As of this writing, there is nothing new happening with website updates to report. We have posted the rfp for website designers and should know more a month from now.
So this post will delve more into the 2.0 world as it relates to that which we all love - books! You've probably heard about librarything - a site for people to catalog their books, talk about their books, tag their books and share their books. It is very popular and keeps growing its features. It is a fun project to watch as we librarians play with the features and discuss how libraries should be more interactive. Would you like to enter your own subject headings for things you've read? If I tagged something "civil war historical fiction" does it make more sense than remembering the official subject heading is United States - History - Civil War. 1861-1865 - Fiction?
Another product that I've been playing with is Shelfari - something similar to librarything as far as community for sharing and remembering books. I can post my own comments, tags, and retrieve the book cover to put on my own bookcase (disclaimer: I just started entering titles and those on the bookshelf were only those I could recall at the moment!).
Do you have an account with librarything or shelfari? Care to share your story about it? Do you interact with it? Use it regularly? It is, indeed, an interactive world if you're using tools such as these.
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Changes to websites are a common practice and Arapahoe Library District is no different. We will be undergoing changes to this website. Because it is something you interact with on a regular basis, this blog is your source of information about changes being made and your opportunity to let us know how you feel. We look forward to your input! The Digital Services Department
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