After the holidays 2009

This is at Queenstown NZ




We didn't do anything rash, but we saw some great experiences happening.

Heatherhill

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#17 Playing around with PBWiki

I have added my blog to the Favorite Blogs, and made entries into the Favourite Movie section with a photo of my all-time favourite movie, Princess Bride, 1987, with Cary Elwes. I also had to add Fifth Element, and Green Card which were very entertaining and which have great lines or special moments.

I have checked out the WikiStyle webpage which tells me all I need to know about adding to the PBwikis with the style of formatting used.

I also watched a great video on YouTube put out by PBWiki (PeanutButterWiki).

#16 So what’s in a wiki?

A wiki is a collaborative website and authoring tool that allows users to easily add, remove and edit content. Great definition.

What can my library do with a wiki? How about making subject guides..

Librarians have been creating subject guides on the Internet since before there was a World Wide Web. With the many “hats” that most librarians have to wear in any given day, updating the subject guides may not be a priority. Subject guides can languish online with dead links to long-gone websites and without links to newer, more useful sites. This may be because the librarian doesn’t have the time to update them or because the librarian must give the updates to someone else who actually puts them on the Web.



A wiki is a great format for a subject guide. Because it can be edited by anyone, patrons can add to the collection of useful resources and can prune away the dead links. The librarian can moderate the wiki and decide what websites can stay in the guide, or he or she can let everyone contribute freely. It’s a great way to develop a subject guide that really represents the interests of its users and doesn’t put the entire burden of finding websites on the librarian.



The librarian at Ohio University has set up a Biz Wiki in order to keep an up to date research guide for the staff, students and other librarians.

The Golden Compass

Reading my youth literature blog - Read Alert - Alice Pung was praised for her new book Unpolished Gem. I have to read this book in the holidays.

Also on the Blog was a reference to the Golden Compass - and a website reviewing Philip Pulman's response to the charges laid by the Catholic Church in America about the book and the film.

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

Having a rest every now and then - this technical stuff gets very complicated at times.

Looking at Technorati I don't feel I need to claim my blog at this point.

But this explains why you should..http://technorati.com/blogs/

This is the Technorati blog directory. So I've done the Technorati tour, and looked at the popular feature with Boing Boing being at the top of the list. This blog is about curiosities and gadgets.

I searched for my own blog and found that the link to Graduate Librarian came up. Perhaps she has claimed her blog. My blog's authority was 1, which must mean that only one person has my blog linked to theirs.

Looking at Yarra Plenty Online Learning

http://yarraplentyonlinelearning.blogspot.com/