I just wanted to share with every one my fevered place in the world. I visited my little town in Poland in the middle of autumn last year. Under the colourful blanket of leafs you can see stone steps from 1400. They are treacherously uneven, but who cares. Pass the steps there is a most picturesque park, it is growing where before WW2 was the rest of the town, now completely hidden under hungry vegetation. It proves that every evil can with time turn and grow to something new and beautiful

Week 15

The reading for the week 15, about the web2.0 was a real eye opener. Working in one place for a little while, we tend to loose the view of the bigger picture.

Personally I love books. I love everything about them. I enjoy not only the content, but the feel of it in my hands, the texture and rustling of turned pages. To me it creates that little bit of magic that is a book. Therefore I am not too excited about reading books on internet.

However, once I put my personal preferences out of the picture it becomes very clear that we have a responsibility to grow with the technology and social changes. Libraries were never only storage for books, but true providers of information, places of knowledge and supporters of free thought and if we are to fulfil our role we have to find ways to accommodate our patrons, using new tools and strategies.

Web 2.0 with library2.0 show new, modern way to follow our purpose and as long as we stay open to new and better ways, we will do just fine.

technorati

OK, I find this much less useful then Delicious. Maybe because I lead more of my life outside the world of the net and people blogs don’t really interest me, unless I know them personally and use their blogs as a way to learn more about them. I have more use for websites with my interests on them, therefore I can not see much of a use for Technorati in my daily life.

If I need to find any information, image or a site I prefer to just Google it. It gives more clear answers and feels more user friendly.

For the fun of it and to test the waters, I did join the Technorati. Well I just sit and wait, see if anything happens (I’m not holding my breath ….)

Del.icio.us ? YES!!!

OK, I have to admit, that at first I was overwhelmed by the size of Del.icio.us . I wasn't sure what to do with it, how to dig in. All it took, was a dip breath and a hot cup of tea to help open my mind and putting as a search word something like designer_shoes. The gates opened and I was in my personal shopaholic heaven.
BUT WAIT there is more, how about having a look at one of the more popular site, that 170 (at the moment) tagged, and bingo I found this beautiful shelf for my ooo sooooo many books at "How to Make and Install Hungarian Shelves".
I like, that you can see how many people thought that it was worth tagging. It gives you incentive to go and check it out for yourself, even if it includes word like "shelves" and "install". I tried with book titles and authors as well and got some nice results.
The hole thing felt like googling through people personal preferences.
The only problem that I encountered was when our beloved WEB MARSHAL blocked me, when after all the excitement I tried to create an account with Del.icio.us , but I wont cry for long I just try again at home.

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Are the books that we love, a window in to our soul?

On this hot summer day I wish you all a merry Christmas, with lots of laughter, friends and family. May your faces be as smiling as my dear friend Leeloo on this Christmas ornament.