Thing 11- Social Media

NEFLIN's blog post said it itself, the top stories on these social media sites drive reference questions. It is important for librarians to keep up with current events, which generally aren't covered in the local paper. I liked how on Digg you could see how many "diggs" were made for a specific article.

This Thing is important to the idea of Web 2.0, because it does allow users to interact with and essentially create the program.

Thing 10- Tagging and Delicious

I became familiar with Delicious while getting my MLIS, although I haven't used it much lately. You can find a lot of good sites by exploring others' tags.

I think it would be great if library patrons could tag books in our collection. This would be a great reader's advisory tool.

Thing 9- Sharing

I think Lazybase would be a great way to collect and share your important information. Creating databases of books for storytimes or favorite books are just a couple of ways I could use this program.

The library could use it to house our bibliographies, which constantly need updating (wasting a lot of paper in the process).

Thing 8- Communication

I have been using IM for a long time now, and frequently text my family. I know that I can text my sister (a teacher) during the day and get a response faster than if I called and left a message for her to call me back.

The library staff uses e-mail to communicate with each other, and patrons e-mail us from our website. Instant messaging could be a useful tool for quickly providing reference services to patrons. This way they would not have to wait for their e-mail to be forwarded to the correct party and answered. An instant connection would be made with the library staff member, plus there is the added benefit of having a record of the transaction.