Just to let you know that I have enjoyed learning about blogs,wikis,etc. It is still all greek to me but I do feel that I have a little better understanding of some of these terms. I have definitely explored these different sites more and had some fun exploring. I will continue to look at more of the 23 Things as time allows..

Library Thing

One more new adventure! Our Library Director let us add books to her account and tag them with our name. I added 5 books that I have read lately and enjoyed. I had never heard of LibraryThing before now.It is a great tool to create your own online catalog. It is amazing how it connects you with other people through your similar interests. I had looked at our Director's site on our website which listed her choices. There are so many layers to it. It a great resource for our patrons.

Social Networks

I spent some time looking at some of the social networks. I looked at Ning, My Space and Facebook. It is not something that interests me to subscribe to but I do understand that this is how many people interact now. I know that the younger generation is definitely hooked on MySpace and Facebook. Ning seemed like it might appeal to older people(not teens). I am still wary about putting all of that information out there about yourself. It can be scary! I was amazed at all of the different social networks that are out there. You can find a network for anything that you want to communicate with other people about....as your ethnic background,career,hobbies,etc. I know that Teens use these social networks in our Library. I am sure that adults do also but I don't know any statistics about how much they use them.

RSS

I am trying to absorb all of this new technology and all of these terms. I explored some of the feeds and chose a few. I chose Paper Cuts,Reading Room(Sunday Book Review),Library Stuff,Librarian.net,Good News network(we all need some!) and Newsweek. I think that these sites will provide a lot of useful information.

Recommended Reading Library Bear

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Originally uploaded by Stowe Free Library

This bear has been in our Library for a long time . He moves around the Library a lot .Now he is sitting on the shelf for our recommended reading books.

My first blog

This is my first blog. I think that it will be a new adventure for me.