YAHOO! I can't believe I finished it. I'm glad that I went through this journey. I was exposed to so many technologies that I was in the dark about. It was truly a journey of delightful discoveries. I feel that as a result of this whole experience I am a more technologically informed individual and librarian. I'm excited about sharing these new technologies with others as well.
Things at a Glance:
Fun - Blogging, Flickr, Image Generators, Technorati, LibraryThing, YouTube, podcasts
Useful - Bloglines, RSS feeds [I check my Bloglines account daily. It's a great resource; a one-stop webpage where I have access to many of my Internet needs.], Rollyo - creating your own search engine, Delicious - tagging & bookmarking, wiki, web-based apps, NetLibrary
As far as extensions...it would be awesome if we created a LCPL wiki that becomes a tremendous community resource. I look forward to sharing these techonologies with patrons through workshops and one-on-one interactions. Yes, I would be willing to participate in another learning series like Learning 2.0!
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
NetLibrary
I am familiar with this service, but this "thing" afforded me a good opportunity to explore it further. The eBooks are mostly adult books and they tend to be reference materials. Nice that they have books in a variety of languages.
The eAudiobooks, on the other hand, have a greater selection to choose from. It was nice browsing by subject in the eAudiobooks. However, I found it inconvenient that there was not a sypnopsis or much info about the book aside from the basics. You can preview a clip, however. I found a few books by Gary Paulsen that were just added that I would be interested in listening to.
This thing reminded me of Overdrive eBooks accessible through the LCPL catalog directly. A great selection here as well.
The eAudiobooks, on the other hand, have a greater selection to choose from. It was nice browsing by subject in the eAudiobooks. However, I found it inconvenient that there was not a sypnopsis or much info about the book aside from the basics. You can preview a clip, however. I found a few books by Gary Paulsen that were just added that I would be interested in listening to.
This thing reminded me of Overdrive eBooks accessible through the LCPL catalog directly. A great selection here as well.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Podcasts
Podcasts are almost like the audio counterpart of YouTube, although some have video components. There is an amazing variety of items with something for everyone. I subscribed to several different podcasts including stories, info, entertainment, and book news in my Bloglines account which, by the way, I check on a daily basis. I went a little overboard. It might be fun to have podcast advertisements for library programs including things such as snippets from the performer, music, etc...
I visited all 3 sites and liked Yahoo! Podcasts the best. The website's homepage is well-organized. You can see "What We Like This Week" (New and Noteworthy and Staff Picks), "What Other People Like" -- most popular and highly rated, "Explore on your Own" where you see main catagories as well as popular tags. Having had little experience with them, it was good to be given a nice overview from the start.
I visited all 3 sites and liked Yahoo! Podcasts the best. The website's homepage is well-organized. You can see "What We Like This Week" (New and Noteworthy and Staff Picks), "What Other People Like" -- most popular and highly rated, "Explore on your Own" where you see main catagories as well as popular tags. Having had little experience with them, it was good to be given a nice overview from the start.
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