#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0...

I read "Into a new world of librarianship" and "Away from the “icebergs”".

"Into a new world of librarianship" kinda scared me. I think it was the way Stephens kept saying "this librarian". I don't know, it just creeped me out. I felt the urge to back away slowly.

"Away from the “icebergs”" though, that one I liked. Not creepy at all. Anderson made a good point about the "jusy in case" collection. We spend money on books that our patrons just might need and many of them sit on the shelf rarely, if ever, getting used. I find myself dealing with this in my Graphic Novel and Manga ordering. There are items I think are good and worth adding, items that patrons request, and new or best selling item recommendations. But just because I want read something doesn't mean anyone else will. Or just because something is a best seller doesn't mean anyone at my library is going to want to check it out.

As far as user education goes, I love patrons who try to learn on their own. The ones who actually attempt to find a book before coming to us for help. And I mean a good attempt. Looking up diffent keywords and actually searching the shelves. Not the people who try one search, give up, and then come and ask us. I understand that we are here to help and teach them, but the ones who try to learn on their own are the ones I love most.

Well that was kinda tangenty.

To me Library 2.0 means knowing how to use the latest online tools so we can recommend them to our patrons. It also means having more available on our site, allowing our patrons to do more with it.

#14 Getting Not-So-Technical with Technorati

Interesting. The Blog Directory search bought up 9,133 hits whereas the tag and basic blog search together average at about 700. I guess people just don't feel the need to tag every Learning 2.0 post with "Learning 2.0".

Wow. Uh, when doing a search for manga (big surprise there) the second hit was "Movie Gallery From Manga Sex". I also found a link to a blog entry about a live action Dragonball Z movie being made. I think I might die.

This reminds me a lot of de.licio.us just due to the fact that you're searching what everyone else online has tagged. But since it also browses blogs for whatever words you're searching for it would be more like Google, only with tag search capabilities.

#13 Tagging, Folksonomies & Social Bookmarking

Sadly, I think I'd only use de.licio.us as a last resort. I'd rather use Google, I guess I'm just contrary. But if Google failed me I could see myself using this.

I can see how this is would be a good research tool. Since someone else has actually tagged a site as having to do with something you don't have to worry about the site just containing the words you were looking up, like with Google. Also, if you're using differnet computers all the time it would be a good way to keep track of your sites.

This could be something good for us librarians to use. it would be helpful when trying to find crafts, recommendations, or whatever.

Manga Search Engine

I finally got some time back at my desk and made a Manga search engine. I used ADV, Del Rey, VIZ, and Anime Nation. I'll add more as I come across ones I like.

I was going to use TokyoPop but I can't stand the way their site's search is set up. And I also left Amazon out. I didn't want to deal with it taking over the results.

Hopefully this one won't be too terribly bad. Now I need to work on a Graphic Novel one.