Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Item # 12 - Rollyo

I now understand how to install Rollyo search icon on my blog. It took me only3 attempts to do it. First I had to register and than I had to make my searchroll public. It means that other people can edit my searchroll and add more sites. I found out that Rollyo is a young new service, was born only in 2005 and not many people know about it. I still need to understand more, for example, how many different searchrolls I can create and is it possible to search only by specific searchroll or by combination of them. I see good potential for using this customized search for the Reference enquires. One of my colleagues created a searchroll based on quality reference websites and I can see how a group of us can contribute to this 'Reference' search tool.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Item # 11 - All about Librarything

The Librarything is an amazing idea. I discovered this service a couple of month ago and use it constantly at my job. Even without cataloguing my own books, I used this database for advising the customers, suggesting new books for the library collection and finding books for myself. I see a lot of potential for integrating this service into my everyday job. In the future I plan to add more books to my account, join the groups, forums, talks and a blog.
You can see my selection of books from the Librarything on this link: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/yarnspinner