Thing #24 - Learning 2.0 Summary

I don't believe it, I actually completed this learning exercise. Wow, I have been introduced to so many cool things to do on the computer. I am a little overwhelmed at this point, but I had a lot of fun doing this. My co-worker, Lisa Ramsay, really was a great support in getting me through this. I look forward to using the new skills I have learned.

Thing #23 - Podcasts

I viewed Podcast.net and LearnOutLoud. I never knew what a podcast was or anything about it. I found one on LearnOutLoud "Inside Yellowstone" that I have posted to my Blogline. I really liked both of these sites for locating podcasts.

Thing #22 - R.E.A.D.S. and MyLibraryDV

I browsed through both of these sites and signed up for a R.E.A.D.S. account. There are so many good books to download. I think this is a good way to get started with audio books, which I have never done before. I don't sit down and watch a lot of movies, but I was still impressed with MyLibraryDV.

Thing #21 - YouTube

I browsed thru the videos and thought this one was adorable. I love animal videos. It was between this one or one with an orangoutang standing on his head peeing into his mouth.

Thing #20 - Web 2.0 Award Sites

I browsed thru these sites and selected signed up on Backpackit and 43Things. The Backpackit site is a personal organizing site where you can make to-do lists, keep a calendar, have reminders sent to you, etc. The 43Things site is where you can list your goals and get support from others. I am going to test these out and see how they work for me. I really don't have any ideas for use of these in the library.

Thing #19 - Social Networking

This is something I have never participated in personally. I guess I have been too leery of putting personal information out there on the web. After looking over some of the social networking sites, I found one that looked appealing to me. I'm too old for MySpace and Facebook, but Eons was much more my style. It is for social networking and activity sharing geared toward ages 50+. I liked it enough to register and setup my profile and see how it goes. I am a private person so social networking on a computer will not come freely and easily, I'm sure I will have my guard up, but I wanted to give it try. As far as libraries jumping in to MySpace or Facebook, I feel what could it hurt. It might be a great way to reach out to the young adults and pull them back into the library.

Thing #17 - Adding to Linebaugh Library Wiki

I hope I added to our wiki correctly. I added the opening and closing procedures for Eagleville Library. I like the concept of our operation manuals being on a wiki. I think it will be very helpful to me during the times I am working at the Eagleville branch and performing some circulation tasks that I do not normally do at the Reference desk and don't know what I'm doing. Being able to access step-by-step instructions on the computer will be very handy. Maybe our library system could utilize the wiki tool for committee projects created during our annual "Barb Ford" meetings (i.e. the "Employee Recognition" committee).