del.icio.us Lesson #13

I have never seen a collection of better articles than the Library 2.0 link to del.icio.us. The links, the words, this concept makes sense to me. I must continue with the lesson. I registered, but of course I couldn't add the icons to the top of the page. I read an article about "online catalogs, paradise lost then found" that was fascinating.

Lesson #12 - Rollyo

I went to the Rollyo link and saw that major categories were already created. So I created "YA Library Spaces" and placed 8 websites on the searchroll. I used it to look about Dr. Bernier, who spoke to SJPL staff about Young Adults in Libraries in the fall of 2006. He has strong ideas about what makes a good library space and his work is credited in many journals. How will San Jose's new Libraries rank in 21st century teen spaces?

Lesson #11

Scrolling through the long list of award winning Library 2.0 meant many candidates were possible for my recommendation. Well, one general interest news site really caught my attention: www.newsvine.com. The site takes feeds from Ap and ESPN and puts them within its site. Users read them and give them a thumbs up vote. The stories with the most votes go on the homepage. Stories are listed by most votes and most comments, which are the more values driven stories. Users decide the importance of the stories.

Image Generators Lesson 10

Here is an image I created from the Image Generator, from the first link. The link is "Generator Blog". I thought the image choices were excellent, but the text entry was limited. It only went to 8 on some of the "signs". But still, Alphabet soup and classic car grill, thumbs up!

Do you want to see another image?

Lesson #8 RSS Feeds

I created an RSS feed at this site: http://www.bloglines.com/public/Ned07. I searched for public library feeds and found a very nicely put together location from Kankakee, WI. Let me see if I can post the link...http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs_display?sub=46185247&site=8041141. So many feeds, so little time. Its interesting to see where SJPL is compared to others. I am starting to read and hear the phrase 'web 2.0" more often. Customization is what this is all about.

Very interesting book on Contemporary Literature Blog: "Love is a Mix Tape". Here is the link: http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/a/256417.html. Does this work?

Week 3: Lesson 6

Today I created a card from a flickr partner, bighugelabs. I uploaded the photo from the G drive and added a few captions. I am only sharing it with "Friends", and I guess I should get some nearby people to create a network.
I liked the little icons one can put on a card, they give you seven icon spaces. There were about 40 choices, some spiritual, some lifestyle...I would like to learn those nice alphabets they put in their photos.

Week 3 #5

Let me show you this wonderful image I found in flickr's photo links. First I went to this site: http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/ which has a color wheel. Here is a beautiful Chagall stained glass image. I have set up my own flickr account and here is my photo at the April 2006 MOYC festival.