One of my favorite iHCPL things was Flickr. Collecting and sharing photos on Flickr makes sharing with friends and family easy. My second favorite thing was the photo editing tools. I could see uses for them at work (promoting events to staff and customers) and at home ( funny personalized birthday cards).
One thing I would like to see is more examples of how people use web 2.0 applications for work. I know there are awards for web site "excellection". I think I'll search for a list of them so I can get some ideas from recognized bloggers and web divas.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Downloadable Media (Week 9: #22)
Downloadable media is great for when you can't get to the library or you can't to read a book(like when you're driving). LibriVox appears easy to use. Unfortunately something was wrong with the archive and I could not search for any titles. Many of the titles LibriVox are classics or books published before 1923.
Wowio is a local Houston company that offers not only public domain downloable books but copyrighted books for no charge. There are even comics and graphic novels. How do they do it? Unfortunately, they use commercial sponsorships to compensate the authors. There are questions about your habits that are a part of the registration process. They used this information to send their users advertisements. If you don't want any promotional emails, you should make sure the statement about accepting them is not checked.
Using OverDrive is a little more involved than Wowio. You won't be asked any questions but you do have to download software. This is important especially if you are using a library computer that doesn't have the software loaded on it already. Most libraries do not allow the public to download anything onto the hard drive. OverDrive will also ask you to download a security update for Windows Media player. The plus side of this is that this allows OverDrive to offer you copyrighted material for free through the public library and without advertisements. I have only one compliant and it's not really a compliant. So many people like OverDrive, you will probably have to place a hold on popular or well-known titles for a chance to check them out.
Wowio is a local Houston company that offers not only public domain downloable books but copyrighted books for no charge. There are even comics and graphic novels. How do they do it? Unfortunately, they use commercial sponsorships to compensate the authors. There are questions about your habits that are a part of the registration process. They used this information to send their users advertisements. If you don't want any promotional emails, you should make sure the statement about accepting them is not checked.
Using OverDrive is a little more involved than Wowio. You won't be asked any questions but you do have to download software. This is important especially if you are using a library computer that doesn't have the software loaded on it already. Most libraries do not allow the public to download anything onto the hard drive. OverDrive will also ask you to download a security update for Windows Media player. The plus side of this is that this allows OverDrive to offer you copyrighted material for free through the public library and without advertisements. I have only one compliant and it's not really a compliant. So many people like OverDrive, you will probably have to place a hold on popular or well-known titles for a chance to check them out.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Podcasts (Week 9: #21)
There are podcasts for just about anything you can imagine. I found a podcast for fans of Snape on Itunes and a podcast for dog owners on ipodder. I have found that some podcast directories are easier to search than others. I think Itunes is the best way to find new podcasts. As far as downloading them to my MP3 player, I like ipodder. I don't have to log on to a website. There is a program on the MP3 player that has a list of the podcasts I have subscribed to. When I attached the MP3 player to a USB port, the program starts, searches for the latest podcasts and downloads them.
I also used Bloglines to subscribe to a podcast called Collection Comics Library. I added a blogroll from Bloglines to the sidebar. You can click on Collection Comics Library on the sidebar to hear the latest podcast.
My favorite podcast is X Minus One (http://xmone.libsyn.com/). X Minus One is a science fiction radio show that was produced in the fifties.
I also used Bloglines to subscribe to a podcast called Collection Comics Library. I added a blogroll from Bloglines to the sidebar. You can click on Collection Comics Library on the sidebar to hear the latest podcast.
My favorite podcast is X Minus One (http://xmone.libsyn.com/). X Minus One is a science fiction radio show that was produced in the fifties.
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