Library 2.0

The concept of Library 2.0 has enabled libraries to not only not be left behind in this rapidly advancing technological age, but be leading the pack.  I think our libraries have risen to the occasion admirably and am very pleased to see how the students are enjoying the Information Commons, new Huxley environment and the refashioned Flowers Room.  It's also great to think you don't have to collect every publication that was ever written, put them on the shelves most often never to be looked at again as most of the time you can find all this on the web

Technorati

This is going to be very handy for searching genealogy blogs of people with the same names as I am searching.

Delicious

Delicious is going to be very yummy!

Web 2.0 Technologies

The University library is making excellent use of Web 2.0 Technologies.  I especially enjoy Flickr.  The Snowball collection is absolutely fantastic and I often look through the photos.  The 1960s Hunter St photos were great as well.  I've always especially loved the Cultural Collections website.

Library Thing

Library Thing will help me to determine whether a book is worth reading or not.  If a lot of people have read it, you'd have to assume it has some worthwhile information.  A public library would find it extremely useful for the collection development.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/nlr841

Image Generator

http://www.fakemagazinecover.com/make.asp?template=19-540-600-free_copy_of_scene_magazine-27_13_496_571

RSS feeds

I have never heard of RSS feeds but have now found a very handy use for them (besides the usual movie reviews, Jane Austen blogs etc.) - I have added a Schmidt genealogy forum (which seems to be used regularly)

The dos and don'ts of technology (according to me)

DO - use the latest technology to your benefit in finding out and recording information which can be useful to others for their research (ie family histories and backgrounds)
DON'T - put all your personal stuff all over the internet (ie day to day garbage)

Procession through Newcastle on Autonomy Day, 1967

Procession through Newcastle on Autonomy Day, 1967
Originally uploaded by Cultural Collections, University of Newcastle

This is the top of Hunter Street (past Pacific St) in the 1960s - those were the days!

Family history research

Here's an example of what you can find - Warialda Historical Society's "Passing Glimpses" newsletter entry for a 1901 cricket game which my great grandfather played in - and I have a photo of him with his cricket team (middle front row) - also added my favourite old family photo of him in the early 1940s with his grand daughters