Having just played al ittle with Youtube, I can see a number of possibilities for using this medium for promotional purposes as well as finding fun clips to make a blog fun for followers to engage with. You could also use for training purposes as this course has demonstrated, and approach different age groups to be involved to produce something that the community at large could benefit from.

In the suggested searches, I found an Eddie Izzard comedy routine converted into a clip with Star Wars Lego figures. I am sure that there are keen devotees who might use Youtube for showing a new creation or technqiue. I also saw a community group post a video to prevent a proposal that would affect the local environment around the Liverpool plains. My search based on Kogarah was not so successful in terms of finding out interesting tidbits about the area, more that my search found a baby who likes bouncing and just happens to be a resident of Kogarah.

I did however look at several of the library examples, Mosman's recording of a local stories evented that had been hosted by Mike Munro, and some of the libraries in the States have made a number of clips to promote services and programs. There have been a number of brave CYS librarians who have created clips to herald their Summer Reading Club theme or why gorillas should not use the library. At a recent training event, a colleague showed a fantastic clip that would go brilliantly with the Read on the Wild Side program looming in the December break.

One potential downside I can see is trying to find an IT dept who would be sympathetic enough to grant access to this technology and allow for clips to be accessible to the public through various firewalls and other security measures.

I tried to embed a clip from Youtube, that was one of my favourite clips from my childhood, but unfortunately this blog does not like things being embedded from Youtube, so I will need to try and find another way. If you would like to try and see it for yourself, go to Youtube, type in Butterfly ball , and choose the clip by Richard Glover - the sheer fantasy and the music sucked me in long ago and I hope you enjoy it

I really, really like wikis. I think if you can generate a good group of people who are willing to contribute on a regular basis then the sky is the limit.

A good example of this is the Montana History wiki that records all things historical linked to the state of Montana, from official documents, indexes, papers that would be provided by govt departments, local history groups and the library's heritage staff but also material from keen amateurs.

I suspect the Book lovers wiki was created to serve a particular program and think it provides a unique opportunity to foster participation for those library customers who do not have the time to commit to a set time program but can be involved from the luxury of their own home. The reviews generated by some of the people were fantastic.

And for complete and utter, utter devotees then the Wookieepedia is just mind blowing. That people have the time to research and build upon basic character sketches into fully realised beings blew my brain. It also alerted me to the fact that wiki additions can become completely addictive and potentially make one a little insular/isolated.

That said, I have not asked for permission to edit the Wiki set up for this particular program but can say that I have somewhat obsessively established a wiki for the sharing of all our programs and modules for children under 5 held across the Wyong Shire Library. It can be found at http://wyongkidscount.wetpaint.com where you will find lapsit modules and over 100 storytime program running sheets.

12 months ago, when I started the initial journey into 23 things, I mentioned the amount of fun friends had with RSS feeds - some with the intent of keeping abreast of important things like new developments on Dr Who, others with the intent of being absolutely absorbed by what RSS can provide.

A year later, I can still see the attraction for some people, I am hoping this time around I can RSS to keep an eye on some hobbies that interest me such as beading and YA literature. This time around I did not find that chose feeds all that different, bar one.

I still like the Powerhouse as I love the images it is able to share through the medium. I chose Dilbert again as I like the anarchy of the characters. I resubscribed to Katie Hacker as she has some stunning bead designs that are doable for those of us who do not have the time we would like to devote to a hobby. I chose Just In from the ABC News feeds because it remains a good way of staying in touch with news items. The chief difference this time is that I chose the Alternative Teen Services blog to get feeds from as a way of expanding thoughts about library services to teens.

I have not sourced a library blog yet to subscribe to for a feed, but suspect that Sutherland has a rather good one to keep an eye on. I think that if a library service or part thereof has a great blog, then it is an opportunity for clients to be aware of new collections, events, exisiting services and any other value added services that many public libraries now offer.

Have revisited the Flickr section of the Library 2.0 training, and have rediscovered how various libraries are using Flickr to record events and images.

I would like to put Flickr to similar uses, so will need to start thinking about how to address the permission side of taking photos. I like the Creative Commons principle and when looking at the photo of a facade of the State Library, I thought the CC was very co-operative in recognising its originator as well as making it possible to be shared and used elsewhere.

Haing had a small play on Flickr, I found an image posted by the Lester Public Library of it's children area. Talk about an ideal space for the intended audience - so much space and light and the shelving is to die for. You can see the image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/456632665.

Will be adding a photo from Tuggerah's children section in the next 24 hours.

Have completed Week 2's activities, checking out other blog sites to see what other libraries have done - literary news, collection developments and coming events.

Looking at some of the CYS specialist blogs, I can see that they have used blogs as a repository for their programming ideas. Or in one case, you can load the entire contents of a presentation onto a blog with useful links to other websites and their respective ideas or activities.

I think ultimately I would like to put this blog to use in terms of linking tech savvy young people to books that will be interesting for them and potentially helpful to other colleagues. I like the idea of LLL as it opens so many avenues for a person to follow.

Watch this space as I learn more :)

It is time to start my Library 2.0 learning again, in the freedom of my home computer access, no longer bound by work firewalls and IT insecurities.

I am really looking forward to the challenge of mastering the skills so that I can put this blog to good use.