Comments on: TTW Mailbox: Emerging Technology Committee at Monroe County Library System http://tametheweb.com/2008/05/18/etcmonroeco/ Libraries, Technology and People Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:57:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pat Rapp http://tametheweb.com/2008/05/18/etcmonroeco/#comment-3630 Pat Rapp Tue, 20 May 2008 20:15:39 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2912#comment-3630 The Second Life book burning and discussion went really well. We had 15 people at the event (plus a few others who popped in and out) and it lasted over two hours. It was nice to be able to attend from the comfort of home and not have to cut things short due to the library closing. :-) We talked about the book, about Bradbury and science fiction, about censorship and libraries. We talked about the pluses and minuses of media saturation, the fact that people are reading formats other than traditional books, user-generated content, etc. The visitors were mostly our real-life (Rochester area) constituency, which was good because I'd hoped to set this up as another medium for participation for our real patrons. We also had two people from South America (one from Peru and one from Colombia) who found out about the discussion because Facebook automatically connected our Fahrenheit 451 announcement to the Ray Bradbury fan page. The magic of social networking is pretty cool. The best part was having people say they were glad they came and that they would come back again! The Second Life book burning and discussion went really well. We had 15 people at the event (plus a few others who popped in and out) and it lasted over two hours. It was nice to be able to attend from the comfort of home and not have to cut things short due to the library closing. :-)

We talked about the book, about Bradbury and science fiction, about censorship and libraries. We talked about the pluses and minuses of media saturation, the fact that people are reading formats other than traditional books, user-generated content, etc.

The visitors were mostly our real-life (Rochester area) constituency, which was good because I’d hoped to set this up as another medium for participation for our real patrons. We also had two people from South America (one from Peru and one from Colombia) who found out about the discussion because Facebook automatically connected our Fahrenheit 451 announcement to the Ray Bradbury fan page. The magic of social networking is pretty cool.

The best part was having people say they were glad they came and that they would come back again!

]]> By: LarryN the LibraryN http://tametheweb.com/2008/05/18/etcmonroeco/#comment-3553 LarryN the LibraryN Tue, 20 May 2008 00:14:24 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=2912#comment-3553 I am a member of the committee, and as they say it is WAY too much fun. It's been a great expereince and we hope to light a fire under others in our system so that they see and take advantage of all that technology has to offer I am a member of the committee, and as they say it is WAY too much fun. It’s been a great expereince and we hope to light a fire under others in our system so that they see and take advantage of all that technology has to offer

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