23 Things: #20

Thing 20 completed. Viewed library-related videos on YouTube such as No Cookies in the Library/Sesame Street. Other video-sharing sites? Here are a few:

purevideo.com
stupidvideos.com
veoh.com
video.aol.com

23 Things: #19

Thing 19 completed. Went to Google Maps and saved a map showing the running route between my residence and my place of work in My Maps.

23 Things: #18

Thing 18 completed. Logged into Google Docs. Created a document and shared with members of my work unit who are now listed as collaborators. Say, weren't collaborators shot during the war? :-) But seriously, this tool has great potential for sharing work.

23 Things: #17

Thing 17 completed. Registered on InfoPeople's "Our 23 Things" wiki and added an entry to the Twitter category.

23 Things: #16

Thing 16 completed. Read What Is Wiki and explored the three links offered on that page. Our library system and consortium each has a staff-access wiki but their use appears somewhat limited right now.

23 Things: #15

Thing 15 completed.

Wikipedia's Web 2.0 was a bit too technical for me in parts, but one thing that stuck was the mention of Amazon's having made user comments available predates Web 2.0 as a term or concept.

Walt Crawford's Library 2.0 and "Library 2.0" was tedious to plow through although some of his overarching perspectives were noteworthy as I interpret them:

• "Library 2.0" is unnecessarily confrontational and potentially alienating;
• implying that anything previous to "Library 2.0" is worthless is throwing the baby out with the bathwater;
• over-emphasis on the technology side of Library 2.0 may increase the chasm between the haves and have-nots among our patrons;
• "Library 2.0" advocates who describe their patrons as tec-savvy may not necessarily be describing all their patrons;
• "Library 2.0" doesn't directly address one of the library's most primary missions: circulating books and other materials.

I do think, though, that when Walt criticizes Talis for its assertion that Amazon and Google threaten the relevance of today's libraries, he may be underappreciating the influence that these resources, especially Google, have on the public and the public's perception of libraries.

23 Things: #14

Thing 14 completed. Technorati doesn't do a very good job of explaining what they do or how they do it. There is a brief description on the About Us page. The term, World Live Web, is interesting. My Technorati search did show clearly, though, that its results included my search term matched in tags attached to postings, blogs, videos, and photos.

23 Things: #13

Thing 13 completed. Read the Wikipedia article on social bookmarking. Created a Del.icio.us account and added and tagged four websites.

http://del.icio.us/library_dragon