#23 Amen!

Well, amen, halleluia and yay me!! This was very enlightening. I'm always amazed at what can be done through technology---just wish I was more capable. My favorite discovery was Last.fm---how cool to find music at my fingertips. The image generator was a lot of fun, too. I've also enjoyed getting to know each of you a little better through your blogs. Obviously, there's a whole world of communication out there. It's our jobs as librarians to make it available to those who want and need it. Thank you for this opportunity.

#22 Audiobooks

I tried to look at each of the e-book sites but became impatient with the time it took to download the tutorials. I have no interest in using these sites at this time because I don't like being "read to". Maybe as circumstances change it could become more appealing. For others, though, it's a valuable opportunity to continue their love of books, especially the physically handicapped.

#21 Podcasts

Looked over Yahoo podcasts, followed to mystery fiction and on and on to The Mystery Reader. This was a good way to break mysteries down by genre, suspenseful, light, etc. I also appreciated the notations "Explicit"---a little warning of what was ahead! Also looked at public library sites that offer podcast downloads. What a wonderful tool for the housebound readers.

#20 You Tube

Two of my favorites - James Galway and Sesame Street. Now I know where all the funny videos come from that land on my computer.

#19 Web 2.0 Awards List

This is great! I chose to look at a Web 2.0 Award Winner in the music category called Last.fm and was thrilled to find a site that I can select my artist, listen to his/her music, tag it, recommend it to a friend or ask it to never be played for me again. It's use in the library? I watched Maryland choosing music CD's for the system. This would be a terrific way for her and the committee to preview their selections.

#9 Library Blogs/News Feeds

OK, yes, I'm out of order---missed one. Two library blogs I visited: Library Garden, posted by six New Jersey librarians. A comment the struck home with me was that as librarians we are in the business of connecting people to the information they require, no matter the format. Thus, our need to be made aware of all the technology that's available to meet those requirements. Another site that appealed to me, of course, was Stephen's Lighthouse, a site maintained by Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix's Vice President of Innovation. He begins his blog with 13 Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians, including our old favorite Google and Wikipedia, Del.icio.us, and Worldcat.org. It's overwhelming out there!

Goin' to a concert!