Web 2.0

I looked at several different views of where Web 2.0 will take libraries. The consensus was that technology was the wave of the future. But the view I enjoyed most was Wendy Schultz's "To a temporary place in time...". While Schultz acknowledges the importance of technological advances in the library world, we must maintain a continual dialogue with users about their needs.At the center of our vision, we should create a balance between technological advances and needs of all users.

Merlin

I signed up for an account on Merlin. Then I created an historical fiction forum and created news feeds on Merlin.

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This was a lot of fun to discover. Picking out the elements to design the figure and finding the perfect background was a hoot. But exporting the figure to my blog and getting the animation to work was problematic.

Rollyo Historical Fiction

Creating a searchroll for historical fiction was very instructional and interesting. I enjoy reading historical fiction books and these sites will provide additional titles for me. These sites will also provide me with titles to recommend to young adults.

My Library

Using My Library was fun. I enjoy looking back and remembering books that I have read.

RSS Feeds/Online Image Generator

I enjoyed learning about the RSS feeds and choosing the topics that I wanted to track. Playing with the image generator was fun and a great learning experience.

Flicker

I looked at the Flicker website but will probably not use it. While I was looking through the site, I found the Yahoo Travel site more useful.