Library Thing

I looked at Library Thing but didn't want to pay for when I go over 200 books, (which won't take long for me), so I looked at Goodreads and that seems to be limitless. I created my shelves basically to help me as an advisory tool...so things like Y for boys, Y for girls, easy readers for girls, easy readers for boys, adult humorous, etc. I'm sure I'll be changing/adjusting categories...perhaps adding my own reviews for those things I liked alot. I'll be glad to get away from my handwritten journal...

I'm sure patrons would enjoy writing and reading reviews just like I enjoy reading hotel reviews from Trip Advisor and book/DVD reviews from Amazon. I'd like to see staff add tags for things we know we get lots of requests for like reluctant readers, etc.

RSS Feeds

It's taken me about 2 hours to set up my Bloglines account and then to realize that there isn't a way to put my selected RSS feeds on my blog. Maybe I should have asked my tech guru, Catherine, about this before going into my second frustrating hour...

At any rate I've included several people's blogs from this branch, the Web 2.0 exploration link, and a newsie RSS on bloglines. Several others are there I didn't request, (that I know of...maybe Bloglines puts them there. I removed them.) I'll add on more as I come across them..things about traveling to the caribbean, good books sites, etc.

Flikr

I've been using Flikr for its pictures on more obscure things that I use in art...such as obscure places, oddball things like trashy houses and its groups give me other ideas as well as search terms to try.

We do get patrons that often need pics of places, items, and I often help them using Google or Yahoo images or the Library of Congress site, but this might be another choice as well.

I've landed

Okay, I spent an hour making my blog look pretty, now if only I could think of something substantial to say!

Maybe that's why I've never created one before...