Play Week

I went back to week 6 and took a second look at 'Library Spot'. There is all kinds of information on this site, so I went ahead and saved it to my favorites. You are able to find bestsellers lists (ex. USA Today). Oprah's books were also on this site. It is just a fountain of really neat information.

Chain, Chain, Change

I connect with the well connected community. The customers I work with in Talking Books benefit from this. They can come into the library and use the computers. But, you might think how can they use a computer if they can't see? With technology, there are progams that can be loaded on the computers, here we have JAWS. Instead of seeing the sceen they are read back what appears on the screen. Also, having Overdrive as downloadable media is another. The blind are able to download recent titles instead of having to wait for it to come out as a talking book.

Information Is Open Source

I found our topics interesting this week. Now that information is readilly available at our fingertips, I feel that we must be careful as to what to believe. One example, that I found, hits close to home.
I was browsing Flicr the other day and decided to see if there was anyting relating to OCLS. There were pictures posted of the library and someone had taken photos of the green boxes in Talking Books, labeling them "microfilm". This is one example of why we need to be carefull of what we read on the internet.

Health, Wellness & Technology

A lot of really good information. The Wii Workout looks like it would really be a blast. The Nutrition website will be very useful. I have signed up for that. I like the recipe analyzer. They had a lot of really good blog topics.

Sept. 2, 2008

My name is Pam and I like to read. That is a reallu good thing, especially if you work in a library and are surrounded by books. I will post my favorites. I also like cats and have been showing them for the past 20 years. Currently, my cat Libris Boo Radley is ranked 11th in the Southern United States.

Week 10

I plan on downloading podcasts from my favorite radio station. I also will be downloading music,
oldies from the 50's and 60's.

Week 9

All that copyright information sure is alot of information overload. However, it is there to protect the artists and the authors. I played around with Liveplasma and thought this would be a usefull tool for our customers. It is like Novelist or What Do I Read Next - only instead of being for books it lets you know what is out there in the field of music.