Web 2.0 and Wiki

The number of wikis is mind-boggling...as with the other activities it is an overwhelming amount of information. Using my topic of digital photographry though I was able to focus and find valid information that was specific to my interests. Interestingly the pages on Wikipedia have statements: This article needs additional citations for verification. What this actually means to me is that people interested in this topic, have not submitted published third party material, but the information is good enough for me.

I did a web search and came across this wiki for photographyhttp://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page , it has been just started so it seems fairly limited.

I think that staff and patrons would benefit from a library wiki. Applications could include local community information, library information, and program information.

Web 2.0 continued learning!

I used technoratie to look for new feeds and sure enough I found the following feed for a digital photography school feed...looks like it will be useful to me and I have subscribed to the feed and I hope to learn some more about my camera and digital photography in general!

http://digital-photography-school.com/

Web 2.0 catalog feeds

I found the feeds on the catalog to be hard to find and confusing to use...when I finally found the page and clicked on the feed links I was disappointed to get a page of html code... see the following:

http://www.communitylibrary.orgMastics-Moriches-Shirley Community LibraryTue, 16 Jun 2009 09:33:33 -0400en-UShttp://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4100847xOnce you tell someone certain things--say, you got mailed a human head in a box--they tend to think you're crazy. Anita Blake's reputation has taken some hits. Not on the work front, where she has the highest kill count of all the legal vampire executioners in the country, but on the personal front. No one seems to trust a woman who sleeps with the monsters. Still, when a vampire serial killer sends her a head from Las Vegas, Anita has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're still dealing with.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4117915xKurt Austin puts the NUMA team on a case involving a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic.http://alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/search~S37/,?b4111002xNewspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Ja

This is not an easy way to read the information and I dont think the patrons will be excited to come back.

If the links work then patrons (myself included) will be excited to subscribe to the feeds.

In my "travels" and "surfing" though my readers I came across the following link to some awesome COLOR photos from early 1900 Russia, see the link:

http://www.socyberty.com/History/The-Incredible-Century-Old-Color-Photography-of-Prokudin-Gorsky.797569/3

and one of the comments shared a link with: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

which has more information and addtional photos.

Take a look, they are unbelievable.

I am enjoying going through the readers and connecting some of the interesting ones to my google reader but this is definitly information overload...there are oceans of information, to pique the interest of anyone!

Web 2.0 continued!

Flickr is pretty awesome! I discovered so much; there are even a number of Canon G10 groups (my new camera) in addition to the millions of photos! I set up my own account and uploaded some photos that I took with my new camera. See them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035743503@N01/?saved=1

Suffolk Wave is fantastic! I have used it a number of times and often recommend it for my patrons! Being an audiobook fan, it is easy to find titles that I am interested in listening to. A recent title I downloaded and listened to is Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky. It is a fascinating book, and the audio version is great.

Web 2.0 -- Youtube

Youtube can be pretty amazing or it can be a huge time waster! I have wasted alot of time looking at funny videos that have been sent to me. Today I used it to look for useful information. I recently got a new camera, and searched for photography videos. I found the following:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM7H3wNM2PY&feature=channel which seems to be a series of photo lessons, tips, and exercises. This is an example of the power of the internet being used to harness information. I am pretty excited to go take a look at the lessons and learn from others who have posted videos with photography information!

Web 2.0

Library Thing is another awesome bit of electronic technology. I love it but have to remmeber to use it to record my books; read, plan to read and otherwise! I started using it 2 years ago, and forgot about it! Take a look.
http://www.librarything.com/home/tlingg