I was always positive about the 23 Things concept but working through this program has exceeded my expectations. I have discovered more useful tools than I had thought possible, started new initiatives for our library service, had fun, but lost sleeping time.
I’m so glad I understand rss feeds. I have become quite dependent upon Bloglines for keeping up to date so I am constantly exposed to new library ideas and possibilities. My blogines feeds include Technorati and podcast searches.
I use Del.icio.us all the time. I search by my Rollyos when I want information on medicines, to locate an art image or to find a recipe. I will continue to upload photos to Flickr but more importantly use it as a very valuable image resource. And of course I love image generators. Library Thing is now part of my own profile as well as being a useful bibliographic tool. YouTube has given me more laughs than anything else for quite a while. I am now in the habit of storing vital documents on Zoho for easy retrieval.
At our library we have started uploading our data to Library Thing to test whether we can use their Libraries product. We are using contacts found via library blogs to add code to our catalogue that will allow users to add rss feeds from updates.
We are planning on starting a staff library blog as a communication means. We are exploring online book clubs and are also looking at wikis.
We would like to offer podcasts of our author talks and much much more.
And following (yet again) the example of Vampgirl, the next step is Learning 2.1.
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