Finally the end of the Road
This has been quite a journey for me as I really thought I would not like doing this.....however it has proved itself and I did enjoy most of the tasks. I discovered so many new things and new words that were quite foreign to me before. I will probably go back and revist some of the sites (that is if I can remeber all the passwords)!!!
I found the 9 weeks to do 23 of the 2.0 was sufficient. Everyone at work agreed that each task took quite a bit of time and as we work at a busy site found it was difficult to do any of the tasks at work, so all of my 2.0 Learning had to be done from home which did take up a lot of my personal time and the use of my computer. However overall I am glad that I did it. Thanks
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
E-BOOKS
WEEK 9 (Thing 22)
I have had an account with NetLibrary for ages using it mainly from the library for customer's looking for classics etc. Had to scratch around to find my password which I eventually found as I am doing this from homebase. I looked at the Audio books as this is of particular interest as I select books for a blind customer. 10 Audio books can be taken at a time but seems like no IPod or MP3 downloads yet. Does anyone know how long one can have an e-book couldn't find this info anywhere on the site and if one of our customers download a book does it appear on their library account....haven't seem this yet?
Had a look at Kindle which I think is going to be popular as it is so portable ie on the bus or train....but what will this mean to libraries!!!
I have had an account with NetLibrary for ages using it mainly from the library for customer's looking for classics etc. Had to scratch around to find my password which I eventually found as I am doing this from homebase. I looked at the Audio books as this is of particular interest as I select books for a blind customer. 10 Audio books can be taken at a time but seems like no IPod or MP3 downloads yet. Does anyone know how long one can have an e-book couldn't find this info anywhere on the site and if one of our customers download a book does it appear on their library account....haven't seem this yet?
Had a look at Kindle which I think is going to be popular as it is so portable ie on the bus or train....but what will this mean to libraries!!!
PODCASTS
WEEK 9 (Thing 21)
Clawing my way to the end............... PODCASTS!!!!
Had a look at the 3 suggested Podcast sites and then went on to look at other podcasts by doing a good old Google search and came across Jamie Oliver's site so thought I would have a peep. Quoting his words he says "my podcast is food for your ears". I am the worst cook ever but I do like eating and so when my eye caught the words Smoothies, now this is different I love them and they can't be that hard to do.......can they???? So enjoyed listening to this site.
http://smoothiecast.co.uk/
I can see that Podcast are handy tools for Libraries (perhaps interviews with authors or book reviews), Teachers, Sermons, Medical and then just ordinary things like recipes, tips etc. They can be any length and if one gets bored you can always watch the (radio??) patterns which are amazing.
Clawing my way to the end............... PODCASTS!!!!
Had a look at the 3 suggested Podcast sites and then went on to look at other podcasts by doing a good old Google search and came across Jamie Oliver's site so thought I would have a peep. Quoting his words he says "my podcast is food for your ears". I am the worst cook ever but I do like eating and so when my eye caught the words Smoothies, now this is different I love them and they can't be that hard to do.......can they???? So enjoyed listening to this site.
http://smoothiecast.co.uk/
I can see that Podcast are handy tools for Libraries (perhaps interviews with authors or book reviews), Teachers, Sermons, Medical and then just ordinary things like recipes, tips etc. They can be any length and if one gets bored you can always watch the (radio??) patterns which are amazing.
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