A new way to attract young adults back into libraries?

I came across this blog (Library lets patrons play DDR to avoid late fees) entry via technorati. Its an interesting way to waive fines! We take part in a fines amnesty "Food for Fines" but I think the idea of gaming to erase fines would be a great way to Young Adults back into the library after they've racked up fines for DVDs, CDs, HSC materials etc. You never know - maybe some of the not-so-young Adults could show us a thing or two too!



I've also discovered iLibrarian through technorati. This blog has dozens of categories relating to the library industry. Although it is North American, the information on web 2.0 and 3.0 is still very interesting and certainly gives plenty of food for thought. I also think it will be a useful blog to refer back to during this course!



One thing I dislike about technorati, is that it takes quite a few 'clicks' to find what you want - for a type of 'search-engine' for blogs this is quite annoying! I think the lesson here is keep the reader / user / patron interested by keeping the information 'upfront'.

Having said that, I've still joined up with them, as how else will I get to know how to use them better?

Welcome to my learning 2.0 blog!

I've created this blog so that I can track my learning. Although it is initially set up to follow my learning 2.0 course through SLNSW, I envisage that it will be an online lifelong learning diary.

I have recently been inspired to adapt my workplace to an online environment, and this learning 2.0 course seems ideal. Although I have dabbled very lightly in blogs in the past, I've never really looked at them in depth, or used them to their fullest potential.

I'm excited to learn about web 2.0 and to see the opportunities it will bring. More than just being able to communicate with "kids these days" I really feel there is a future for web 2.0 technology (and beyond) in the library world.

I'd like to congratulate the team at SLNSW for making this course available to all library workers - I think it is a great way to inspire the NSW library world as a whole into a forward-thinking, future proof place to be!

I also think its a great opportunity to be reminded of some of the wonderful things about technology - we so often get bogged down in the reasons why it won't work, or can't work, or shouldn't work, or doesn't work - and that our institutions are places of lifelong learning - so surely we should be lifelong learners too! (I suspect we always have been but it was rarely labelled as such).