#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning?

What a marathon. Lucky me to have the chance to broaden my horizon even though I found it an uphill battle as there was so much there & my computer tolerance is fairly low. It was pretty thrilling to own my very own blog as well as and getting to know a bit about previously alien things like RSS feeds, flickr and learning that Rollyo wasn't a peppermint lolly has been a very interesting and sometimes rewarding experience. I am quite excited about being able to curl up with a real book again...

#22 Audiobooks

How cool is this? As an audiobook addict making audiobooks available to Libraries via the net sounds a great idea : less cost, more choice, less damage to fragile media. This has to take off in the future with more titles including ones that are not in the public domain. I don't know if it is that I have nearly finished the course but I started to get quite excited when I got to the Librivox volunteer programme which invites people to record chapters of books which are in the public domain and then release the audio files back on the net. Wonder how I would go reading something like "Crime and punishment" aloud??

#21 Podcasts Smodcasts

Time, time, time. It's slipping away from me. Libraries and Podcasts? Coming to a PC near you. Had a listen to some of the podcasts on the directories & found it all a bit ho hum. Although using podcasts for training or providing information in a library setting sounds interesting. I think I am just about downloaded out but have managed to add the ABC latest podcast to my blogline account so another one bites the dust.

#20 YouTube your way & I'll go mine

You could spend a life time playing with this stuff, but I don't think I have that much time left. What fun and what odd things interest people. (Check out the Naruto Shippuuden videos) I took the easy way out but couldn't resist the Medieval Librarians & the Help desk. I have spent so much of this course describing myself as "puzzled" that it is nice to know that new technology has always been a challenge for some of us .

Getting the message across is the perennial test for Libraries & doing it with humour will always get my vote.

#19 Discovering Web tools

Of course the fave is Library Thing. Checked it out and there are some of my very old friends in random list #1. so here they are. It is fun to see what we are reading and have the chance to share good reads/bad reads... Libraries using tools like LT - a Pandora's Box but challenge is what it is all about.

#18 Zoho Ho Ho Ho It's December

Library Signs for the unwary

You were warned about saying something nice about the librarian's new dress, you were told not to interrupt a librarian's conversation. You not only ignored this, but you objected to meal and smoking breaks. We explained already why the Librarian was late to work. Your borrower card has now been torn up.

This is my little exercise with ZoHo.
Using precious online time which means money to most of us for everyday PC tasks seems a bit over the top to me but hey those techo businesses would not count the cost. Probably be cheaper than paying for multiple software licences.

#17 Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki

After reading some of my colleagues experiences I thought this was going to be really difficult but it worked by copy/paste the url into the MV list and there I was. Flushed with success I went on to add an entry to my Favorite movies. So there I am telling the world about Ladyhawke