometimes to get them interested and involved, and if technology is a way to do that, then I’m for it.
ReplyDeleteAimee, thanks for the info on delicious.com! Between two computers at home and one at work, I can never remember where I've bookmarked what. This will make it so much easier to organize.