Thing 23: The End?

I loved this entire exercise! It was soo much fun discovering new things. My favorite was screencasting. Although I didn't post anything (Jing ain't friendly that way), I know that I will be working with more software to get some videos made. There will be many things I will keep working on.

Thing 22: Podcasts

I Luuuvvvvv Podcasts! Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Case Closed! What a great way to get entertainment and information without being trapped by a schedule. Our library did create some podcasts. We had a wonderful staff member who sang in a chorus. She had a great voice.

Thing 21: Mashups

Hmmm, I think I'm going to have to re-read all the things on this page. Because some of the things I looked at made absolutely no sense. Stumble safe. What a unique app. It sure takes some creativity to come up with this kind of thing. Still, I need to look at this again. It's just not registering with me.

Thing Twenty: Tagging and Social Bookmarking

Delicious--This is one activity I know about! We use Delicious as a way to tag potential additions to our collection. As catalogs are no longer being published, we also use it to check on new and forcoming books from various publishing houses. I still use my bookmark/favorites list for the various computers at work but when I'm not at work or home, it's delicious!

Thing 19 multimedia

This one is so cute! There are so many creative and entertaining videos relating to the library. Love it! The "L-team" is fabulous too.



Still having one like that for our staff would be terrific. Although I'd use the Simon and Simon theme.



I'm having too much fun with You Tube. Time to get back to all seriousness. Much like everthing, there is so much out there fighting for attention, it can be a task to be certain what you want to find or the audience you are trying to reach. Surely the loudest and flashiest gets the most attention.

Thing 18 Audiobooks

I enjoyed Farrell's article. Listening to books has always been popular. My kids enjoy listening to CD books. However! I'm not into listening to books. Don't even own an MP3 or iPod device. Students have asked about the option of audio books but they seem to download or access Overdrive in private so I've not seen what it can do. They are sooo sneaky, those students.

Thing 17: Social Cataloging

I am not a cataloger at heart. Alphabetical by title suits me just fine. For a librarian I do not own a huge collections of books, but that's because I use my public library. The big collection at my house is movies and music. I can't tell you how many CD but they've all been downloaded into iTunes. But what about my movies? I'm going to be looking for something like LibraryThing...MovieThing maybe? Sorry I have no links to share but my library uses it to promote new books, so here's the link to that:

http://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/library/newbooks.htm