Thing #2

Well it's good to know at least one person is reading this bog. Frog bog.

I love Library 2.0. I love the idea that everyone can contribute information. See what happens when we enter the age of Aquarius? Which is, among other things, the sign of genius and humanity? And some would argue democracy. Let me describe my view of librarianship astrologically.

Aquarius is all about groups, and the individual's contributions to the greater good. Aquarians are often anarchists, and rebellious. They love working collectively and realize there is more value when everyone contributes, instead of having one boss. Aquarians don't like authority.
Library 2.0 embodies a lot of these traits. I like that everyone's input is just as valued as everyone else's.

As for 23 things on a stick, I don't know where I'm finding the time. I am shaving off the time I usually use for Googling random things I guess. Where do we find the time for anything we want to learn? I don't watch TV and I don't really do drugs, so I've got plenty of time.

I am participating in 23 Things so that I'm caught up to speed. I'm only 27 (!) but I still don't know my way around any of these applications very well. Because I was late to the party, am living in the 19th century, and went to art school where I made photos on watercolor paper for a few years. Not very technological. I don't have a computer or any gadgets. I still use the typewriter a lot. Not even the electric kind. The I-could-bring-this-into-the-woods kind.

I do agree with what Jessamyn says though, that "Let's do it" maybe being pushed aside by "Let's form a committee". Committees get little done in a lot of time. Hopefully it's catered at least. That goes with the package, I guess- the more people involved in something, the slower it will be to change direction.

Who will be the police in Library 2.0? What is decided to be out of line, and what is free speech? Who controls a library's site? The IT people? Are they qualified to be doing that? The librarian? It's hard when the lines between public and private blur.
It's hard to keep the line between the past and the present as Little Edie says.

I love that libraries have presences on Facebook and Myspace. Bringing the library to where the users are. If I see a library while wasting time on one of these sites, I think, hmm, they aren't so square after all. And I'm not even a high school junior, or someone more apt to think these things.

I'm a little confused by the name Library 2.0. Can't we call it Operation: something? I don't know, something that makes a little more sense.

I run the Bat Annex Free School Library in the Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities in Mpls. We are a very unconventional library. I set up a Myspace page for the library, and our catalog is on LibraryThing, so people can see what we've got when they're at home. I want to learn more about what sort of tools I can use in this 23 things program.
My final question is, why were they turning on dishwashers during Steven Abram's video? That would have driven me nuts as the videographer.
Ok bye!

Thing #1

So I set up this blog. It was easy because I read the directions, something I don't regularly do. It was my birthday on Saturday and my boyfriend got me two bags of dog treats and a new collar. For our dog.  Hmmm...Blogs. Frogs. Bogs. I want to upload a picture but really should be doing homework. I just got back from a 2 week trip. I wonder if anyone reads these things. Blogs are fun. I am at my mom's house right now and she refuses to turn up the heat so my fingers are very cold and having trouble typing so I'm going to stop now.