Week 23
What a relief to finish! I have become aware of several IT applications I either didn't know, or knew little, about. I have also learnt to make hyperlinks! I will keep my LibraryThing and Google.docs accounts but not the Bebo one. Some things I would like to revise, in particular wikis and RSS feeds. I found the course stressful because it seemed so long and I had to learn some IT processes as I went. However, I am now more confident aand equipped
Monday, December 29, 2008
Week 22 ebooks
I watched the video "Introduction to Netlibrary which was reasonably easy to follow, then looked at Project Gutenberg. Neither of the books for which I searched were there; Empire of the Sun and The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco. In fact, there were no books by Eco but there seemed to scores by another writer whose books seemed to historical romances (noticed this while scrolling through the alphabetical list of authors. Obviously the coverage depends on the volunteers.
I watched the video "Introduction to Netlibrary which was reasonably easy to follow, then looked at Project Gutenberg. Neither of the books for which I searched were there; Empire of the Sun and The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco. In fact, there were no books by Eco but there seemed to scores by another writer whose books seemed to historical romances (noticed this while scrolling through the alphabetical list of authors. Obviously the coverage depends on the volunteers.
Week 21 Podcasts
I now know there are 3 types of podcasts;audio only, audio + slides and audio + video.
I went into Podcast.com, searched under "book reviews" and picked out NPR Books Podcast http://podcast.com/show/7119/. I heard a book review there about a Christmas experience, there was no picture. I would have to explore podcasts more to decide if they interedt me.
I now know there are 3 types of podcasts;audio only, audio + slides and audio + video.
I went into Podcast.com, searched under "book reviews" and picked out NPR Books Podcast http://podcast.com/show/7119/. I heard a book review there about a Christmas experience, there was no picture. I would have to explore podcasts more to decide if they interedt me.
#19 Podcasts, video and E-books.
I looked at a Social Video and Sharing site, Sevenload, in Web 2.00. It seemed very trivial because I can't remember what it showed now. In YouTube Home I looked at a clip from a tribute to Miriam Makemba and noticed that access to related videos is available. Searched for, found and viewed clips from "Tin Drum" and "Blackadder in Videos and looked very briefly at Channels. In YouTube Community I chose the "38 Ghosts" nine inch nails ghosts film festival and am none the wiser after viewing it.
Had quick look at Yahoo and VideosGoogle but didn't find them interesting enough to spend time on.
Right now I can't think of any features exclusive to YouTube and co that could be used on library websites
I looked at a Social Video and Sharing site, Sevenload, in Web 2.00. It seemed very trivial because I can't remember what it showed now. In YouTube Home I looked at a clip from a tribute to Miriam Makemba and noticed that access to related videos is available. Searched for, found and viewed clips from "Tin Drum" and "Blackadder in Videos and looked very briefly at Channels. In YouTube Community I chose the "38 Ghosts" nine inch nails ghosts film festival and am none the wiser after viewing it.
Had quick look at Yahoo and VideosGoogle but didn't find them interesting enough to spend time on.
Right now I can't think of any features exclusive to YouTube and co that could be used on library websites
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