WorldCat’s New Competition

I was looking through my bloglines subscription today when I came across an article from the SF Chronicle about Open Library.  The Chronicle is billing Open Library as a major competitor for WorldCat because it offers everyone the chance to add, edit, and update the information on the books in their database.  Not only that, but Open Library allows the user to search the database to see if the book is at a library near them.  Granted, the library must be part of the Open Library family, but still…  It seems like Web2.0 is finally hitting the official library catalog/databases.

I added a post about this to one of my class’ bulletin boards, and the students were quite enthusiastic.  What do you all think?  Will this take the place of WorldCat?

Thing #17: PBWiki

I was intrigued by this assignment because I’ll have to use PBWiki in one of my classes this semester.  It was nice to play with it and see what I can do, but I must admit it was a little scary to know that if I slipped and hit the wrong buttons a couple of times, I could erase everyone’s entries.  Luckily that didn’t happen.

So, I added my blog under general blogs because I didn’t see a blog list for ACLibrary.  If someone could point me to the list (if it exists) I’ll re-list mine.  I also added Las Vegas to the favorite vacations page.

Alright, I’m exhausted.  Too much to do and not enough time.  Worked today, then to mom’s to cook dinner, then to a birthday party, and now I’m home.  I think it’s time for a nap.  A nice 8 hour long one.