Week 9 - The 23rd thing!!

Oh wow this is it.

It has been a great journey, I cannot describe it as anything else. It has been fun but also very frustrating at times. Yes there were times when I was tearing my hair out knowing it was supposed to work but was not and then I would work out the simple mistake I had made and it would all seem so easy.

How do I feel about Web 2.0? Mainly positive, there is so much you can do and it is by and large public domain and free. There are many of the 23 things that I will return to and use again. Also I feel it is important as librarians that we don't get caught up in the hype lose sight of our purpose and our reference skills. To illustrate the point, Auckland City Libraries has launched a new website which includes a blog and chat to a librarian, however, this is at the cost of links to many useful websites for school students (and the general public) wanting to do homework and research. A great deal of effort by librarians had gone into finding those websites and sorting out the wheat from the chaff, now that has gone.

I will finish on an upbeat note and say I feel very informed and the training itself has been great, well structured and relevant.

Thanks to all concerned.

Now how was I almost called Jane Bennett? Bennett is my maiden name and before I was born, if I was a girl my mother was going to call me Jane and I would be beautiful like Jane Bennet in P&P. However, once I was born, I was a girl but I was not beautiful and my mother thought people would call me plain Jane so I was given another name.