Thing 21: Podcasts, Smodcasts!

For this discovery exercise we were asked to take a look at one or two of the podcast directories listed and see if we can find a podcast that interests us. I picked Yahoo podcasts and selected NPR book review podcasts to add as a RSS feed to my Bloglines account. I picked NPR book reviews because I don't get a chance to listen to NPR as much as I would like to. Now I have another way to stay up to date with some of the latest news from NPR.

Thing 20: You too can YouTube

What I liked about YouTube is that it gives people a chance to have their 15 minutes of fame. It gives musicians and singers a chance to be heard and possibly be discovered by a record company. What I don't like about YouTube is that anything can be posted. There's videos posted of people fighting and doing all sorts of other things that I won't mention. You get the good, bad and the ugly. Over all I think YouTube is a good thing. Can I see any features or components of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites? Well, patrons could click on a link to see what a storytime program, summer reading program and adult programs are like. I picked this funny and cute video because of the beautiful tiger cubs and the cute monkey. Adorable and smart!

Love the sport and the music!

Thing 19: Discovering Web 2.0 tools

I selected Wetpaint. What I liked about Wetpaint was that it has combined the finest elements of blogs, social networking and wikis. While exploring Wetpaint, I discovered a wiki by Nancy Pearl. It was very user friendly. It offers a lot of great info that I found useful. Could I see any applications for its use in a library setting? Patrons could create a wiki of their favorite books, cds and dvds. We are often asked if we keep a record of all of the items that they've ever checked out. This could be a good way for them to keep track of what they've read, listen to or watched.

Thing 18: Web-based Apps: There not just for desktops

For this discovery exercise, we were asked to take a look at Zoho Writer, create a document and then document your discoveries in your blog. At first I didn't know which Office Suite or Productivity Tools to choose. Finally I picked show zoho. After I decided what I wanted to do in show zoho, I had fun with it. One problem I encountered when I added a text box, was that I couldn't backspace or highlight a letter or word to delete it. I had to delete the whole text box and start over again. Here's what I created!

Thing 17: Playing around with PBWiki

I accessed the PLCMC Learning 2.0 wiki and create a login account for myself. To mark my adventure, I added my blog to the Favorite Blog page. I decided to give the optional exercise a try. So, I added a few favorites to several pages. It was interesting to see what other bloggers had added too.

Thing 16: So what’s in a wiki?

Wiki is an excellent way to share ideas and to collect topics all in one place.
The one of interesting things that I discovered was Bookswim. It's a Netflix type of book rental system. That might be fun to try.

Thing 15: On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...

I feel that Into the new world of librarianship describes LCPL best because we have those traits. LCPL is striving to breakdown barriers and allow users access wherever they are: home, work, commuting, school, or at the library, bases all planning and proposals for services, materials and outreach on user needs and wants, participating in other thriving communities build connections online where their users live, doesn't buy technology for the sake of technology, “Techno-worship” does not exist here, recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology and recognizes how quickly the world and library users change with advancing technology.