Weekly Reading Week 12

Required Reading Week # 12
I found the article about Weblogs really interesting. They are similar to an electronic journal where individuals can share their ideas and points of view. Other individuals can respond to others point of views. One of the challenges for me in this class was being required to set up a blog. It was my first experience blogging, and I have actually enjoyed it.
The articles on Wikis and library service were both really informative. Wikis are a good tool for librarians to share ideas and to help with daily functions that they all deal with. Librarians can create their own wikis about frequently asked questions, upcoming library programs and questions from patrons. This is something new that we are beginning to offer at our branch library. In our profession, good customer service is extremely important.
The Creating the Academic library folksonomy article was really informative. The article reinforced the importance of tags and that it takes wiki/ weblogs to the next level. Generating common sense tags in relation to a topic will allow them to be quickly accessed or found when someone is conducting a search.
The history of Wikipedia was fascinating. I did not know that it was run by volunteers. I think its beginning was a noble one. We all can remember how expensive encyclopedias were.