Technorati

I'm glad there's a way to search blogs. It was interesting to view. I looked up some personal interests--chiefly Discworld, and found some interesting sites. I didn't cross check in google to see if the more valuable ones (interviews with Terry Pratchett) were indexed elsewhere. If there are unique things that can be used for research, then Technorati tagging is a great help. I'm not sure YET about blogs as a resource for citing in research. I guess if a recognized person in the field has a blog, then using their blogs is valuable. And if you're working on something that needs anecdotes about personal experience, that's worthwhile. I'd have to explore it a great deal more to be sure.

It was interesting to see how many libraries are doing some version of Learning 2.0. Some had fewer "things" and some had more. Fascinating. Also that all kinds of libraries are doing this. Too bad the originators aren't getting royalties!

Finally-- Technorati, like so many of the other fascinating resources we've learned about, could easily get out of hand for me (I have an obsessive personality)-- it would be all too easy to spend way too much time going from link to link with this. I do find it more difficult to see as an active tool for librarians to answer specific questions, although recommending it (and showing folks how to use it) is definitely in the picture.