Yes, I have actually used these before :) in real life (as opposed to web 2.0 life). I have worked in a couple of libraries which have used pod casting for various uses. One academic library used them for a walking tour of the library, which was very useful for new students (and staff). I also had to learn to use an ipod that day, which was educational, but once we found the tiny little buttons which were cleverly disguised not to stand out, was actually quite logical and worked like a tape player or CD player for those of you who are younger :)
Another academic library used them for lectures. Come to think of it, I have listened to those lectures myself as a student. (change hats) which was good as I couldn't get to the real things.
Public libraries, hm... more fun stuff I suppose, author talks or special events could be podcast, although we need to be very careful of privacy issues. Sorry, can't think of anything more creative than that. If I think of anything at Midnight, I shall add it to another blog, (not a t Midnight), which will then make no sense at all unless you read sequentially like us fuddy duddies. Which reminds me, I am actually really enjoying reading the other blogs (sequentially of course) - I think that is one of the most enjoyable parts of this course - but then as I said earlier I am a reader not a writer).
What would I subscribe to? I was actually quite interested in the Scientific American pod casts and the ABC pod casts (neither very library related). Unfortunately I couldn't get on the the Curtin one, there seemed to be an issue with that. Also many of the pod casts were an hour or more long and although we are encouraged to do this, I just can't justify spending so long on them, so while I browsed the library sites I didn't spend long there. I did e mail one to myself at home to listen to in real life - if I get a chance over Christmas. Perhaps there is a message for us in that. Maybe some of the shorter pod casts would be good for libraries, for those who have shorter attention spans, or are time poor (possibly the same people). I think there is a need for a range as libraries also attract those who are bored or money poor but time rich as well. We need as always to cater to a range of needs and styles.
XXX Harry
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
further to youtube
I wasn't sure if I could get words and video at the same time, so I chickened out and decided to do them as 2 separate blogs.
First a note: The very astute amongst you will have noticed that I don't have a blog for facebook and twitter. I have just started to tweet, so can't blog on that yet, so decided to skip ahead while tweeting, mainly due to being so behind in my training!!! and with deadlines looming. (I have also been doing blog comments, so I am ahead with that bit). It is a great excuse to see what others are up to. I am actually approaching this in a methodical way after and initial browse and am reading the blogs in chronological order so that I will see everything at least once (how very librairianish of me ).
Back to video. Love it love it love it. I am actually a fan of YouTube and my partner sends me interesting videos on a regular basis. Again I am a bit passive and lazy, but kind of have a social RSS feeds system where people who know what I like regularly send me emails with links to videos I enjoy. None of that actual having to go searching for stuff. In fact this is the first time I have actually done this. (I don't really have time to browse the net in my real life). I didn't even know where to find it, but figured typing YouTube into a well known search engine would do the trick. I found it through a slightly circuitous route, but I got there.
I do however use YouTube purely for light entertainment - but then that is a library role too, like our light fiction and DVDs. I highly value the entertainment value of libraries and think is is equally as important as the information value.
For entertainment value... could we embed interesting, amusing or relevant videos on our website? We could certainly make our own relevant clips to advertise things in the library or whatever, but somehow that excites me less :)
XXX
Harry
First a note: The very astute amongst you will have noticed that I don't have a blog for facebook and twitter. I have just started to tweet, so can't blog on that yet, so decided to skip ahead while tweeting, mainly due to being so behind in my training!!! and with deadlines looming. (I have also been doing blog comments, so I am ahead with that bit). It is a great excuse to see what others are up to. I am actually approaching this in a methodical way after and initial browse and am reading the blogs in chronological order so that I will see everything at least once (how very librairianish of me ).
Back to video. Love it love it love it. I am actually a fan of YouTube and my partner sends me interesting videos on a regular basis. Again I am a bit passive and lazy, but kind of have a social RSS feeds system where people who know what I like regularly send me emails with links to videos I enjoy. None of that actual having to go searching for stuff. In fact this is the first time I have actually done this. (I don't really have time to browse the net in my real life). I didn't even know where to find it, but figured typing YouTube into a well known search engine would do the trick. I found it through a slightly circuitous route, but I got there.
I do however use YouTube purely for light entertainment - but then that is a library role too, like our light fiction and DVDs. I highly value the entertainment value of libraries and think is is equally as important as the information value.
For entertainment value... could we embed interesting, amusing or relevant videos on our website? We could certainly make our own relevant clips to advertise things in the library or whatever, but somehow that excites me less :)
XXX
Harry
Monday, December 6, 2010
Library thing
This is a widget: See above.
I think that actually worked!
I have been to Library thing before, but couldn't see any particular use for me. I am not interested in cataloguing all my books - I enjoy cataloguing, but really! and I do have an awful LOT of books. That is really the only reason I have a house. What I have attempted to do in Library thing is to create (always more fun) a core library of the "if you were stuck on a desert island and could only take a handful of books with you which ones would you choose?" variety. I don't actually own all these books, and certainly not these editions (my copies are much older and tattier- something I consider a mark of great respect for a book).
I also have little interest in all the sharing and social aspect of web 2.0. I am not a very sharing person. Some aspects of social networking can be useful for example in reader advisory services, those websites which list books others have also listed who have visited the book you are visiting are very useful. However I an more of the voyeur than the exhibitionist and much prefer to view these sites that to contribute to them. Call me selfish... Call me irresponsible... (hm..., isn't that a song?)
Also I had a spot of bother in that I had entered 5 books in to my library, but can only see 4 of them in this view. I did change the order to alphabetical and also set the parameters to 5 books. Unfortunately the Harry Potter series dropped off the end. I felt it added a little much needed levity to the collection, which is all a bit dark with out it.
So Library thing visited - check
account created - check
library created - check (but could stand to be perfected)
And I have commented on blogs before doing the widget thing - check
XXX
Harry
I think that actually worked!
I have been to Library thing before, but couldn't see any particular use for me. I am not interested in cataloguing all my books - I enjoy cataloguing, but really! and I do have an awful LOT of books. That is really the only reason I have a house. What I have attempted to do in Library thing is to create (always more fun) a core library of the "if you were stuck on a desert island and could only take a handful of books with you which ones would you choose?" variety. I don't actually own all these books, and certainly not these editions (my copies are much older and tattier- something I consider a mark of great respect for a book).
I also have little interest in all the sharing and social aspect of web 2.0. I am not a very sharing person. Some aspects of social networking can be useful for example in reader advisory services, those websites which list books others have also listed who have visited the book you are visiting are very useful. However I an more of the voyeur than the exhibitionist and much prefer to view these sites that to contribute to them. Call me selfish... Call me irresponsible... (hm..., isn't that a song?)
Also I had a spot of bother in that I had entered 5 books in to my library, but can only see 4 of them in this view. I did change the order to alphabetical and also set the parameters to 5 books. Unfortunately the Harry Potter series dropped off the end. I felt it added a little much needed levity to the collection, which is all a bit dark with out it.
So Library thing visited - check
account created - check
library created - check (but could stand to be perfected)
And I have commented on blogs before doing the widget thing - check
XXX
Harry
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