I suppose the best way to summarize my thoughts on the program i to look back at all of my posts here.
At times I found the process of working through web 2.0 tedious at best for tools which I will never use, like technorati. At other times, I found the resources valuable like Zotero which i don't think i would have found without doing this exercise.
For the most part, I find the Web to be an unorganized land-fill of opinion. It is too big to be controlled properly for useful data mining. But some of these tools give us the opportunity to bypass the garbage; wikis (controlled and managed by experts who care), Rollyo, (allowing only certain trusted sites to be searched thus eliminating t-0shirt ads) and Zotero, (a wonderful organizational tool for research writing) have made this journey worthwhile.
Do not be surprised to see more ramblings on my blog.... not about using these tools, but ramblings that are enhanced by implementing these tools
Signing off of 23 things.
-Dan
Monday, October 25, 2010
Pandora
My favorite way to get through work is to hook my droid up to the stereo and pick an artist I like and let Pandora create the radio station. i have stations for most of my favorite artists and have the power to expand or combine stations. Through Pandora's indexing, the company randomly picks tunes that are related to my band of choice, I then get to choose whether I like their choice or not. If not, I click a thumbs down, and never do I have to hear that tune again!
As I have been commuting from Rochester to Buffalo four days a week. having Pandora hooked through my droid and my car stereo has been a "godsend".
My favorite thing about Pandora?... If I hear something new, I can log onto my laptop and get all of the details necessary to begin research into discovering new music.
As I have been commuting from Rochester to Buffalo four days a week. having Pandora hooked through my droid and my car stereo has been a "godsend".
My favorite thing about Pandora?... If I hear something new, I can log onto my laptop and get all of the details necessary to begin research into discovering new music.
A Library 2.0 perspective
John Riemer's article To better bibliographic services is fantastic. Without dealing with the wasteland of information on the web, he gets down to brass tacks about how technology can be used to build better library systems.
As i read his article I began to envision, through the use of Worldcat, and Library 2.0 a single research library. One that may have many buildings across many geographic zones. One that may have duplicate items in the same building or duplicate items in many buildings, but one that only has enough of all the items to be useful and resourceful. A library with a singular system for locating, accessing and possibly delivering information quickly and easily to any researcher anywhere.
One can dream
As i read his article I began to envision, through the use of Worldcat, and Library 2.0 a single research library. One that may have many buildings across many geographic zones. One that may have duplicate items in the same building or duplicate items in many buildings, but one that only has enough of all the items to be useful and resourceful. A library with a singular system for locating, accessing and possibly delivering information quickly and easily to any researcher anywhere.
One can dream
Zotero
At last, Something that functionally works like 'notes' from mac. This is going to take some more exploration, but to be able to capture full text research articles, organize them, note them, and cite them across many formats (Word, Blog, shared documents) WOW. This cuts the countless hours of tracking and citing sources in their correct formats simple.
Why did you save the best thing for last 23 things? WHY?
OK, just starting with this thing, i already have a folder set up for my bibliography class (Beethoven... and yes there is nothing in there yet) but I have 5 articles about technology in library settings which can be found right here... Dan's Zotero.
Why did you save the best thing for last 23 things? WHY?
OK, just starting with this thing, i already have a folder set up for my bibliography class (Beethoven... and yes there is nothing in there yet) but I have 5 articles about technology in library settings which can be found right here... Dan's Zotero.
Rollyo
My Politics is a search roll that I created to get insight on both sides of the political spectrum for issues. Rollyo is a nice tool, it can be great for reviews from trusted sources, weeding out the unnecessary. I see this as being much important to a librarian as a personal tolated tool for acquisition and discovery. It could be great for linking searches related to new trends in libraries amongst good librarian blog rolls.
Library Thing
As I forge ahead and try to complete 23 things, most of which are old hat or not helpful, save google tools and wikis, I find Library Thing. This is a wonderful site for catolging my own collection and really finding more books that will interest me. it allows for talking with others of common interest. It is much more organized and easily managed than most web tools and makes me happy.... I am attaching a widget when I figure it out..... Oh, here it is...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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