It is amazing how quickly breaks from school go anymore. I always have these mental plans that I make for the break, but hardly any of them ever get completed. Between sleeping, working full time, and recovering from the semester’s fatigue, I suppose I just got tied up in practicing relaxation techniques anticipating the following semester’s levels of stress. Here it is though; the spring semester has arrived, and I am elated to state that this is my last one of academic work!
I am very excited to be alive in this day and age, and also to be a library student at this time. If any occasion would prove to be the best time to be learning about technology, it would definitely be the present. Technology is constantly at a flux; all of the information I learned at the beginning of my library school career has now been replaced by more up-to-date technological measures.
I have learned quite a bit about wikis, making a podcast, and blogging from some of my other classes. It seems, though, that in this class we will be using them quite frequently. Last semester, I took Dr. Ball’s Online Searching class, and had the opportunity to make additions to Butler University’s music wiki, but I did not really build it up from the beginning.
Although some people in the library world have claimed that Library 2.0 has existed from the beginning, while some have argued that it has never existed at all. Fundamentally speaking, when Library 2.0 is encouraged, it makes sure that library services are regularly assessed and change with the needs of the library patrons. Of course, this can be applied to the library’s OPAC, the electronic formats, the computers, and, the way in which information is exchanged between the library and the patron.
I am excited about technology, although I find it difficult to keep up with the newest additions in this field. One thing that I am looking forward to in this class is building the wiki for a client.
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