Challenge # 15--LIBRARY 2.0 & WEB 2.0

Reading the 5 perspectives of this OCLC Next Space newsletter came at the perfect point in this set of Learning 2.0 challenges. I have learned so much already, and can see the value of what we are doing throughout these exercises. They seem to me to be designed to stretch our minds around new concepts, to allow us to conceive of the future and of what place libraries will have there. Using baby steps to veer our mindset away from various "icebergs" and into the world of the Librarian 2.0 won't be easy, but participating in this project is certainly challenging and informative. It makes me want to embrace the "Library 2.0" concept, but more importantly, it makes me realized just how advanced our own Library system already is. We are fortunate to have a leader who is a confident trendspotter that involves his staff and his community in planning for the future, insuring that we won't be left behind. If we choose to protest the technological changes that are being implemented, we are simply choosing extinction.

Challenge # 14--TECHNORATI

Technorati seems to be the sight to "google" the world of blogs. After taking the Technorati Tour, I created an account, and claimed my one and only blog. I don't honestly expect to continue to use this site on a regular basis but that may change as I learn more about it. I did a keyword search using the same terms under Blog Posts (66 results), Tags (88 results), and Blog Directories (0 results), so I can see that it does search in 3 different ways. Doing a keyword search for "Learning 2.0" in the Advanced Search mode produced similar reseults: 4,299 posts, 3,734 tags (27,585 if italics are not used), and 520 blogs.