First Post - Second topic: Blogging

(Topic 2: Blogging)
Having added a few new terms to my vocabulary in the process of having reached this second yellow brick on the road has underlined the need to keep up with changing concepts in the library world, and changing ways of thinking about and doing things. I hope to have a bit of fun as well.

I liked this quote from one of my library heros, Jessamyn West. Referring to her talk on L2 (which seems to mean Library 2.0), Jessamyn says she wanted to communicate directly with "... librarians in a very non-L2 setting trying to let them know that just because people are buzzing about L2 stuff, it doesn’t mean that it’s going to require them to learn to code perl or IM on their cell phones (necessarily). My point is that people can learn these tools and these methods of interacting easily once they can cut through the chatter and figure out what the L2 mindset is actually about. I ...[want] ... to let librarians know they shouldn’t be scared by it. " http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/

NOTE: I don't know yet how to make sidebar, below, into a link, and when I can actually create a sidebar myself, I'll move the Glossary to one. That said, I'm pretty impressed by my first effort.

LATER: I have learned how to add HTML code into my blog via the HTML edit tab, and have changed Sidebar to a link. I hope.

GLOSSARY:
Blogroll
A list of blogs on a blog (usually placed in the sidebar of a blog) that reads as a list of recommendations by the blogger of other blogs.

Post
An entry written and published to a blog.

Sidebar - One or more columns along one or both sides of most blogs' main page. They may contain profiles to the blogger, links to other blogs, categories, and other information.