Exercise 16--Wiki

I have been a long time user of Wikepedia and have found it to be a very useful website. I am always mindful that it is user edited content and not always the gold standard. In the overall scheme of the web, I find that this is very good user content, but I do believe the "wiki revolution" will wane as the newness wears off.

Web 2.0--lesson 15

I read with great interest some of the perspectives regarding web 2.0 regarding library usage. I read with particular interest the article by Rick Anderson. I am acquited with Mr. Anderson from previous training and tend to agree with his view of how libraries need to change and adapt. He was spot on in his article that libraries need to help and educate patron with the distribution of information. Services need to be integrated and it takes training and assistance from library staff for patrons to step into the electronic age and the usage of libraries. Adapting to change can be difficult, but both librarians and patrons must be educated on services delivered in this electronic age.

Exercise 14

I explored the technorati search. I found it to be interesting and discovered there is a great wealth of information available. My wonder though, ishow people find the time to devote to such exercises.

Technorati and del.icio.us

I found these sights to be interesting and somewhat useful. It is easy to tag and share information.