Answer Boards and Social Searching

I've just had a quick look at the range of questions on Yahoo7 answers. There are some I would dearly love to answer ( Do you think I should wear black leggings? for example) but not necessarily in my role as library staff.
I like the idea of "slamming the boards" and making the presence of librarians known and respected in the wider web world (try saying that quickly).
However I also feel we have an obligation to our local community and there is the time factor to take into consideration. I find that it can sometimes be a struggle to meet the deadlines for the information requests submitted by our own customers.
Maybe I can outsource our own requests, post them on to Answers or WikiAnswers, and another librarian will provide the answer for me. Hmmm worth considering.

Library Thing is Great

Using Library Thing was so much fun, and couldn't be easier

Del.icio.us

I have just created a del.icio.us account. So far I've only added a couple of favorite bookmarks and subscribed to a tag. Using this is a lot of fun. I think there are more fancy ways of adding del.icio.us to my blog, but I'm just going to add the link for now.

http://del.icio.us/wendyleep

NO COOKIES IN THE LIBRARY

HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT LIBRARY CUSTOMERS

You Tube

I have just looked at a number of different You Tube and Google video examples, and have spent far too much time just fiddling around. I liked the advertisement for the Library Opening Late Night, as it was very professional. I can undersand that this is an effective way of advertising upcoming events in the library, or promoting different parts of the service.

Wikis

I enjoyed having a look at some of the Wiki's listed, especially the Book Lover Wiki, because I really enjoy reading book reviews. I was interested to read the article "What to do with Wikipedia". The author of this suggested that Wikipedia is here to stay, and that academics need to acknowledge and recognise this.

I, like many other use Wikipedia as a quick reference tool, however I have also worried about the accuracy of its content, and would be reluctant to use it as the only source.

Adding information to the Learning 2.0 Wiki was easy.