Week9 #22- eBooks

Well I had no idea we had so many eBooks through our digital library! I'm really impressed and think that this is wonderful. We really should push this more to customers!


I found lots of items I would like to read, but because I prefer to read my books in bed, on the bus or in the bath, I'm going to see if we have hardcopies of these items.

1.
Title: From Kung Fu to Hip Hop : Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture (eBook) SUNY Series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies
by Kato, M. T.
Publication: Albany State University of New York Press, 2007.

2.
Title: Dishwasher : One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (eBook)
by Jordan, Pete.
Publication: Pymble, NSW, New York HarperCollins, 2007.

3.
Title: Animated Man : A Life of Walt Disney (eBook)
by Barrier, J. Michael.
Publication: Berkeley University of California Press, 2007.

I'd be interested to see how many people actually use eBooks regularly, and if they prefer them to the good old fashioned paperback...

Week9-#21- Podcasts

I found when I was looking at the podcast directories Podcast.net and Podcast Alley, that it was difficult to find Indie music podcasts that were recent. All the hits I got for podcast series showing 'the best of new indie music' were from 2006 or something, which was a bit of a pain.

But I found a couple of library related podcasts like Library Geeks, which was kinda boring, but I'll keep looking to see if I can find something interesting to me.

I doubt very much I'll become a heavy user, but I would like to try and make me own at some point, but I'd have to find something worth talking about!

Week9 # 20-YouTube and others.

I really like YouTube. One of my fondest moments ever is watching the Saturday Night Live skit for 'Dick in a box' (see below) with some of my team and laughing our butts off.

I also really like YouTube because you can find almost anything. I was surprised to find so many hits when I searched for the Vinyl toys I like. I've added one below if anyone is interested.



I really think YouTube has some potential for use in Libraries, allowing public libraries to merge with AV libraries and the like. It makes it so easy to search, and I'm really beginning to appreciate tags.


And you can always find hilarious things to laugh at with your team:



or things that are amazing:

Week8 #19-Discovering Web 2.0 tools

I'm one of those people who always get some booze at Duty free on the way back from anywhere, so I have quite a supply of liqour at my place.

Cocktail builder is totally wonderful for teling you what you need and what you can do with what you have.

This one sounded pretty nasty though:

Pumpkin Martini
Skyy pumpkin infused vodka
cointreau (or other orange liqueur)
ice
swirl cointreau in a martini glass, then dump out. shake pumpkin vodka and ice strain into martini glass rimmed with pumpkin pie spice. garnish with whipped cream and cinnamon stick.

I also went to Facebook, which I'm addicted to and I still love it. Facebook has more of a potential to work for libraries than Cocktail Builder, but I do know a lot of librarians like a tipple now and again!

We are working on a wiki for our team, and had been using PBwiki, but because of this list we think we may actually go with Wetpaint

Week8- #18- Zoho

Man this really took a long time to load up, and once it did it took me ages to work out where to click, even though Postlapsaria was helping me.Once I finally made something, the internet on my work computer kept having to shut unexpectedly. These things combined make me hate Zoho deeply already.But I'm going to soldier on.

And I made it!!! I posted the below using it. I'm so proud, but i dont ever think i'll use it again.

Merry Christmas

I dont think I like Zoho.

Week7 # 17- Playing around with PBWiki

How fun is this?! So easy and interesting, and something I intend to look at lots more when I get the chance to.

And what wide taste in favourites we all have!
http://acllearn.pbwiki.com/Favourite+Music

This could be a great team building tool.

Week7 # 16-Wikis

Well I love Wikipedia for sure. I am amazed at how much information you can find,and how up to date it is!

For example, did you know that:
Today in 1958 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) was born
Today is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining until the end of the year.
and
Today in Argentina is Tango Day!

I mean, who knew!

I think that some of the library Wikis are fantastic. Library Success was really interesting to look at, and I can see myself using it in the future for some tried and tested ways of doing things. It seems like a great place for people to share experiences and best practice, and my team and I have talked about looking at one of ACL around policies, procedures and best practice.

I loved looking at the Library blog wiki, and was surprised at all the public libraries that have them for staff use or customer use. We've talked about doing this, and I think with this Web 2.0 course we are all the more better equipped to actually make it happen, and happen well!