Youtube is Addicting

According to Wikipedia 100 million videos are watched every day. Wow that's a lot of videos. I know I have spent hours on Youtube just going from video to video. What I really like about a tool like Youtube is how it makes information so accessible. I take a martial art called Shuai Chiao. Now this martial art is thousands of years old but is not as popular as Judo or Tae Kwon Do so there are not too many books out about Shuai Chiao. Now on Youtube there are videos about my martial art that I have used to learn new techniques.
In applying this to the library just think of all the possiblities for sharing information with not only staff but customers.

Below are two links that show the Grand Master of Shuai Chiao doing some throws:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-UJ4NCCMA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgPzk85BYIg

Also, the link below is a clip with "Art Vandelay"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T35QhLx_KI

CML Power Tools

I think the CML Power Tools page is a great place to start learning about Web 2.0 technologies and I can't wait to see it expanded. I am a fan of the Library Toolbar becaause it makes accessing Library sites so easy.

Web 2.0 Award Winners

For thing # 18 I select the list for Mobile Technology. A while back I had set up an account for Pandora and saw this site listed as one of the nominees. Pandora is a music site that llets you select music that you like and then plays songs by those artists. What Pandora also does is play songs by artists that are in the same category as the artists on your playlist. This lets you explore new music that you have not heard before. The drawback to Pandora is every once in a while a song is played that is not close to the music you like. Go ahead and check it out, it's a site that is easy to use and can be used for personal use.

Google Docs

Google docs gives users another option for creating documents, you are no longer as dependent on MS Office. I found it very easy to use and I did not feel limited. I could see Google Docs as something our customers could very easily use in place of MS Office.

Wiki Notes

Last year I attended a conference that had some good presentations about wikis.

Are you asking the question what do Wikis do?

• Wikis build knowledge
• Share knowledge
• Collaborate across locations

How can we use wikis?

• Committees can use wikis for colloboration, and sharing information.
• We can create wikis for equipment, for example create a wiki for the copier
  Share lesson plans and class information
  

How do we leverage knowledge?
Search once

Wikis and Libraries

Did you know that CML is starting to use Wikis for organizing information? It's true. Info Line has taken their information that is posted on bulletin boards and in notebooks and created a really great wiki. At this time it is being piloted by Info Line but look for this same model to be used in the future by other locations. Wikis are a great way to organize information and make it easy to find.

Web 2.0 and Library 2.0

I think that Web 2.0 and Libraries 2.0 are closely related since both include technology as a focus. One of the things that I kept seeing is the idea of trend watching. Libraries need to stay on top of trends, especially as related to their customers. I think an excellent example is the Gaming initiative that CML has started.

The graphic to the right shows Library 2.0 in two parts, Resource Environment and Web Environment.