Week 6 #14

I tried all three searches. Searching the blog posts yielded the most results, but some of them were not really about learning 2.0. Searching the tags yielded the fewest results. It was interesting to see what was popular at technorati. Its fun to see what other people are interested in. The site seems very useful for searching blogs.

Week 9 #22

I was surprised by the number of audiobook titles available at our ebranch. The biggest obstacle to me using this is the fact that my mp3 player is an iPod. It's a shame that these materials are not compatible with a very popular player. I have checked out several titles for use at home, but I most often want audiobooks in my car. I was also impressed with the number of videos available. I haven't tried to download any of these yet. I also have not tried the ebooks. I don't really like to read very much off of a computer screen. I would much rather have the actual book.

Week 9 #21

I fell in love with podcasts a while back. Two of my favorite Harry Potter fansites started podcasting and I was hooked. Using iTunes makes keeping up with your favorite podcast very easy. Every day or so it automatically searches for new editions of the podcasts you subscribe to. For this exercise I visited PodcastAlley. Wow, there are a lot of podcasts listed when you search for library or librarian. I chose the podcast Book Voyages. This podcast looks at children's literature, culture, and other issues surrounding working with children in the library.

Week 9 #20

YouTube provides for a wide variety of uses. Mostly I have seen it used for entertainment purposes, however iHCPL has shown how useful it can be for providing informational videos to people spread over a wide area. The librarian career video from 1946 was a hoot. Definitely shows where many of the librarian stereotypes come from. I chose to embed "The March of the Librarians." I first saw this video when it originally came out. I thought it was hilarious and showed it to my mom. Her reply to the video was that you must need to be a librarian to appreciate it. Oh well.

Week 6 #13

Del.icio.us could be very useful as a back-up to favorites stored on your personal computer. I can also see the value of the site if you frequently use different computers. I'm not really sur that I can see much use for this site as a research tool, other than being able to see what sites other people are using. Popular doesn't always mean useful.

Week 5 #12

This is a very clever little tool. I think it would be most beneficial to families. This would make it very easy to manage everyone's accounts. I also like that the notices include information about holds, upcoming due dates, and overdue materials.

Week 5 #11

I love Library Thing. I've been needing something like this for years. Now if I can just find the time to put all my books here....

Week 5 #10

It was fun trying to create an online persona. It did get a little tedious clicking through all the options. I made my avatar at http://www.meez.com/home.dm I also played around with the avatars at yahoo.com. I just couldn't figure out how to put those avatars on my blog.