great youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvlP-tCabo
video on the first ever IT proessional

#23 the end

The end is here, but really for me at least it is the beginning. I have thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience and can see so many opportunities where we can implement web 2.0 in to our library. It is not about implementing new technology or new services just for the sake of it, but to reach out to our patrons in alternative ways then just expecting them to walk through the doors of our libraries all the time. As with all technologies in libraries balance is really important. The reality is that a lot of our patrons are not interested in this technology and don't want to learn about it, so we cannot make a complete changover to web 2.0, but there are certainly a lot of existing patrons who are interested and will use some of these technologies and by implementing them we will attract new patrons as well. To me it is about the whole picture, and using web 2.0 to enhance what we already do, and to do some outreach to those poor souls who aren't already regular library users.
Thank you very much to the State Library of Victoria for organising this program and to the Yarra Plenty staff for all of their time consuming work in making the program a success. We were only able to fit 40 staff from our library service into this program, so I am hoping to organise for the rest to do the program at a later date as I think it is very worthwhile.

#22 eAudioBooks

I think the concept of this is great and is clearly the future of audiobooks. I thought the world ebook fair site was quite 'messy' and not very easy to navigate. I would like to see our library investigate eaudiobooks and make them available to our patrons.

#21 podcasts and directories

Podcasts are great and bring that personal touch to describing a service, or task etc. There are so many podcasts about every topic you can think of. I did a quick search on raising a reader and found lots of interesting podcasts. Patrons seem more and more interested in early literacy development so I think we could create links to existing podcasts or create a few of our own on this topic in particular, or do instrucitonal podcasts or videos using YouTube to demonstrate how to use library resources and services.

#20 Youtube

I now see the fascination with YouTube that everyone seems to have. It is so much fun and so entertaining. I really liked the video below as I thought it was a lot of fun. It is called Ray of Light from ST Joseph County Public Library and is a fast forwarded day in the life of a public library and staff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtYdFV_Eak
This YouTube video is about a recipe to raise a reader. I thought this would make a great competition for library patrons.
Librarian 2.0 manifesto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Tej7RwBdM


I think there is a lot of scope for libraries to use YouTube to make our websites a lot more interesting, including library tours, services on offer, storytimes, tips for raising readers etc.

#19 facebook

I'd like to explore facebook further and develop an account for the library, or a myspace account, or perhaps both. It is probably a good way to communicate with teens etc as long as it is kept active and interesting.
Lots of my friends seem to be making facebook accounts too, and it has taken over from email.

The web 2.0 directory is just mind boggling. There are so many applications to do just about everything you can imagine. My issue is that I hate having to make an account for all sorts of separate things. I like that google and others are trying to link them together so you only have to have one account to access everything, or at least the most commonly used things.

#18 googledocs

I posted the below from googledocs. I decided to use this one so I don't have to create another account and remember another password and I think that google seems to be doing a lot of work in developing sharing resources and making them really easy to use.

This document is my first one using google docs. I just love this concept of being able to access my word documents wherever I have Internet access. Maybe if it is developed really well, it will be the end of Microsoft Office.