The Fabulous world of Flickr

The Image i have chosen for the topic of this Blog is a Sunset at Soldiers Point, located at Port Stephens on the Mid-North Coast of N.S.W. The Image can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tednmiki/19868064/

I spent a lot of time as a child in this part of the world. My grandparents have owned a small unit at Soldiers Point for almost the entirety of my life. So every year (and in some cases multiple times each year) we would holiday at Soldiers Point. Of course these holidays generally consisted of Fishing, fishing, more fishing and occaisionally a spot of golf (This could explain my dislike for both Fishing and Golfing), but they were memorable holidays none-the-less.

Although i have never actually been awake at Soldiers Point for Sunrise, it looks absolutely pristine, and will hopefully motivate me to drag myself out of bed on a beautiful clear morning to take my own stunning photos. Actually, now that i think about it, it is curious that we can spend our whole lives going to the same places, yet never see everything that place has to offer us. Just proof that the world is ever changing, and it is worthwhile to travel again and again and again (if we get the chance) because we will never see the same thing twice.

Learning 2.0 and Blogging

I am new to NSW Public Libraries Learning 2.0course, and i hope it is going to refresh my existing Web 2.0 knowledge and show me different and interesting ways in which i can implement Web 2.0 technologies within our library. It is becomming more and more important to communicate with patrons at this level and through this medium, as more of the older generations look toward the internet and the services offered through the internet to increase their knowledge base. This is part of Lifelong Learning. Because of the constantly changing technological world we live in, lifelong learning is becomming increasingly important, especially for those wanting to be more involved and understand the technology that their children and grandchildren are associating with.

Lifelong Learning is one of the reasons why i believe Blogs are important for the Library. It is a medium that all generations can easily connect with and have their say. No one is too old to learn how to become a blogger, and it doesn't amaze me anymore that people in their retirement are looking toward the internet for their entertainment, whether this involves social networking, blogging, chatting or research.

In the instance of our Library i believe the Blog would be useful to share images, Videos (preferably literary based) discuss the kinds of books people are reading, and specifically ones which they are enjoying and would like to recommend to other patrons.