Learn & Play Wiki finally gave up

its struggle to keep me from editing it. Once I got in, it was surprisingly easy to work with. Looking at blogs, and del.icio.us and now, wikis, I think the wikis may be the way to go with setting up a reader's advisory site for CML. I can envision each person having their own page within the wiki for their favorites, as well as having genre and/or media type pages. Hmmmm. I'll have to consider this some more.

I think I like WIKIs!

After looking at Grand Rapids Public Library's wiki , I am sooooo envious! I really am impressed with all their Readers' Resources. I think this is what I've been hoping to set up at CML for my coworkers. Now that I've seen an example, I want to have my own reader's wiki. So cool!

Library 2.OH NO!

Or rather, Oh Yes!

Rick Anderson's article, "Away from the 'Icebergs'" is right on point. Slowly, our collections are moving away from a "just in case" plan. As I remove last copies that have circulated 5 times since 1983 (and earlier), part of me is sad to see a title someone obviously felt a need to keep, being thrown on the discard heap. At the same time, what does it say that in over 20 years, only 5 people found this title - and then checked it out. Perhaps easily discovered digital copies will end up finding greater readership than print copies. We cannot warehouse every copy, just in case.

Anderson's point about training is also very dear to my heart. While I know that we will always have customers for whom even the most simple web page is a challenge, we certainly do not need to add to their woes or ours by making things needlessly complicated - just because we can.
And then I read Wendy Schultz's article "To a temporary place in time...." Boy, Library 4.0 sounds really cool. It also sounds costly. She mentions partnering with private sponsors who will provide sensory treats. I just hope private partners won't take the public out of the public library.

How Del.Icio.Us!!

This LandP @ CML thing may well be one of the more important sites to explore. I can see it replacing the favorites/links at our Info computers. For reader's advisory alone, this would be a boon to the info staff.

On a personal level, I try to have as few sites to visit as possible. I have too many books to read and I don't need to get sidetracked here. I'm already years behind in my reading.

(Does anyone else think that 'folksonomy' sounds like an economy based on arts and crafts - or maybe folk music?) Just wondering.

Don't Get All Twitter-pated

I've signed up for Twitter (as radnor17). I can't decide whether this is more exhibitionistic or voyeuristic. I guess it depends on whether I'm being followed or I'm doing the following. It also feels a little like stalking. (I know, I know, I've read too many Deaver and Saul novels.)

As far as CML goes, I guess Twitter would be one way for our supervisors to know what we're doing. Of course, they could just look around the branch.

Library Thing

I've had a Library Thing account for several months. I also have a Good Reads account and a Shelfari account. Consequently, I have books cataloged here and cataloged there and some more over yonder. I also have almost 1000 more titles (since 11/2001) I'd like to catalog. Any chance CML will pay me to get them entered?

When I Run for President ...

my campaign will revolve around this issue. Just think, if all Monday holidays were Friday holidays how much better off we would all be.

When you have a Monday off, you have 2 Sundays, Tuesday becomes Monday and the week isn't half over until Wednesday night. No wonder those Monday-off-4-day-weeks seem so much longer than a 5 day week.

When you have a Friday off, Thursday becomes TGIF, Friday is both Friday and Saturday and your week was half over on Tuesday night!

Fishing for Feeds

I still think the easiest way to find the feeds I want is to go to the website and look for the "subscribe" information. I'll have to admit, though, that the quick subscribe feature in bloglines is kind of cool.

I also found it interesting that some of my favorite sites don't have feeds. Oh well, better luck next time.

Feeding the RSS Monster

Of all the feeds I've added to my Bloglines account, the one I'm most likely to find helpful is the feed from the Reader's Advisor on-line blog. This blog is a good clearinghouse for news about new releases, hot titles and all sorts of book buzz. I can see myself using this as a way to keep up with my customers.

Here's the link to my public bloglines account: http://www.bloglines.com/public/radnor