Social networking

Social networking applications like Facebook and Twitter would be great used in conjunction with major exhibitons such as Game On, or exhibitions which are collections-based and rely on a community of users / collectors to 'value-add' to the experience. Not sure if the TV program The Collectors has a Facebook or Twitter account, but if they don't, they should!

I like the idea of linking library catalogues to your Facebook page, as UQ has done. Perhaps SLQ should consider something similar in this Web 2.0 world where our social, professional and educational spheres seem to have well and truly converged, and where instant gratification rules!

Twitter is great for up-to-date information on the latest events and trends, and would therefore be useful for conferences and professional development. Perhaps Twitter will replace the traditional 'guest book' for comments on exhibitons and events.

Wikis

Wikis are useful when a collaborative approach is required, or desirable - the more interactive and popular the wiki, the more accurate the information contained in it (the well-lit, well-travelled main roads as compared to the dodgy dark alleys - a useful analogy from Powerhouse web manager, Seb Chan).

In libraries, those main roads might be family history forums, conservation clinics and book clubs; the dark alleys funding and client behaviour policies. If a wiki is only as good as its contributors, then there are no dead-ends, only 'roads less travelled'.

Flickr Awards

The Flickr awards sytem can sometimes be controversial...

I love this photo because it shimmers and glows. The focus is at once on the minituae and the big picture; the organic and the synthetic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3185081664/in/set-72157611950026978/


This is another thoughtful image from the same photographer:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/3038654385/