Week 7 of Web 2.0
FACEBOOK
I have now set up a facebook account for the purposes of completing this Web 2.0 course.
I personally have mixed feelings about Facebook and am hearing alot of negativity about it. On the Sunrise morning show it recently mentioned that Australia is appointing a representive to deal with cyber bullying and complaints, as we don't currently have one, whereas other countries do. Considering there are over 11 million Facebook users in Australia, its unbelievable that this is only happening now! It mentioned that there was a security error which exposed private information and this only highlights the fact not to give out all your private details. Also there are a tiny minority of users who abuse it by posting unkind comments and criticisms, which was the case during a recent Bonds baby competion where young tots and babies were criticised by other mothers!
On a positive note, I do see the benefit of Facebook as a means of communication, especially in times of disaster such as the tsunami in Japan. It would definately be widely used by library members and visiters, especially travellers who need to keep in touch with family and friends back home.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Monday, 23 May 2011
Back to week 6!
I have set up my Delicious account but am not sure how to put a link to it in my blog, so will have to go back to that.
I can definately see the benefit of this social bookmarking site and the way in which bookmarks can be organised by tags. I think it would be very useful in the library, especially for students as it is a public site and bookmarked information can be accessed and shared, rather than having to do endless searching on the net.
LibraryThing
What a great idea to be able to create an online catologue of your own personal book collection. Its a great way to keep a record of the books you have read as well as the ones you would like to read. Reading other book lovers reviews beforehand would be of benefit when deciding to choose a particular title or try a new author. I think this would definately be great for bookclubs.
Back to Delicious and this is the link to my account.
http://www.delicious.com/never2late2learn20
I have set up my Delicious account but am not sure how to put a link to it in my blog, so will have to go back to that.
I can definately see the benefit of this social bookmarking site and the way in which bookmarks can be organised by tags. I think it would be very useful in the library, especially for students as it is a public site and bookmarked information can be accessed and shared, rather than having to do endless searching on the net.
LibraryThing
What a great idea to be able to create an online catologue of your own personal book collection. Its a great way to keep a record of the books you have read as well as the ones you would like to read. Reading other book lovers reviews beforehand would be of benefit when deciding to choose a particular title or try a new author. I think this would definately be great for bookclubs.
Back to Delicious and this is the link to my account.
http://www.delicious.com/never2late2learn20
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