and so let's wrap it up: Thing #23

I found this program very informative and helpful, and a fun way to catch up on the newest "things". I won't be staying on MySpace, but I use Bloglines daily and LibraryThing often.

From the perspective of visual resources, I think we need to explore the photo sites and consider how they might complement the content that we pay for, i.e., ARTstor, AP Accunet, Pictures of Record, etc. Would flickr be a good way for faculty to share their own slide collections?

Also, with all of this user-generated content, copyright concerns are growing. Sigh. That's a can of worms, or maybe cobras.

The session downtown with the Cabrillo librarians and the SC Public librarians was excellent, I thought.

Thanks, Learning 2.0 Team, for putting this together for us!

Thing #22: The Best of Web 2.0

"... what is life, Mira, when you come to think upon it, but a most excellent, accurately set, infinitely complicated machine for turning fat playful puppies into old mangy blind dogs, and proud war horses into skinny nags, and succulent young boys, to whom the world holds great delights and terrors, into old weak men, with running eyes, who drink ground rhino-horn?"

These sites are recognized for offering users ways to personalize, organize, and share web content. Some tools might be useful for the Library (some, like GoogleDocs, we are already using)-- I'm thinking the city guides, the communication tools, Wufoo for feedback, and the feed managers (if the Library web page will have local feeds).

Personally, I love Pandora and the Music Genome Project. TheBroth, "a virtual library of online art," is interesting; Zillow is depressing (the condo we rent could probably be ours for only $909,075).