A Ref Desk E manual - fantastic - except for when the computers are down and really, are our computers fast enough? I'm sure you've all noticed that doing 2.0 stuff is slow at work.
I do like the wiki sites on St. Joseph County Public Library cooking page. I like how it links to cookbooks, magazines, cooking careers websites, staff comments, recipes and upcoming events such as the farmer's market! What a great idea. It allows for a more dynamic representation of the resources available to people. If you like cooking you might also like farmer's markets. I wonder if this is more meaningful/helpful for people than our beloved LC subject headings?
However, how do you deal with the hard stuff? Like creationism vs Darwinism and science, or the presence and marketing of LOTE material when some people disagree with this service. How do you manage different opinions within your wiki without being biased in some way? This will be a challenge.
Another thing is that you start to duplicate your information. So all that information is accessible somewhere in the catalogue, the website, a directory, your blog and/or facebook profile. Perhaps this is a good thing because some people favour one particular 2.0 tool in particular. (For example, i have been addicted to facebook and if you're not on there well i just don't know you anymore!)
I like it...I want one!!!
I do like the wiki sites on St. Joseph County Public Library cooking page. I like how it links to cookbooks, magazines, cooking careers websites, staff comments, recipes and upcoming events such as the farmer's market! What a great idea. It allows for a more dynamic representation of the resources available to people. If you like cooking you might also like farmer's markets. I wonder if this is more meaningful/helpful for people than our beloved LC subject headings?
However, how do you deal with the hard stuff? Like creationism vs Darwinism and science, or the presence and marketing of LOTE material when some people disagree with this service. How do you manage different opinions within your wiki without being biased in some way? This will be a challenge.
Another thing is that you start to duplicate your information. So all that information is accessible somewhere in the catalogue, the website, a directory, your blog and/or facebook profile. Perhaps this is a good thing because some people favour one particular 2.0 tool in particular. (For example, i have been addicted to facebook and if you're not on there well i just don't know you anymore!)
I like it...I want one!!!
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