Saturday, March 7, 2009
Library Technology Blog
Ok, so I chose to have a look at the Library blog, Tame the Web: Libraries, Technology and people. First of all I have to say that it has given me a lot of ideas for my other assignment on how social networking sites can be used in libraries. I think this blog is an excellent way for librarians to communicate with each other and raise issues or concerns. For example there was one post from a librarian in a rural community who was having trouble getting technological advice on Web 2.0 technology. Putting this concern over the internet would give her a much quicker response than any other type of method. However I also found from reading through several blogs that there are many ideas on which web 2.0 technologies to use and how to use them. But as yet there is no real agreement. The fact that some people were using twitter to discuss issues while others were blogging has created confusion. Clearly things would be made easier if all libraries could reach a consensus.
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I agree that a consensus should be reached between libraries but different libraries might also have different focuses (eg. rural and city).
ReplyDeleteI thought the various blogs were helpful because they detailed real web 2.0 issues facing librarians currently in the work force whereas we're only studying it from a theoretical point of view at the moment.
Good point about the different needs of city and country libraries. I've been looking around on a few of the country libraries websites and have found that most of them aren't using any of the new Web 2.0 technologies.
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