Wikis

Cataloguing versus tagging.

Hi, made my wiki. I never knew the word came from Hawaiian, that's something I learnt today!
This is the webpage - http://blossomslibraryblog.wetpaint.com/.

I have chosen as a topic - Cataloguing versus tagging. I feel that tagging items online is the general public's version of cataloguing, and I am interested in how that will evolve over time. Will it become similar to cataloguing, after all, cataloguing is collaborative, as is tagging? Or will it stay as an informal thing, only to be used online?

I am interested in how similar, and how different, they are. We often talk about cataloguing is 'describing' something. Well, tagging is how a person 'describes' a photo they put online. Cataloguing is more organised, I grant you, but who's to say that tagging won't become more organised?
Interesting, I feel.

Carole

Hi, totallly off topic, but in case you're wondering where "Blossom" came from, it was the name of one of my dogs. She was a 80kg St Bernard, lovely natured, but dumb as a post! I'll load a picture into Flickr. But I love the name!!
Carole

Flickr

Hi, just finished making my Flickr account. I was sure I had one before, but couldn't for the life of me figure out why it wouldn't let me in. I'm guessing because I didn't go back to it for ages!

Here's the URL for the new one - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilziegirl/. Yes, I know, hokey pseudonom, but you run out of names and passwords, don't you?

I love sharing photos online. I'll actually be showing people Flickr, Slideshare, etc, on my next Info Session, which is called Social Networking. I have them once a month. I like the idea of the choices available, eg, private family only, or the public in general. I have lots of photos on Picasa of the local area. I also have the grandkids photos up, but they are invitation only, so that I can share the photos with my brother and sister in the UK.

Enjoy, Carole

Hi, I am looking forward to learning more about this stuff. One thing I have realised in connecting with younger people is how tech savvy they are. This was brought home to me at Christmas when my stepdaughter came to visit.
She brought her laptop, her wireless modem and her mobile (of course). She was facebooking, downloading music, texting, and all sorts of mysterious stuff into the early hours of the morning!
So, how are we, as librarians, going to engage this generation. My first thoughts are - by using the same communications technologies as 'them', and by proving our worth. But how to prove our worth?
I feel that they are the most consumer driven generation ever. I don't mean that in a bad way, I think that they take what they want and make it work for them.
I also feel that, as consumers, they don't care about copyright. They want what they want, and delivered to their laptop, phone, etc, when they want it. They want all the copyright stuff sorted out, like it's not their problem.
Remember not being allowed to video live tv, but everybody did it, and it was unenforceable, so eventually the government decided that it wasn't illegal and a copyright breach. That was our generation, and this generation wants much the same thing, only bigger and more complicated.
How will the libraries fit into all this? Online librarians, 24/7. I know it's already been done. If somebody asks a question online, the librarian can download the answer to their phone, laptop, their technology of choice. With all the 'who owns what' problems already sorted out.

Not sure if I'm comfortable with the followers thing - it makes it sounds like I'm collecting an evil army! Anyone want to enlist?

Well, I remember blogging a long time ago in Library Technician school. We kept in touch for a while, it was good.
Hello to all the fellow Test Drive Licencees!
Let's do this thang!!!