Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Week 9 - Thing 23

Learning about Web 2.0 capabilities/options will undoubtedly make me a better resource librarian. There are so many tools that make researching easier, faster and more thorough - and fun as well. I especially enjoyed learning about LibraryThing - it's the one interactive site I just might join for personal pleasure - I've always thought (or liked to think) that the titles in my personal library "spoke volumes" about who I am (or imagine myself to be) - it would be interesting to share it (my library) on the web and see what happens - maybe I'll meet a few other eccentrics (I know they're out there). Most of the sites I learned about I would need additional time on in order to become proficient and comfortable recommending/explaining to customers. I admit that I'm still wedded to hardcovers (for pleasure reading anyway) and have a hard time imagining myself reading e-books as a first choice - but you never know. I enjoyed the 23-Things course and would certainly recommend it to others.

Week 9 - Thing 22

Completed tutorials for Overdrive Digital Media and Net Library and explored Project Guttenburg. Particularly impressed with Net Library and ease of downloading digital media. Makes me wonder why anyone bothers purchasing at retail prices. Project Guttenburg quite extensive and especially nice that offerings are in various languages. The Shakespeare listings were comprehensive and nice to have questionable works (attributed to) also available for reading/browsing.