Future Development for the Network
One thing that Ning lets you do is add RSS feeds to your network. Currently, I have added two: 1) Library Journal news and 2) Del.icio.us bookmarks for the "Library 2.0" tag.
While the former is probably familiar to most of you, the latter may not be. Basically, del.icio.us is a social bookmarking tool where people can share bookmarks publically and/or read the book marks of other people who have chosen to share their bookmarks.
People can also "tag" a bookmark with a name familiar to them. The bookmarks can then be retrieved via these tags (and sent out to an RSS feed). Perhaps there is a better tag to use for this group? I tried "atlantic_canada" to disappointing results. nova_scotia, new_brunswick, newfoundland and PEI are all available, but four different feeds could get harry. I may be able to code a feed that retrieves all four of these tags. Stay tuned!
Let me know if you have any other ideas for feeds. I thought the career beacon emails I get for librarian jobs could be a nice one, but there are no RSS feeds available for that yet.
I'm also hearing that a wiki feature may be available for Ning in the future. I think this would be a great thing -- consider, for instance, using a wiki to share leads to local history resources & information. There are lots of possibilities for this space, it all depends on how we all want to use it!
While the former is probably familiar to most of you, the latter may not be. Basically, del.icio.us is a social bookmarking tool where people can share bookmarks publically and/or read the book marks of other people who have chosen to share their bookmarks.
People can also "tag" a bookmark with a name familiar to them. The bookmarks can then be retrieved via these tags (and sent out to an RSS feed). Perhaps there is a better tag to use for this group? I tried "atlantic_canada" to disappointing results. nova_scotia, new_brunswick, newfoundland and PEI are all available, but four different feeds could get harry. I may be able to code a feed that retrieves all four of these tags. Stay tuned!
Let me know if you have any other ideas for feeds. I thought the career beacon emails I get for librarian jobs could be a nice one, but there are no RSS feeds available for that yet.
I'm also hearing that a wiki feature may be available for Ning in the future. I think this would be a great thing -- consider, for instance, using a wiki to share leads to local history resources & information. There are lots of possibilities for this space, it all depends on how we all want to use it!
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