Week 6 - Things 13, 14, 15

We've all seen the t-shirt that tells us, Too many books. Too little time. With regard to blogs, it is too many to the 10th power. I do from time to time visit blogs attached to favorite websites or blogs of a special interest. For so many blogs, though, it is too much self-aggrandizing and self-promoting. (Well, now, and who has her very own blog? ....and promoting a favorite museum on it?) I did explore and search Technorati, and it did not change my mind about blogs. I'll continue to visit blogs of specific interest, adding to my list from time to time. I found del.icio.us to be a useful resource. Its icons now reside on my computer's browser, and I am in the process of adding/tagging websites. I will enjoy its portability, of course, and I see it as an easy resource for maintaining and categorizing websites of interest. Reading the Library 2.0 articles led me to my own odyssey as a librarian. I began my work at the Library in 1987. It had a card catalog at the time and well into my early years here. Technology impacted with the catalog's demise, and I have been present at its impact at all levels in our system. Working at Main Library as a reference librarian has meant absorbing these changes quickly and having these changes define my work as a librarian on a daily basis. The Library has become a place without walls. Library 2.0 will promote broadening what a library is with further interactivity a key. (As Dr. Wendy Schulz states, "Libraries are not merely in communities, they are communities." ) I can see in the near future RSS feeds and blogs for many aspects of our Library's work. More to absorb; more exciting work ahead.