overall

There are some useful sights and some useful technologies.  However each of the tools needs to be evaluated by the library to see if they fit their specific patrons.  Some tools are cool and definatly could be of help in a library setting like Zotero ect.  These could be applied directly to helping with access to information.  However some tools I couldnt think of use for but are interesting tools.  It all depends on the person.

google maps

I went through google maps to become more familiar with it and I must say that maybe not so helpful in a general library setting but more so in a cool geography reference way.  You can search by address, state, country, or something more random like universal studios.  Its a lot of fun especially with the US.  You can look at your own house or street.  Its a wonderful tool to learn geography in a fun way or just trying to find something. 

Library 2.0

interesting Idk how I feel about web 2.0 let alone 3.0.  2.0 has some good newer tech and some useless newer tech that honestly makes no sense.  As far as web 3.0 I honestly will lose faith in mankind the day the majority of ppl stop leaving there homes and just live in a fake virtual world.  That day which will come hopefully comes after I am long dead.  Imagine people the most social creatures on the planet sitting at a computer moving through a virtual world including a library... terrible

Rollyo and Zotero

My Zotero Library and My Rollyo search roll So both Rollyo and Zotero have interesting possible applications for any library professional.  With Zotero you can basically create detailed bookmarks to help either yourself or others to find information of subjects easier. Its like a cataloging system that you create.  Rollyo I have not decided how I feel about.  You need to add websites for a specific topic and then you can search under that specific topic for information on only those sights.  It eliminates garbage but you have to sift through the garbage to begin with so it can go either way.  Both are useful in a number of ways.

Stuff http://www.librarything.com/catalog/KTN12345

Library Thing is interesting if you want to learn all that you ever wanted about certain books.  A helpful tool that could be useful in any library for people who want to learn more or even to browse books.

google

I recently switched to gmail and have been working with the various tools for a bit now.  Google docs is helpful when you have multiple ppl contributing to a document.  They can be anywhere at anytime and access and edit something that already exists.  Its only downfall is possible information loss but you can save a backup and you can go into the history if your the documents creator and find anything that's been deleted.  As for the other google tools.  Calender is probably the most helpful and I use it and have reminders emailed to myself so I remember when assignments are due, I am meeting people, and other important things.  I recommend google calender for people with a lot going on. It is user friendly and helpful.

Wicked wiki's

wiki's are a pretty useful source of information provided that the people providing you with that information or contributing to the wiki are invested in it.  WIKI's are definitely useful to all libraries.

Technorati or Moriarti

Yes that is a play and a slight edit on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes nemesis.  Anyway, so technorati is actually very cool. I spent many minutes looking at some of the most interesting information ever.  SO what do I think this can do for libraries?  Well you now are opening people up to tagging and blogs that are not written but fools with no clue but are being created by intelligent people with valid ideas or at least genuine ones.  Here is a good example of a blog a friend of mine does.  If you read and understand it, I am impressed. http://thepolywellblog.blogspot.com/ and this is a perfect example of good blogs creating a place to share ideas.

social bookmarking is delicious

So after looking at delicious I have come to the conclusion that some bookmarks are better than others.  For researching or helping to create an information web around a topic or related topics this is brilliant.  The problem? Who looks at the links to make sure they are of value?  Some of the links were great under the library setting.  Others were horrendous garbage that was bookmarked by multiple people and whos application was limited.  Great tool but it depends on how it is used.

RSS or holy s*^! information overload

Well I just searched some wonderful sights about RSS feeds and topixs and real time search I liked the best.  The other two just annoyed me.  There are alot of RSS feeds out there and sorting through them takes a great deal of time.   But these searching sites help to narrow your search and make it easier to find things.  Google also has some helpful RSS finding tools which give the rss feed to popular sites like yahoo sports and CNN.  Take a look and sift through the information overload.

RSS or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Well if you have the time and want the latest updates for whatever interests you every day than RSS is right for you.  If you subscribe to the feeds you will have information from websites exploding into what ever reader you use.  Personally I am not sure how I feel about it.  Its cool that you have the opportunity to have all your information presorted.  On the other hand the way to learn new things is by browsing new things.  If you do not have a variety than your information will be streamlined from a single source.  Libraries could use this in an obvious way, have feeds from important library websites like ALA so you can stay on top of it all. 

Stoker's fable and LibriVox

As Halloween is directly around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to use LibriVox to look up Bram Stoker's Dracula.  Written as a series of journal entries it chronicles the tale of how Dracula leaves his castle and ventures to London where he is hunted by Van Helsing.  http://librivox.org/dracula-by-bram-stoker/ here is the link for anyone who wants to take a look... I mean listen to what happens.  This website has a number of books in the public domain that a librarian could direct patrons to.

Podcasts

This is probably one of the most useful tools for a library because you can directly tell your patrons what is up.  A weekly podcast segment from your local library could be short yet sweet and inform people about whatever it is you think they should know. http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrarySurvivalGuide  I thought this one was quite interesting and what I did was searched for Library catalogs and this was the second one I listened to and thought it had some good tips.  See library blogging is informative.

Fun with youtube and CoCo

I choose this video because I love Conan O'Brien and have missed CoCo.  If the embedded link works it will be pretty cool but I think that libraries can use this tech to help sell themselves.

website

So I did my personal website and put in alot of time and I think it is not that amazing but It literally took me hours to do so idk if thats a good thing or not.  Either way it is done and I used dreamweaver which I still do not understand but at least now I can kinda use.

Diigo

Diigo is interesting in the fact that you can bookmark pages but also that you can add bookmarks to particular parts of the page.  I am just getting into it but its uses in education is that you could tag parts of pages you wanted to highlight....

flickr

it is pretty cool with flickr you can browse and look at photos from events and other things that you were unable to attend or have never seen.  The best part is it is not just professional photography but it also everyday people.  Every gets photos that are amazing and wants to share them with a flickr account you can show the world your life or just a few snapshots of it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/krikit/2698126934/ heres an awesome image i found of rain in the distance.  Here is a cool thid party tool for flickr, PicMarkr.  It allows you to add 1 of 3 types of watermarks to your photos, Text, image or tiled.  Great if you want something to identify and mark your photos. 

23 learning 2.0 webtools

Wow these web 2.0 tools are really amazing.  Every librarian should learn how to use them to better serve their patrons.  Youtube and Flickr would be really helpful in making the library a truly 21st century concept that is fully connected and integrated with these wonderful technologies.