#23

Mission Accomplished!! I faired much better than I had expected. There were challenges in many and I would have to go back and relearn many of the steps if asked to do so again. BUT, just knowing the terms, how wikis work, how social networks operate and what is available to all of us is enormous and helpful. I don't think I will be quite as intimidated or anxious about trying new things from this point on. I'm also somewhat relieved that I don't have to monitor kids on computers. In total innocence, when Laura and I put in Library for a subject matter in selecting a podcast, one of our first choices was Lusty Librarian! "She" wasn't reviewing any top ten book selections...

#22

Laura and I also collaborated on the Librivox assignment. We read about this wiki and then listened to a sample - THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A man and little girl were narrating and the little girl was darling. We went on to choose THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, clicked on the Zip file, chose save, saved to desk top and right clicked to open. There it was. A woman was narrating the story but she was ultra dramatic! We couldn't bear to listen to the complete story. But, with volunteer help, this can be a problem, I'm sure. The audio quality on both of the stories was excellent.

#21

Laura and I combined forces to do this exercise. We looked at all 3 suggested directories for podcasts. In the Poddirectory we used Library as a subject and from that selected COLLECTED COMICS LIBRARY. We did not have to create an account for this directory and there was a place to subscribe to the feed through favorites. I had been initially interested in the comics subject after talking about comic books and graphic novels this morning at coffee. They have become a big item in the Library and book fields and I think we all agreed that whatever it takes to make readers of younger people, is something we need to support.

Laura and I also noted the Teen Reviews on the Thomas Ford Memorial Library podcast in Western Springs, Illinois. Book reviews is one subject that would be greatly usedful to Libraries (if they came from reliable podcasts!) We also noted a lot of junk available for the choosing.

#20

I think we all have enjoyed watching all sorts of things on You Tube.

I have looked up Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo, my childhood heros.

So far, most of what I have seen has been purely for entertainment and not much related to anything too serious. But when I searched pod casts for things such as American History, I found, for instance, readings of the Federalist papers. Since we had just celebrated Constitution Day, I was looking for something along those lines. Being able to access something like this in a smart room for class would be great.

#19b-c

I was pleasantly surprised to see my most favorite, PANDORA, listed as one of the Web 2.0 Award nominees. About a year ago Dale and I started listening to Pandora and now Dale has a serious addiction problem with it! He is a BIG music lover and goes from one artist to another when he gets on Pandora which takes him late into the night sometimes. I like the way it offers suggestions of different artists - Lyle Lovett to Joe Cocker for instance.

I can see music students using this to explore some artists/composers/songs.

My second favorite choice was Ancestry Press. I am into family albums and think this site would be very useful! It may not be something that a student at an academic library would use, but I would guess public libraries could route their patrons to a site like this.

#18c ZoHo

Today is September 4 and I have just created a ZoHo account. This is pretty cool and I can see the value of having a word processing program at any point in time. I'm beginning to understand tags and how they may be used as folders. So where does the word ZOHO come from? I know that SoHo in NYC means south of Houston Street and HoDo in Fargo refers to the Hotel Donaldsons, but ZoHo?

The above was the document that I had saved on ZoHo. I "published" it today 9/23/08.

15b

I have enjoyed reading the different perspectives on Library 2.0. Yes, many of the philosphies of service have been the foundation of library services, yet we are obligated to blend our principles and values with the changes in the world. I think of the old "Seinfeld" librarian who guarded the collection as his own, but we today can't be a "come to us" library any longer - we need to have make available catalogs, database, etc. no matter where our patrons are. I also agreed with the statement that we need to eliminate barriors that exist between patrons and the information with one button commands for example "Blog This". Why not make the technology as user friendly as possible?! I think academic libraries still have a major role in teaching our students/patrons compared to a public library. One statement that was made referred to "greater returns on financial investments" which certainly would apply to public libraries but would apply to us as well.