Well this course took me a lot longer to do than I initially thought. Instead of spending a lunch time a week on this I was spending what seemed every lunch break to try and keep up. The mere mention of the word blog struck terror into the eyes of most library staff at some stage.
I feel some of the items such as RSS feeds were to involved as I doubt if i will use them again. I am also yet to be asked by a patron any question relating to a blog. Most people into blogger, myspace or facebooks work from home on their blogs. I felt at times although we need a basic understanding of a blog and what can be added to a blog we would end up spending hours on something we were not really going to use later on.
On the bright side I did learn a few things that I may use in the future. I t has not encouraged me to start blogging on a regular basis however, now when I do look at other peoples blogs I appreciate how much work and detail can go into some of them.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
audiobooks
I feel audiobooks using mp3 would be great for libraries. Although I knew it existed I can now forward onto a patron downloadable ebooks. This will be great when students have book reviews or essays due and no Library in the area has the required text.
Although for me I would not like listening to a book through my mp3 player I feel a lot of younger people would quite enjoy listening to a book on their mp3 player and it may even encourage more reading amongt younger patrons.
Although for me I would not like listening to a book through my mp3 player I feel a lot of younger people would quite enjoy listening to a book on their mp3 player and it may even encourage more reading amongt younger patrons.
Podcasts
Well the net really does have everything. I chose for my podcasts erotic expression stories. I have heard different podcasts before but the reason I chose this one was to prove that libraries are not prim and proper places which must remain silent. We are here to provide information and entertainment items for our patrons. Its not our job to censor. (I must admit after hearing the 18 plus warning and the tacky music though, I had heard enough)
I feel in libraries podcasts may be of use to patrons. I think that many of our sight impaired patrons would like all the available stories you can get from the net. We in a library could not afford to buy all these stories and it gives people access to items we cannot provide.
I feel in libraries podcasts may be of use to patrons. I think that many of our sight impaired patrons would like all the available stories you can get from the net. We in a library could not afford to buy all these stories and it gives people access to items we cannot provide.
Monday, November 12, 2007
YouTube
I really enjoy YouTube. I can look at it for hours. I went to a dance party last weekand sure enough footage from the actual event is on YouTube. The reason why I chose this video is I quite like it even though it is an American Library. It would be interesting to see what our library looked like if filmed in a similiar way. I guess for libraries this could allow training programs to be done on YouTube and staff following instructions by watching YouTube.
web 2.0 awards
My fave web 2.0 awards winner goes to "cocktail builder". Of all the winners I would use this the most. It allows you to construct a cocktail with the ingredients you have available. Sometimes when the fridge and cupboards are a bit bare, This would be of great help.
Zoho
Well this week we learnt about Zoho and how we can store documents online. I think at times this could be handy. Mostly when I forget to do things at work I can do some things at home. Anyone with a tip for the Benders Cup?
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