I chose the Web 2.0 Award Winners. Just scrolling through all of them is an eye opener. It was not surprising to see so many of our “lessons” represented. Many of these could be offered at the Reference Desk to patrons-health, business, marketing, travel and on.
We’re already using Meebo wwwl.meebo.com/index-en.html, but I’m hoping we can expand its use.
The 43 things www.43things.com is just for fun. Why is it everyone is in to making lists? Because it’s fun and gives you things to try and achieve in your life.
Medstory www.medstory.com could be used in conjunction with our health database. It’s easy to type in a condition and see what comes up. However, there are so many hits, that it’s impossible to go through them all. I’m not sure what controls what is cited first.
www.healia.com/healia could be very helpful at the reference desk because you can search specificially for clinical trials.
http://www.etsy.com/ is a site where you can buy or sell handmade goods. Good place for gift shopping!
The travel sites are interesting. Farecast farecast.com predicts when’s a good time to travel for low fares-at least for 75 cities.
Marketing is always a hot topic. Maybe iContact www.icontact.com would be helpful for patrons with their own businesses, especially.
Well, that’s enough for now.
1 Comment
November 9, 2007 at 3:20 am
Great finds and suggestions!
-Garrett