24thing

I wish my health situation had allowed me to more fully explore everything that was offered, instead of the bare minimum. I hope to go back and have a little more fun. I hope that the library system as a whole will foster and use some of this new technology, both for patrons and staff.

If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate? Yes!

overdrive

I searched under " horse and horses" only result was: "All the pretty horses." I listened to the excerpts (2 people are waiting ) Here is the description:

All the Pretty Horses - the first volume of the Borders Trilogy - tells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons - beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, he sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.

podcast

I looked inro the NPR podcasts for book talks. I especially enjoyed: Carry-On Books To Take You Up, Up And Away
by Nancy Pearl http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91364064

youtube

I have used YouTube to view dressage tests for free. It is helpful in learning about competitive results,

web 2.0

I played with Im Cooked. I choose it because of my addiction to FoodTV. I don't know if this would be any benefit in a library setting , other than in Reference. We often have patrons looking for recipes and the fact that you can also watch a video on the preparation would be cool. I also could see patrons saving family recipes for family and friends,

applications

It would have been very helpful to use the collaborative writing tool like ZOHO Writer when I was on the Annual Training Day Committee. We were emailing changes and the documents got very confusing

Test

This is a test document in ZOHO Writer.

wiki-waki-woo-2

I think wiki's would be great for patrons looking for recomendations for reading or listening. It would be easy to create bibliographies fast and easy. Like recommendations for other reading for Philippa Gregory when the Boleyn books were hot.

wiki-waki-woo

I did my entry early. Can't wait to read everyone's favorites. I added my favotite movie to the movie section.

web 2.0 or 3.0 or more?

From "Away from the “icebergs” - The “just in case” collection Crazy as this may sound, the time has come for us to look skeptically at the very idea of a library “collection.” Building a comprehensive collection of materials that anticipates the user’s every need (without providing wastefully where no need exists) has always been problematic, but it was an approach that made sense when information was available only in print formats, and was therefore difficult, expensive and slow to distribute. But it no longer makes sense to collect information products as if they were hard to get. They aren’t. In fact, it may no longer make sense to “collect” in the traditional sense at all. In my library, we’ve seen a 55 percent drop in circulation rates over the past twelve years, making it harder and harder to justify the continued buildup of a large “just in case” print collection. As a Web 2.0 reality continues to emerge and develop, our patrons will expect access to everything – digital collections of journals, books, blogs, podcasts, etc. You think they can’t have everything? Think again. This may be our great opportunity. How do we define libraries to our governmental "bosses" to see beyond the old definition of libraries so they will fund and support the changes we need to make? If they only see or hear about the "end of the book " they may only see a way to cut funds.

technorati-ite

Found a great site to read: 50 Tips for Implementing User-Generated Content in Your Libraryhttp://oedb.org/ blogs/ ilibrarian/ 2008/ 50-tips-for-implementing-user-generated-co...

yum yum or delicious

An easy way to create bookmarks that can be accessed from anywhere - sure,yes. And don't belittle that idea. Staff sometimes spend hours searching/researching useful sites and it's a waste when it is hard to share this information with others.

RSS

I found out how many of my favorite sites offer RSS that I had not noticed or hadn't recognized. Like for "The Onion" humor website.

Fashion knows no species!

technology commentary

After reading "A love note to the iPhone" byLynn Kalber in the Palm Beach Post on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, Iwonder how many other people will skip using a regular computer or cell phone and go direct to a product like the iPod Touch. Something portable, that "does everything".

bloggs in the library

It can be a great resourse for sharing ideas - like the Internet trainers. Also, patron comments - patrons are always asking for some way to share comments and recommendations about titles.

71/2 habits

I feel time to think and take in all the information is my biggest road block. I feel that the staff around me will be the biggest help in completing the 23things. Also, the ability to do this at home is a big "tool". I liked being able to read the 71/2 presentaion since I did not find the narrators voice very inspiring.

1st blog

It was nice to be able to access/do the 23 things this from home since I broke my right arm I have to take it easy typing with my left hand.