Week 10 Wikis and Video Sharing

Put Photo of Your Pet on the Wiki:
This photo was put on the Wiki to represent my beloved Billy, a pet with whom I had a close bond many years ago in Jamaica, before he ended up on the dinner table for some unknown reason to me. Since then I learnt not to develop any close bond with any pets, but I still remember Billy with much fond memories!! Nanny and her baby in this photo are descendants of Billy. This photo was taken on a recent trip to Jamaica!

Watch YouTube Videos People Have Made About Libraries:
YouTube has a number of interesting and informative videos about libraries and among these, I found the following two videos most informative:

• The University of Southern California Library of the Future Awards Ceremony: This video shows the unveiling of the visions of students from USC during their 2007 parents weekend. The team of student presenters used slide presentations to give their creative visions of the form and function of the future of academic libraries. They included the architecture, the technology and how students will use the library to achieve their academic goals.
  

• Voices from Imagination to Transformation Mid- Atlantic Library Conference:

In this video a number of delegates from a Mid-Atlantic Library Conference expressed their views about libraries of the future. Some of the areas covered in their forecasts for future libraries included:

• Emerging trends
  
• Environmental sustainability of library buildings and landscapes
• Transformations caused by social networking
• New approach to content creation and
  
• Convenience of information access

It is reassuring to know that Swinburne University of Technology Library has already had in place or is currently implementing many of the suggestions given by the delegates as their forecasts for future libraries.