Answer board

It might be nice to set up an "answer board" so that customer can asked question and answer by a Library staff, or other customer can add their bits of comments on it. e.g. if someone want to know things about gardening or traveling information - library staff supplied from the books etc, then another customer might have actually be an expert in that topic area, so they can supply extra comments on the topic area.

Customer might also post opinion and comments about certain item held inside the library, and another customer or a library staff might answer and indicate that if they like a certain item, they might like to read another similar item.

Librarything

Another try to set up to search Libarything from this blog

Del.icio.us, Technorati and Librarythings

I have place some bookmarks into the del.icio.us site, and used the blogging (daily blog post) option to set up a link - not quite sure it works or not. This can be set up so that library staff can be keep up to date with all the library subscriptions from one place - set up the bookmarks in the del.icio.us, then set up so that an entry containing your latest del.icio.us links to your blog automatically updated every day. Library staff can access the informations instead of the paper print copy.

It is great for research assistance as any new updates will be automatically comes up, but it is too many, it will be information overloaded and takes a lot of time to goes through the lists. But it is also good as an easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere?

When searching "bookmobile" in Technorati, the result of the simple and advance are the same - except when enter the word in "the exact search phrase" search query field, the result are different.

Technorati Profile

I have set up a link to search Librarything in this blog - hope it works

Video online

Both YouTube and Google video have all kind of topics on the web sites, some of them personal, entertainment or inform.

Library can videotape the events and activities such as school holiday activities or senior week events, then publish them on library website to promote, and inform the community of what has happened in the library.

Wiki

I like the wiki idea, as the video suggested, a group can organize their ideas or trips or plans together using the wikipedia. And only the one created it and people involved can edited contents. I think it will be good for library staffs if they are working in a project together. Such as written a procedure, instead of email to each time the contents changed, the changes can be edited in the wiki documents and others can either edit or change or leave comments. It will make life easier.

Library procedures can also placed in a wiki site, save the network space, or trying to retrieve from trim. It will make finding documents so much easier.

Real simple syndication

I have selected three web sites to be included in my bloglines, News, powerhouse museum and travel. One of the advantage of it is that all the interested topics can be access from one point without have to remember the individual web site address. But then still have to remember the user name and password - what happen if it is forgotten? while if forgot the web address of each individual site, you can also search them from google.

Library can use them to access the current update library news online instead of print format. But some of the current update have already been send out through the subscribe list.

Library buildings

To upload some photoes onto my blog, I choosed five different library buildings, as I wondered, Does it make a difference where and what kind of library buildings you work at? and What is the designer's thought when they design such a building for library?

Also, from the client's point of view, do they more likely to attract clients (who does not go to library at all) more than the conventional buildings? I think, for myself, I probably will go to such libraries out of curiosity.