Week six experience

Del.icio.us has features that I can not imagine ever wanting. It's way overkill for my computer musings. In checking my bookmarks, I find that I have seven. Categorizing them is not necessary. Completing exercise 13, I read all the material suggested and then explored the heavily used bookmarks. Certainly seems popular. Maybe I'm missing the point.

Number 14, the Technorati exercise was interesting. Talk about networking through words. Amazing. The different search results remind me of searching in our library databases and how chosing the correct word impacts the results. At one point of my exploring, I ran across an video of Jan Maxwell. I didn't watch it, but did a double-take when I saw it. I also checked out the oulibraries tag and enjoyed looking at the photos.

After completing the required reading for exercise 15, I found an article about L2.0(http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/ and its significance in todays world. Reading the comments from other readers, one stood out. His point was that L2.0 is all well, good, and even necessary for todays libraries, however that emphasis seems to be for the tech-savvy population. He reminds us that many of us are not techno users for many various reasons and this population group should not be forgotten. Also found another article about librarians, the existence of "non-authoritative data," and how to deal with it.