Exercise 16– comment on your teachers blog

 All good!!! I have commented on the current awareness blog

Exercise 15– commenting on other blogs

  I commented on Syeda's blog for exercise 12
"Wow your blog is so Pink!!! Its nice and harmonious! well done."
 Victoria Kliman for exercise 13
"Very impressive! radiant and vibrant."

Exercise 14– inviting people to be authors on your blog

  I have invited: Syeda Amna Abbas
                          Victoria Kliman
                           Romeo Green

Changing the arrangement of your blog. ex 13

  I had a fiddle with the arrangement of my blog flipped things around played a little with gadgets. However in the end i settled for the original form. I found the custom template well balanced and easy to read.

Changing the colour of your blog

 I clicked on the template tab and enjoyed customising my blog. Now it has this 3 dimensional perspective with a mountain in the back and a glass with water drops over it. I also change some of the text colours and fonts to make it more harmonious to my visual taste.

Recommendations

 I would recommend more use of youtube! New York public library http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar  is a good example , they currently upload youtube videos in all kinds of subject matters. From footage of events held at the library to informative videos of  specific subject matters. I watched one they posted on Art deco,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YbQxPiK8E&feature=share&list=TLsu13ov8sS0q2hvToGKg_hxsGX0IGAxpv
  Another good example is Boston Public Library http://www.bpl.org/ they even have a link for Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/
  Toronto Public Library http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ is another example of incorporating 2.0 technologies. They have there own youtube channel
  For my local Cronulla Library i would recommend they create there own youtube channel. Here they can post footage of events that have been held at the library or informational and educational videos. These links can also be posted on Facebook. It would also be a good idea to refresh the website and its navigability.

Evaluation Ex10

 My local library is Cronulla branch of the sutherlandshire. They only use facebook and a little youtube. On the website you can find information on local studies, children and adult fiction etc however they dont provide additional links to facebook or any other kind of 2.0 technologies. Facebook is mainly used to post current events held at the library or book reviews. I think the reason they dont use it much is maybe due to the size of the library, its not a large facility however they may incorporate more 2.0 technology in the future.