Librarian by Day

With a “to do” list a mile long I feel as though I’ll never get anything finished. Technically this isn’t finished either as it’s meant to be a living page and it’s well on it’s way.

My library is using our del.icio.us account to create our Weblinks page for our patrons. Robin set up the page using dishy and I’ve been busy adding links left and right. This is so much easier than maintaining a classic weblinks page, the Reference staff only has to know how to use del.icio.us and agree on a taxonomy for tags. No need to know html or use page editing software, which makes our website designer happy too. No creating each link manually or worry about ordering and descriptions. All I have to do it find the webpage, tag it with del.icio.us, assign my tags, add any descriptors I feel are necessary and voila it’s on our page. It’s just as easy to delete or update links too.

As I’ve been browsing other Library’s Weblinks page for links to include on ours, I was surprised to see no one else using this method. I’m sure they are out there, I just haven’t found one yet.

I started this blog, then stopped blogging and deleted all the posts. I felt I lacked direction. With the Learning 2.0 program that Robin and I created, and some other factors I’ve been given the chance at a new position with in my Library – Digital Services and Resources Librarian. I don’t claim to be an expert or even an advanced user, I do claim to be finding my way through the 2.0 jungle like many others. The thing about finding your way is it’s easy to loose track of where you started and how far you’ve come, the wrong paths you took and the shortcuts you found. Since I’m no stranger to blogging I know what a great record it can be of the journey. Yesterday was my first day in my new position. I’m definitely still getting situated, but I can’t wait to see where I end up.