My mind is spinning from the enormity of Library 2.0! I try not to get bogged down in the semantics. What matters is functionality and accessibility. I was teaching a lesson on the Dewey Decimal system last fall, and found a quote about Dewey's goal of "organizing the knowledge of the world." Imagine, over 100 years ago wanting to organize all of the knowledge of the world! That has been useful for archival purposes, but we need to do more than that. We need to make that knowledge accessible to the world.
How to find time? I have no problem there. I have to remind myself that some things have to get done today, before I GET to sit down and work on my 23 Things. I found time during conference nights last week to watch the video of Stephen Abram, and read John Blyberg's blog. Not all at one time, but here and there. The articles from Library Technology Reports and OCLC Newsletter lead me on and on. Fascinating stuff!
This is one of the best staff development activities I can remember participating in since I finished my masters classes. And it is free! I love having this progression of steps, giving some direction to what can be for me, at times, a dauntingly vast online tangle of resources. Very much like the pathfinders we create for students. The internet has been compared to the Library of Congress all dumped out in one huge pile. (Sorry, of course I would never even think of doing that!) It's all in there, but do you know how long it would take to find what you are looking for? It would be wonderful to create a similar challenge for students. >And I'll bet I'm not the first one to think of THAT!< I would love it if someone would send out info on such a program! I have only begun to scratch the surface. But I'm looking forward to digging in some more, and finding a way to relate it to lessons I teach, and share it with teachers I work with.
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