LibWorm

I can see using this site if I was doing some concentrated research into a library topic. There are so many entries when you go in by subject, many not in English, that it's overwhelming. Going into the tag list(and I had to have them listed alphabetically to find what I wanted) was much more useful.
I searched for our library and for my name. I was surprised to find me mentioned in LisZen.com/trends: "a real time/social tool for librarians". So I'll have to look into that site a bit more.
I created an RSS feed for my name and for my library's name and subscribed to those in google reader, so we'll see what happens. This is where I think LibWorm would be very useful--to be able to create your own ongoing search for a given library topic and have the results sent to your feed reader. I will definitely use this site for that kind of research.

LibraryThing thing

I had seen LibraryThing before, but more in the context of LibraryThing for Libraries, for which I tried, but failed, to get a grant for our library. It was really interesting to go back and look at it through a reader's eyes. I had never had a reason to catalog the books I own, so didn't think I would use this, but I got an idea from the blog of someone else doing North Texas 23 Things--keep track of the books you've read and get suggestions for similar books through LibraryThings.
I think that's a great idea! So I've signed up, looked around, put in my bid for some "Early Review" books and some "Member Giveaways". It's such a great book community!
I joined the Librarians Who LibraryThing group and looked at some other groups, as well as the ThingLang, ISBN Check and MarcThing. I would probably be more interested in those applications if I were still a cataloger, but then I'm not really a cataloger at heart (i.e. appallingly un-detail-oriented). I've bookmarked LibraryThing and will definitely spend more time there.

i dig digg!

very interesting site! I'll be spending more time there--just spent about an hour and didn't even realize it! saw some gorgeous pictures of a rock festival in england, which i sent on to my facebook friends. i created an account and added this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7jpJ12lBjg. i'll have to see if anyone "diggs" it or not.

delicious!

i've been using delicious (name: cherzig)for several years now--first as a cataloger, so i have a lot of cataloging sites, then as an electronic resources librarian, so i have some of those types of sites. somewhere along the way i made a personal site but haven't done much with it.
i find social bookmarking to be extremely helpful! i have networked with several other library-related delicious accounts, such as "acclibrarians" and "FWPL". Our reference librarian also made a delicious site for library reference, for staff as well as for the publice. we have a link to it on our web site.

tagging

i think tagging is one of the most useful things for libraries to come out of web 2.0. it allows users to find information using their own way of speaking and thinking, instead of limited vocabulary subject headings that they may never think of. I had always found library of congress subject headings really difficult to work with, and was so excited when the concept of tagging became widespread.
i had tried to get a grant for librarything for our library, but alas, i failed. i think it would be extremely useful for users to be able to tag items. i've used tagging on my delicious account for several years now.

twittering away

i've been a twit for a while now. in fact i have a personal twitter page, a professional twitter page (carybcox) and our library has a twitter page that i keep updated (thecolonypl). my personal one is followed by friends and family, and i basically use the professional one to follow ala, library journal, a couple of other libraries and my favorite, Richard Wiseman, the all around cool and interesting author. Also, one called fleetwoodwack who makes crossword puzzles--like for the NY Times and all. I am in awe!
on our library twitter, we post events, links to slideshare for our monthly calendar powerpoint, and new books.

i am im-ing

before we got married, my husband and i im'd and web cammed every night. i haven't done much with it since, but i've been wanting to look into getting im reference for our library, so i started playing around with meebo.
i made a personal account and added my myspace and facebook accounts and also added google talk to my igoogle. then i downloaded meebo notifier, made a widget and put it on my desktop, and spent a few minute im-ing myself back and forth. wish i had more interesting things to say to myself, but i think i've figured it out. now i just have to get a library account and figure how and where to put it on our library web page.
well, here's my widget: