Thing 2: What is Web 2.0?

Yes, time is an issue. Time is the reason that I had to suspend working on the 23 Things for a while. I will have to work hard in order to find the time to complete them by using my time wisely. making it a priority, and cutting out some other things, not the least of which will be (obviously, from the time of this post), some sleep.

I think that it is important that we, as librarians, keep up with the new technology, but not just for the sake of being "techsavy." My primary function at the reference desk isn't to provide computer or website technical support. It is to help patrons to use these tools to find information. My purpose is participating in 23 Things is not just to learn about Web 2.0 technology. I also want to learn about how these tools are being used in libraries and how they might be used in libraries in the future. I am believe that many libraries could make far better use of these tools.

The explosion of information and technology has made it a challenge to keep up to date without getting overloaded. I enjoy learning about technology, but I'm not one to rush to the latest technology just to get on the band wagon. I'm interested in what it can do to improve service to patrons. In what ways does it allow us to do our jobs better, faster, or more efficiently or to provide a new service that is needed by our patrons?

Back again!

I have had to put my 23 Things project on hold for a while, but I have now resumed my quest to explore Web 2.0 technology. Since I last posted to this blog, I have been exploring sites like Delicious, Facebook, Flickr, Google Reader, Twitter and YouTube in an informal way, but I have decided that the time has come to return to a more formal approach.

I had two separate Google and Blogger accounts, so I started out by figuring out how to move the blog so that all of my blogs are combined in one account. I did this by signing into Blogger with the original account, adding the second account as an additional author, and sending an invitation to myself at the second account to which I wanted to move the blog. I then signed out of the first account and signed into the second account in order to accept the invitation. After I had accepted the invitation in the second account, I logged into the original account again and granted administrative privileges by clicking the link next to the second account and clicked the remove link next to the original account.