I never cease to be amazed by the volume of information, entertainment, comments, sites etc. that are available on the web. Oh to have the time to discover them all, and spend time with your favourites.
Some sites have been immediately useful in day to day work - eg. Zoho writer in a library with no word processing facilities. LibraryThing has been suggested to borrowers, and I personally have been excited by it. 'One Sentence' is an interesting site that I visit regularly now, and have recommended to several friends.
I have enjoyed the learning process, and do feel that I have learned alot and gained tools that will help me and the borrowers in many areas. I feel more comfortable with terminology (wiki,blog,post etc) which once would have yeilded "WHAT THE?"
I have created my own blog, equipped with photos and video, which I never assumed I would do. I gained the greatest praise from my son, who after showing him my blog commented "That's sick mum, good on you".
Saturday, December 1, 2007
#22 Downloadable audio books
I had a look at NetLibrary and OverDrive, where libraries can subscribe to ebooks, music and videos. They provided a relatively small number of titles, but I suppose this will quickly increase. The world ebook fair site was not easy to understand, and what was available to dowload appeared very limited.
#21 Podcasts
There are certainly a huge number of audio broadcasts to listen to, on just about every imaginable subject. On Podcast.net I went through 'soliloquies' to 'soap box & rants'. Also through Podcast.net into 'entertainment' and 'comedy' provided some interesting listening.
I could not add the RSS feed for the podcast as a message said the feed contained code errors.
There is certainly use for podcasts in the library situation - information provided on audio is just another format for patrons to utilise.
I could not add the RSS feed for the podcast as a message said the feed contained code errors.
There is certainly use for podcasts in the library situation - information provided on audio is just another format for patrons to utilise.
#20 You Tube
I have looked around You Tube quite often, and been shown some very funny, amazing, bizzare and WRONG videos by my kids.
I was very frustrated at posting my video, as it always came attatched with others. This would have been fine, except my original choice was ducks revenge which was an apparently banned commercial. When I posted it, a host of other banned commercials were on offer after it had finished playing. Some were just a bit too wild!! I have settled with 'duck lake' which seems to have other duck related videos that accompany it.
I see this as a fun tool, and the library could possibly use video presentations on its web page to highlight certain areas. People take more notice of a visual presentation than they do of great amounts of written words.
I was very frustrated at posting my video, as it always came attatched with others. This would have been fine, except my original choice was ducks revenge which was an apparently banned commercial. When I posted it, a host of other banned commercials were on offer after it had finished playing. Some were just a bit too wild!! I have settled with 'duck lake' which seems to have other duck related videos that accompany it.
I see this as a fun tool, and the library could possibly use video presentations on its web page to highlight certain areas. People take more notice of a visual presentation than they do of great amounts of written words.
#19 Discovering web 2.0 tools
The site I chose to look at was : One Sentence - true stories, told in one sentence.
http://www.onesentence.org/
I like this site because it is amazing what can be condensed into one sentence, and how much power, humour and information can be contained within it. It is just people's everyday stories - nothing really useful per se, and no application to a library setting. It is just a really interesting site.
Two of my favourites were :
"This morning while in the shower the ground shook, and I realized my greatest fear is to die naked"
"During the 90 minutes he was in our arms, his mother and I loved him a lifetime"
http://www.onesentence.org/
I like this site because it is amazing what can be condensed into one sentence, and how much power, humour and information can be contained within it. It is just people's everyday stories - nothing really useful per se, and no application to a library setting. It is just a really interesting site.
Two of my favourites were :
"This morning while in the shower the ground shook, and I realized my greatest fear is to die naked"
"During the 90 minutes he was in our arms, his mother and I loved him a lifetime"
#18 Zoho writer
What a wonderful word processing tool! Easy to use, and accessed from anywhere. This is certainly a site that I will remember for patrons wishing to use word processing on our PCs that currently dont provide this facility.
I had a look also at Google Docs : through 'new presentation' viewed the facility to produce a slide show.
I had a look also at Google Docs : through 'new presentation' viewed the facility to produce a slide show.
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