Here is the "Official" Thing 19 from Yourminis.com

Does This Count for Thing 19?

create your own visited states map

Thing 18: Life Is a Beach at Zoho.com

Life is a Beach, or Are We Having Fun Yet?

That is the question I've been asking myself as I work my way through these lessons. Remember that my most difficult habit from Thing 2 was having fun (as a learning habit, that is.) I must admit that I didn't start out having much fun with this project, but I am now--at least I was before I began using this WP application. I thought I understood Zoho, and I love, love, love the toolbar, but I can't insert a picture into this document and it is making me crazy!!! So right now I am wishing I was at the beach, as I try to save this blasted document one more time! Hey, this time it worked!! Go figure!! Anyway, here I was at one of my favorite beaches a couple of months ago.

This document was created on Zoho Writer, thus Thing 18 has now been accomplished!

Thing 17: Playing in the Sandbox

Create PBWiki Account. Log on to PLCMC Learning 2.0 Wiki. Add D.I.B Blog to Favorite Blogs under the YMCPL wikis. Add a favorite to another category (how about Favorite Music? how about Annie Lennox's Songs of Mass Destruction?)

DONE!!!!

Thing 16: Wikimania

Had some familiarity with wikis from the Wick Avenue Wiki and the PLYMC Database Wiki. I think this is an important L2.0 application for our library--especially after spending some time with Library Success There are three other library related wikis that I thought were rather good--Library 2.0 in 15 minutes a day, LibraryInstruction.Com and Library Technology Training Wiki and will spend more time with them post Thing 23. As for possible applications to our work, I'd like the IS Department to try developing a wiki for our Internet Links and some subject pathfinders for our patrons; I'd like to develop a STARS Trainers Wiki for us to collaborate on role-playing scenarios and scripts, and I'd like the STARS Trainers to create a STARS Customer Service Wiki to be integrated into a L2.0 approach to YPL's customer service program that takes advantage of podcasts, videocasts, blogs, etc. But first I have to finish my things! Aloha, wikis, for now!

Thing 15: Blogging about Web 2.0

I found the article "Web 2.0: Where will the next generation of the web it take libraries?" very interesting reading and while each respondent had important things to say, for me, the image of rowing away from the icebergs is a very powerful one. I don't want to be the Bookwoman who perishes on the Titanic! Thankfully, I see this dynamic learning project (L2.0) as a way to the lifeboats, so to speak. The three icebergs Rick Anderson points out (the "just in case" collection, the reliance on user education, and the "come to us" model of library service") are the three big threats to those of us who began our careers here 25 or more years ago while the Marc record was a glimmer in someone's eye. We developed finely-honed skills of collection developement to have the most comprehensive collection to serve the needs of patrons who came to us. And when they came to us, we forced them to learn how to use the resources! If we're waiting for patrons to walk through our doors, we are in big trouble! Anderson's points reiterate some of the ideas presented by Joan Frye Williams (former librarian and now library consultant) at at NEO-RLS workshop last spring--the major one being that services must become user-centric. The hand-clapper statement of Anderson's article is "But if our services can't be used without training, then it's the services that need to be fixed--not our patrons." Williams said the same thing--we'd better embrace the technologies and applications that are already a part of our patrons' lives if we want to keep them as library customers. If we can do this, Bonaria Biancu's L2.0 Meme map (shown above and readable from my Del.icio.us Favorites) can become a paradigm for all libraries--ours included.

Thing 14 -- Not so technical Technorati

By spending a little more time with Technorati, I discovered through the exercise that searching for topics in tags only or in the Blog Directory is a much more focused approach and limits the number of results. I also claimed my blog and added a widget so that it can be "favorited" by others. BergerBlogger, captain of our L2.0 team, said I spent enough time on Technorati already, so I'm movin' on. Thanks for the dispensation!