Thing #15 Web/Library 2.0 - Manya and Fan.Art.Fusion
The power of web 2.0 became apparent last week when Manya asked about borrowing my digital camera to take pictures of the Fan.Art.Fusion contest entries. My batteries were low so she used the library camera. Within the next day I had an invitation on my Face Book account to check out the cool slide show she had put together of all the art entries for her Fan.Art.Fusion art contest and exhibit on OPL's Flickr Account, which I then promptly sent to my friends. View it here (still haven't figured out how to make the link and pretty this up!). http://www.flickr.com/photos/30648453@N06/sets/72157608655636804/
For this "Thing" I also explored the Tame the Web blog and read some of Karl Fisch's musings. One former posting was about contributing to a 3rd grader Abby's travel wiki virtually and with a real postcard. So, I went to Abby's web page and this is what I found (obviously written by Abby's teacher or parent):
"Due to the overwhelming response, I've created a second page because this first page had so much on it it was becoming unwieldy to edit. Please add all new entries on the second page. Thanks to everyone for participating! I've now locked this page - if you already have info on this page and need to change/add something, please email me (karlfisch {at} gmail {dot} com) with the appropriate info and I'll update it."
So, the power of networking multiplies quickly, and it would be great if the library world could take advantage of this.
I also read another posting by someone who was writing a blog for their youth services department and was wondering if anyone was paying any attention...... so guess you still have to get the word out the good old fashioned way, too, by mouth.
For this "Thing" I also explored the Tame the Web blog and read some of Karl Fisch's musings. One former posting was about contributing to a 3rd grader Abby's travel wiki virtually and with a real postcard. So, I went to Abby's web page and this is what I found (obviously written by Abby's teacher or parent):
"Due to the overwhelming response, I've created a second page because this first page had so much on it it was becoming unwieldy to edit. Please add all new entries on the second page. Thanks to everyone for participating! I've now locked this page - if you already have info on this page and need to change/add something, please email me (karlfisch {at} gmail {dot} com) with the appropriate info and I'll update it."
So, the power of networking multiplies quickly, and it would be great if the library world could take advantage of this.
I also read another posting by someone who was writing a blog for their youth services department and was wondering if anyone was paying any attention...... so guess you still have to get the word out the good old fashioned way, too, by mouth.
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