Passing it on (not the Swine Flu!)

Last week I finally did my two sharing exercises and they both went off fairly well I thought. My first was the group 'caffeine break' session (without caffeine I'm afraid to say!) looking at http://www.librarything.com/ and comparing this web 2.0 catalogue with CCL's own public catalogue. The idea was to try to see the advantages of a web 2.0 interface from our library users' perspective as opposed to their experiences with using our current catalogue. To further illustrate this I got them to have a wee play with Wellington City Library's AquaBrowser which makes finding a Haydn string trio a piece of cake (try that on OPAC!!).

My next exercise was a one to one sharing of Google docs. It's easy to use and accesible from anywhere. My 'student' was pleasntly impressed by the accessibility and the ability to collaborate with multiple users anywhere any time.