I have just subscribed to Rollyo. This site gives you the tools to create your own search engine and allows you to add up to 25 URLs to your own unique Search Roll. My user name is Tigerquollsmum. I have made two separate Search Rolls. The first is called Library Quest and just combines The State Library of Tasmania, UTAS and Trove. The other Roll is called Useful Library Blogs and combines:
Connectinglibrarian.com
Librariesinteract.info
Oedb.org
Libworm.com
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Showing posts with label library. Show all posts
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Libraries Interact Blog
I thought I had better look at some home grown blogs. Here's what I came up with.
CW, Fiona Kathryn, Peta, Snail, Michelle, Morgan, Techxplorer (2010), Libraries Interact,Australia, viewed 5th April 2010, http://librariesinteract.info/
The blog was set up by a group of Australian Librarian bloggers but they only give their user names and there doesn't seem to be any qualifications or authority provided. Apparently anyone can contribute, you do not have to be Australian, a librarian or a blogger. The site does stipulate that your posts do need to be non-commercial and relevant to the scope of the blog. The scope of the blog seems to be fairly general and includes any library related reflections, job postings, notifications of events, links to interesting sites and discussions of the biblioblogosphere (I love that word!).
The site is well designed and provides very flexable search options in the form of a general search field, an archive month search field, a categories search field and a Thali tag cloud. A link to a list of Australian library blogs is also provided. This blog is more relevant for Australian library employees as it covers both the local industry and general library issues.
CW, Fiona Kathryn, Peta, Snail, Michelle, Morgan, Techxplorer (2010), Libraries Interact,Australia, viewed 5th April 2010, http://librariesinteract.info/
The blog was set up by a group of Australian Librarian bloggers but they only give their user names and there doesn't seem to be any qualifications or authority provided. Apparently anyone can contribute, you do not have to be Australian, a librarian or a blogger. The site does stipulate that your posts do need to be non-commercial and relevant to the scope of the blog. The scope of the blog seems to be fairly general and includes any library related reflections, job postings, notifications of events, links to interesting sites and discussions of the biblioblogosphere (I love that word!).
The site is well designed and provides very flexable search options in the form of a general search field, an archive month search field, a categories search field and a Thali tag cloud. A link to a list of Australian library blogs is also provided. This blog is more relevant for Australian library employees as it covers both the local industry and general library issues.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wiki
I have decided to use the LISwiki to do a critical evaluation on
Hubbard, J (2010), LISWIKI,USA, viewed 31/3/2010, http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
This Wiki is an attempt to copy Wikipedia but in the niche subject of Library related material. Its creator, John Hubbard, is a Librarian at the University of Wisconsin who has a keen interest in web 2.0 technologies applications in libraries. LISwiki stands for Libray and Information Science wiki. The concept is very good but the wiki seems to have had only a luke warm reception. It was begun in 2005 and still needs lots of work by library employees and knowledgeable contributors, since many of the articles are just “stubs”. Some of the better articles are found under the categories of Cataloging and Classification. Each has a link at the top of the page to the other, so once you’ve located one, it’s easy to find the other. Cataloging has 52 articles and 3 sub-categories (Authority Control, Cataloging Elements, and Catalogs) each with several articles of its own. Classification has 26 articles. Many articles have a link to the Wikipedia. Another particularly good article is "How to Apply for a Library Job"
Overall I think there is probably more complete and active wikis available than LISWIKI.
Hubbard, J (2010), LISWIKI,USA, viewed 31/3/2010, http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
This Wiki is an attempt to copy Wikipedia but in the niche subject of Library related material. Its creator, John Hubbard, is a Librarian at the University of Wisconsin who has a keen interest in web 2.0 technologies applications in libraries. LISwiki stands for Libray and Information Science wiki. The concept is very good but the wiki seems to have had only a luke warm reception. It was begun in 2005 and still needs lots of work by library employees and knowledgeable contributors, since many of the articles are just “stubs”. Some of the better articles are found under the categories of Cataloging and Classification. Each has a link at the top of the page to the other, so once you’ve located one, it’s easy to find the other. Cataloging has 52 articles and 3 sub-categories (Authority Control, Cataloging Elements, and Catalogs) each with several articles of its own. Classification has 26 articles. Many articles have a link to the Wikipedia. Another particularly good article is "How to Apply for a Library Job"
Overall I think there is probably more complete and active wikis available than LISWIKI.
Libworm
I cant help myself! I just found this site and I didn't want to lose it so I'll just do a quick post.
Dolan F, Rothman D (2006), Libworm, viewed 3/4/2010 http://www.libworm.com
LibWorm beta is intended for library employees and those interested in libraries. The site collects updates from over 1500 RSS feeds, including over 800 biblioblogs, LIS journal Table of contents and many other information sources. You are then able to search the contents of these feeds, and the search results can then be accessed as an RSS feed that the user can subscribe to either in his favourite feed reader or in LibWorm's built-in reader.
Some of the major subjects covered are:
Academic Libraries
Book Reviews
Government Libraries
Humor
Law Libraries
LIS Journals
Listservs and Groups
Medical Librarianship and Libraries
Personal Blogs
Podcasts : Academic Libraries, Government Libraries,Law Libraries, Librarianship,
Public Libraries, Special Libraries, Professional Associations, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Uncategorized Feeds, Vendors
Wikis
Users can submit their own feeds to be added. Other features include tag clouds, aggregate feeds by category, pre-set subject feeds and search operators that let the user drill down into exactly what she wants to see- then be notified any time LibWorm sees it.
This is a great RSS feed search engine that accesses authoritive sites. It is simple to use and navigate and takes a lot of the hard slog out of searching the bibliosphere for library related feeds.
Dolan F, Rothman D (2006), Libworm, viewed 3/4/2010 http://www.libworm.com
LibWorm beta is intended for library employees and those interested in libraries. The site collects updates from over 1500 RSS feeds, including over 800 biblioblogs, LIS journal Table of contents and many other information sources. You are then able to search the contents of these feeds, and the search results can then be accessed as an RSS feed that the user can subscribe to either in his favourite feed reader or in LibWorm's built-in reader.
Some of the major subjects covered are:
Academic Libraries
Book Reviews
Government Libraries
Humor
Law Libraries
LIS Journals
Listservs and Groups
Medical Librarianship and Libraries
Personal Blogs
Podcasts : Academic Libraries, Government Libraries,Law Libraries, Librarianship,
Public Libraries, Special Libraries, Professional Associations, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Uncategorized Feeds, Vendors
Wikis
Users can submit their own feeds to be added. Other features include tag clouds, aggregate feeds by category, pre-set subject feeds and search operators that let the user drill down into exactly what she wants to see- then be notified any time LibWorm sees it.
This is a great RSS feed search engine that accesses authoritive sites. It is simple to use and navigate and takes a lot of the hard slog out of searching the bibliosphere for library related feeds.
Monday, March 1, 2010
and so it begins
I have just set up this blog as part of my Library/Information Technology Diploma course. I will be looking at Web 2.0 applications and their uses within the Library industry.
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