Week 1: My first blog post September 6, 2006

Hello LIS 757 classmates and Amanda! My name is Heather Bennett and I have completed one full term, two co-op terms and a distance course so far towards my MLIS. I just returned from co-op with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and am excited to be back in the student lifestyle for a while!

This is the first time I have blogged, but I have been monitoring others’ blogs through my Bloglines account for the past 4 months or so. Oh, and I also love my google homepage, which I have customised with the weather, a few news feeds, a daily joke and a bejeweled game. I think of it as a mini-aggregator with visual appeal. I am excited to be starting a del.icio.us account – it has been on the ‘to do’ list for a while and it was surprisingly easy to set up (although tagging is a little too addictive). Thanks for the kick in the pants, Amanda!

At OTPP I was also involved in a project which gave me the chance to contemplate the usefulness of Wikis and Blogs in corporate libraries, but ultimately left before any implementation occurred. As a result I’ve had a look at a few Wiki software, PBWiki was one, but am eager to learn more.