Yes, I've finally got there, and what a journey it has been. Now I just have to make the time to revisit these wonderful sites and allow them to further empower and enlighten my life. The question I ponder now is, "How does one engage others in the pursuit of knowledge and entertainment, through these glorious avenues?" Me thinketh, that there is little time and even smaller numbers of staff availableto carry out such an heroic task! But let's look to the future with positivity.
My favourite sites were: the Photo galleries, the newsreader sites, Wikis, YouTube and of course the eAudiobook sites. These were sites that were either entertaining, or informative and would be useful to introduce to our patrons who may not know about them yet!
An unexpected outcome for me, was just how much is out there in cyber space and just how user friendly most of it is! It was so much fun that it has prompted me to make more time for the Internet (and to get Broadband at home), and to work out ways in which I can impart my knowledge, skills and enthusiasm onto others.
Yvonne Hodgson signing off.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Week 9 Podcasts, video and downloadable audio
As I couldn't check out the collection of audio books on the world eBook fair (it is currently being updated), I looked instead at the NetLibrary eAudiobooks site and the OverDrive site. Some of the benefits of downloading these are: to expand the Library's services, by provision of quality
audio books of Fiction and Non-fiction. Access to best sellers, classics and award winning books would be made easier and the format would be readily accessible. Of course audio books do not wear out like print materials do, so money would be saved on processing, and maintaining print materials. Once the eAudiobook has been downloaded to your desktop or laptop then it can be transferred to a portable audio device.
OverDrive had some interesting features such as the means to create a digital library collection for download. They provide a program called Digital Library Reserve which enables patrons to download popular digital audio books, eBooks, music, and video from the library's customised website. I was also impressed to see that this site had 7,500 library partners represented.
These two sites give us the scope to further develop our resource collection, whether it be for recreational reading or reading for academic advancement. What costs would be involved I'm not sure, let's hope that cost will not impede the development of these new collections.
audio books of Fiction and Non-fiction. Access to best sellers, classics and award winning books would be made easier and the format would be readily accessible. Of course audio books do not wear out like print materials do, so money would be saved on processing, and maintaining print materials. Once the eAudiobook has been downloaded to your desktop or laptop then it can be transferred to a portable audio device.
OverDrive had some interesting features such as the means to create a digital library collection for download. They provide a program called Digital Library Reserve which enables patrons to download popular digital audio books, eBooks, music, and video from the library's customised website. I was also impressed to see that this site had 7,500 library partners represented.
These two sites give us the scope to further develop our resource collection, whether it be for recreational reading or reading for academic advancement. What costs would be involved I'm not sure, let's hope that cost will not impede the development of these new collections.
Week 8 Online Applications & Tools
In the Books category I had a look at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. www.lulu.com won first place and was a site where you could publish your own work, sell your work and be able to connect with other writers. So it was a site for writers, and would be of interest to anyone wishing to pursue this career. I was happy to see that the LibraryThing site won 3rd place, as it is obviously more library orientated as it helps you create a library-quality catalogue as well as connecting people based on the books they share.
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