Library 2.0

Library 2.0 is a hot topic right now and of course there are a variety of different opinions about it. I think that the perspective of Michael Stephens("Into a new world of librarianship") has a lot of good points.

I think that libraries need to rely and focus on their user's needs and incorporate technology based on those needs. Like he said it is important to keep up with technology but not just for the sake of having the newest thing.

I agree that libraries need to keep up with trends and focus on a way to deliver what the patrons need! The way that people gather and search for information is very different these days!

#13 - Technorati

To answer the question to Exercise question #1 I referred to the help screen...
The Technorati Blog Directory
You can always search the Technorati Blog Directory to find blogs about the subjects you're interested in or to find blogs by their blog title.

So, with keyword I got results (even with quotations) that used the words learning and 2.0 except the results did not necessarily talk about the subject of learning 2.0 but when searching the blog directory I got more focused results.

Something that surprised me was the amount of blogging going on about political candidates. I knew people were blogging about Britney Spears but some of the most popular tags were Barack Obama and Hillary!

# 12 - Bag it, Tag it, sell to the butcher in the store...

I have used del.icio.us before and to be quite honest I have not found it to be all that useful to me personally. I mainly do work on my personal computer and still use "my favorites" to tag important websites.
Having said that, if I had a home network with multiple computers I could see myself using it more because I could find my favorites on both computers.

In the library I could see us using it as a way to keep recommended websites easily accessible.