Just had a look at a quick video on Yahoo videos that explained social tagging in an easily understandable way. My first impression is to think I don't have the time to set this all up but then you think that it will help to organise the stuff you use and want to access quickly and easily but I am a little concerned about this sharing thing as not everyone has the same aims or intentions and maybe it allows other to enter my space a little more than I want them to. Clearly the whole digital thing requires a rethink and a reworking of how we want to function and global interchange means >4 billion other people to deal with! I had trouble dealing with the ones in my town!

Another triumph! Found a way to add the Flickr image. My prior choice did not have the neccessary facility, so not a fault in the tools, just one of those things. How this will be of use to the library would require a bit of thought, but definitely would be more attractive to the current students than the tools used to date. Also it is a lot more interesting and stimulating for the staff creating the presentation than the old ways much more flexible, attractive and diverse.

Tried to add an image from Flickr to my blog with no success. The buttons that Help advised would be there to assist were not there , the bar a t the bottom of the page said error on page. Tried other images and other ways of adding the URL with the result that the link was indicated on the page but would not show or open when clicked. Clearly more practice required. FAQ makes it all seem so easy but the reality is a bit different. Blocks on my work PC further complicated the matter and inevitably time ran out. To be revisited, no doubt this is easy enough once the skills are developed and all tech blocks are overcome.

Library Lizard

The results of the digital camera combined with the inimitable compositional style of the digital whizz that papillon has become. Clearly the infinite flexibility of todays technical environment makes the creation and dissemination of high quality communications possible but not always achieved by the user! Rapid and clear display of text and images is a few clicks away for every moderately savvy computer user and is limited only by the imagination. Seeing what others create and foresee the uses of is invaluable for someone who does not have a great deal of vision of their own but who enjoys the bravery of some who explore and extend the limits of available technology.

I have just whizzed through looking at a number of Wikis and they are certainly more interesting and relevant to libraries than blogs. It was interesting to note that the Library Success wiki had the notification "Because of vandalism problems, e-mail confirmation is now required". You cannot edit without identifying yourself. It was only a matter of time and the ususal suspects spoil the open and co-operative aspects of a useful tool, causing a shutdown of sorts.

I am looking forward to making the blog as spectacular as some examples I see. Some have pictures, links such as :

http://warriorlibrarian.com/index2.htm

Hopefully future parts of Web 2.0 will assist with improving the appearance and content of this blog.



Papillon.

Well I have just worked my way through RSS feeds and setting up the Bloglines account etc. and guess who won!

Have had a look at my feed and have found them of varied interest, might need to change the feeds to find something better. Added two new ones today so here's hoping. Interesting that Bloglines removes the feeds once you have opened them. I here using Firefox and linking to the blog directly is a more satisfactory way of using htis technology. To be investigated where time allows!

Have had raised eyebrows and increased cache with the younger set now that I am blogging, feeding and posting!

RSS feeds for the library could help maintain currency but some of the information dates quickly. The library would have to examine in detail what is linked to in order to ensure greatest value for effort.

Papillon

Virgin thoughts

After the whole system crashed whilst creating my first blog, I am at last underweigh in the e-environment!