wev 2.0 continues (adventure)

The where's the mouse video was interesting. So much so, that I sent the link to other people. This hits home to me because I do tend to watch quite a bit of tv. The fact that I don' t interact with it never really bothered me. It begs the question, "Is this why I don't provide feedback on other websites (except for this one of course)?" I don't know. Perhaps I better start participating in the real world more now.

I'm not sure if I would classify playing world of warcraft as more productive than watching tv. I suppose you are interacting with people, but I talk about the tv I watch with other people and we discuss episodes, even if we don't watch them together. Either way it is a use of cognitive surplus.

I'm not sold on the idea that people will be more productive because of the internet. I think that the same people who did not lay lathargically on the couch with the advent of the sitcom, are the same types of people, if not the same people who are out there making changes. However, I will give him that the internet is a tool, and it's very possible that there is even just that small fraction of people who shift their mentality from wanting to watch tv to choosing to participate in web 2.0 instead. Just that small percent could change a lot.

Web 2.0 Continues

I have had many patrons complain that we do not carry certain titles. Sometimes what has happened is that we owned the copy and it was lost, or was old and we withdrew it because no one was checking it out. However, there is a patron requesting this title now, but it seems as though the title is out of print. I clicked on the books subject in seomoz's.org and the second website might be able to help. It is called biblio.com and you can purchase out of print titles there for $1. Seems like quite a steel to me. I might suggest that to the patrons now.

Minti.com was an other web site I checked out. I notice that we have a lot of circulation of childcare books. This site was devoted to childcare questions and might be a good suggestion for patrons needing quick advice, but don't have time to come into the library or wait for a book by mayl.

Chain, Chain, Change

Change certainly is coming, but like the old adage says the more things change, the more things stay the same. Obviously more information is more readily accessable, but the same basic rules that apply today, will apply tomorrow. Public information will be retrievable and private data will be just as hard to come across as it is today. Thomas Frey says we will need to be more service based. I agree with that, but not because things will be technology will be tougher to understand than it is today. It may be more complex, but everyone's base knowledge will be increased too. I agree with the statement because libraries need to be more service based today. That is the reason we ask how do you find our services, not do you like the books we have available.

Also, this silly thing that the world will not stay literate. I will still be alive in 2050. Kids are still learning how to read and write. Half of the internet now is the written word. I can see paperless, but not a total verbal society.

Open Source Information

Looking through the the different web sites that were featured this week, it seems very easy to loose one's self all the information available. When asking questions on answerbag, most answers that I found did not seem to be very astute. Published books generally have more validity than random posts on random websites. Since the library has tons of published books, we are able to point patrons to a more researched answer to their questions.

However, OCLS could never have as much information within its walls as the internet. I liked what Northwestern was doing. My alma mater used a lot of online scholarly resources too. Also, I never heard of these websites until this course, so I image that most patrons haven't heard of these sites. If they do want information from places like answerbag, then when the come into the library to do research we can inform them about these sites.

Healthy learn 2.1

I think it is fascinating how we can incorporated technology into fitness. I have done the we and experienced the muscle soreness after playing tennis. But it seemed like more of a strain like how I would think of carpel tunnel, instead of feeling benefits of healthy exercise. Personally, I prefer doing team sports to any other form of exercise. But Technology has helped there with the materials we use to play sports like shoes, and cleats and plastic in frisbees.

Re-introduction

Well... Last year's learn 2.o was interesting, but like last year I still feel trepidation towards posting all of my thought online. I am excited to learn more about what the internet has to offer. I had never heard of WEB 2.0 until learn 2.0 and same thing with WEb 3.0. It's amazing the things people can do with computers.

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