Thing 35: Book 2.0

I find the discussion on web reading to be very interesting and really
enjoyed reading the article "The Future of Reading: Literacy Debate:
Online, R U Really Reading?" by Motoko Rich.  I feel that online reading
is like all things; good in moderation.  I feel the article
made some valid points about online reading and the problems it may cause. 
I especially liked their discussion on fanfiction.net and how reading it by
itself (though fun) will not help your child gain all the reading skills they need
but doing a variety of reading will be must more helpful.
I also tried Twitterlit which serviced me the literary teaser of "Ok, I lied." 
which I don't know what book it came from (I have labeled the answer to this
question).  I don't think I will now many of the answers to Twitterlit questioning
put if I only get one right I will feel like I am total awesome.  I looked at
ReadingTrails and thought it a fun site to get lost in and I would find way too
many books that I want or need to read.   I found Swaptree to be very interesting
and if I had more time I will even investigate it more.  I also liked many of the
readers advisory sites and hope to pass them on to patrons.  In all there was so
many interesting sites to look at that I will be spending some of my free
time looking more closely through them.

Thing 34: Is this Our Competition? Online Answer Sites

I don't really feel like Answer Sites are our competition and that with the advancing Internet age people will still be using the library. Ultimately, the questions we are getting asked have changed. People seem to want to find their own answers to questions and answer sites allow them to do that. I also feel like it gives people a feeling of safety especially if they feel embarrassed about the question they are asking. Sometimes I even use Answers Sites to answer patrons questions. The only real problem I have with these site is a validity of the answers. Now for some questions the answer is fairly simple and I feel like I can trust people's answers. However, sometimes you get strange answers to questions and that I really think is the problem with Answer Sites. Also, I took a look at the Slam the Boards Wiki and some of the questions that where asks seemed silly.