Still Delicious

OK, so my first attempt to link to my delicous site ended up with the delicious bookmarks at the beginning of my blog. I can't even remember how I did this!! I think I just set up an RSS feed or something by using the gadgets supplied. I checked out delicious.com/help/linkrolls but couldn't access the code I was supposed to use - maybe it's my computer or something because I'm using Safari and don't have Firefox. I remember reading a posting by Atticus Mockingbird (great name) about highlighting the words and clicking "link" but I don't see anywhere to do this. This is frustrating GRRRRR!!!! Ok, I think maybe I am using a computer that is too old to have this link button and since it's a mac, I can't press cntrl+shift+a, so I'm trying to type in the text following the advice from blogger.com. Here is my delicious. I can't believe it worked!!! From frustration to elation in 5 seconds woohoooo!!!!!!!!!!

Delicious Bookmarks

Saving bookmarks to an easily accessible site is a great idea, especially for someone who has access to various computers and can never remember their favourite sites (like me!) If I can just keep track of all the different user names and passwords I've created during this web2.0 exploration I'll be fine (I did write it all down, but where is that piece of paper... just kidding). I think social bookmarking would be useful in the library to share resources instead of emailing individuals with useful sites. Now if I can just figure out how to add a link to my delicious account in this blog...

Youtube

Of course I had to add a star wars video to my blog. After looking around in youtube and google videos I can understand how this can be a real time waster! Some of the videos were great and I think it would be useful in the library to promote our services. We could embed videos on the library blog and how much better would it be to see a video of an author's visit on the website where we advertise visiting authors? You'd have to make sure you got the participant's permission though. I couldn't find anything I liked on youtube regarding libraries specifically and I must admit I found the searching a little frustrating because my computer was so slow uploading videos. Then when I watched them, some were ok but others were stop/start.

p.s. Still haven't received a wiki invite key for public libraries 2.0 wiki. Have emailed twice, am starting to feel left out....

Wonderous wikis

'Wiki' was one of the few terms I recognised in the intial survey for this course but I still didn't realise how much I had to learn about this great tool. I think it's a great idea for encouraging collaboration and I'm going to help my husband set up a wiki for his English class. Wikis are a great way for getting people with a common interest together, like the Wookieepedia - go Star Wars fans! Or wikis can provide links to cater for particular needs, like the SJCPL subject guides. I liked exporing the Possible Next Generation catalogues - in particular, the Lexington Public Library catalogue which produces a mind-map for each search term- something I'm trying to encourage in the library with school kids and assignments.

I want to check out the NSW Learning2.0 wiki but can't seem to get an invite key - I emailed but have no response yet. I hope it comes because I haven't finished playing around with this concept yet and want to keep exploring!