eAudiobooks

Looked around this site, wow how things have changed!!!
To be able to download audio files straight onto MP3 players to listen to at leisure or to have a book at your convenience available on any computer to read or printout to read later, is pretty phenomenal.

Podcast

Tried to do this exercise, but yet again, it makes it difficult when your computer doesn't have a sound card and I get blocked trying to download.

You too can YouTube

Ooops, I already navigated through YouTube on my last exercise, not realising that YouTube was number 20 on our list. Oh well!!! At least it was fresh in my head. I chose "Chick eats a big spider" because I like getting freaked out with Fear Factor and it still grosses me out even without sound.

Discovering Web 2.0 tools

For this exercise I wanted to know what all the hype was about, when referring to "You Tube". I must say I was fascinated, I could have watched and played for hours. My only saving grace was that my work computer doesn't have a sound card, so watching silent videos isn't quite the same. Great site though.

Zoho

Just trying out my discovery exercise on Zoho.  Looks interesting so far.
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Playing around with PBWiki

This exercise was a bit amusing, because I couldn't view any of the video gallery at work or download flash 9 on my work computer, due to restrictions imposed, but I managed to add my blog to the "favorite Blogs" list as instructed. I will try at home, but I get the gist of it anyway.

So what's in a Wiki

After reading all the information given, I do believe that I now know what a Wiki is.
It is a fantastic forum for public information which can be continually updated and modified. For the public, it would be wonderful if they could access the library staff and make comments on what they want in a library and where we are possibly lacking. Sometimes we think we are aware of our patrons needs, but maybe it wouldn't hurt for them to make comments that would help us to improve our service.

I think another wonderful application for this would be in our own library as an updated information board. Our staffing levels are mainly part-time employees, so we have a problem with keeping up-to-date with changes and simple everyday bits of knowledge that we need to be aware of which sometimes slips through the net, because staff all have differing business hours. It is impossible to remember who was told what. We have a notice board, but most people walk past it without reading it because it never seems to change. The information stays on the board too long.