#17 Sandbox wiki

I visited the sandbox and added an entry. I loved the area "favourite vacation spots", and was interested by all the great holiday/travel stories and advice.

#16 Wikis

I had a look around Wikis : what a 'social' tool (so much sharing and caring). They certainly provide a great service eg. BookLoversWiki, with suggestions, opinions and reviews which are always sought by readers. Certainly a great way to disperse information!

#15 Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries

Having worked in libraries for over 30 years I have certainly seen my share of changes. I felt I coped well with them all, but really they were relatively minor changes and all extremely low-tech. in comparison to the advent of the computer in our libraries, the Web, and diverse technologies of today.
Changes/advances/enhancements appear almost daily (or so it feels) and we have no choice but to accept them, learn about them, and use them with, and for the public.
Perhaps more teenagers would access our services if they found them more relevant and in formats that they identify most with. If they are not coming into the library, we need to be going out to them in interesting and diverse ways. Therein 2.0!

#14 Technorati

I had already had a brief look at Technorati in #9 (useful library related blogs). It is certainly a useful tool for searching blogs of interest to libraries and general public interest.

#13 del.icio.us

I can see the benefits of this social bookmarking site, as you keep track of your favourite areas, and have to ability to add from other people of similar interest.

#12 Rollyo

I created an account, and made a search roll on American artists for my daughter who I'm sure will find this very useful.

#11 LibraryThing

Well, if this isn't the way to over-excite an old cataloguer, I dont know what is! The joy I experienced on finding a tool to create a quality catalogue of my own books proved conclusively I need to get a life. Suggestions, critiques etc. were an added bonus. I love it!