That's a wrap!

Feels good to be at the end of the course. I found I learnt a few new things, even though I had covered a lot of 2.0 stuff at uni last year. I think certain aspects of 2.0 would work for Cambridge like blogging and Twitter however to make it work they would need to be constantly updated and promoted.

Week 10 - Geocaching

Today I actually found out what geocaching is and it's not at all what I though it would be. Reminds me of a high tech version of the orienteering we did at school. I think it would work well in institutions with multiple library locations however as Cambridge is on its own it might not work here.  It would be good to see geocaching adopted  by the Town as a way to encourage people to use the nature reserves and parks.

Almost done. Hooray!

Week 9 - Podcasting

Hello.

I like the idea of the library podcasting snippets of guest speakers or perhaps restreaming educational tutorials or reviews on the library's blog. I don't really listen to podcasts all the time however when I was travelling I downloaded a lot of podcasts to my ipod, mainly radio comedy shows to make the long bus trips less tedious.

There are a lot of podcasts on the ABC website including ABC Radio shows such as

Film Guide with Marc Fennell, triple j

(Duration: 2 mins, filesize: 1 MB, Updated weekly)

triple j's film and dvd podcast.

Week 8 - Online video

How cute is the sneezing baby panda! I use YouTube a lot to look up music videos and funny clips. The library could use online video to deliver tutorials to library users on services that are available in the library such as requesting books and searching the library catalogue. It could also be used by staff to produce book reviews and recommendations - if one had the time or the inclination.

More panda.

Week 7- Social Networking, Facebook and Twitter

Please be my friend !

Request the friendship of Verity Du Maurier if you have a facebook account :)

Facebook and Twitter are good ways to stay connected with your friends and family, especially those living overseas. I deleted my previous facebook account because of privacy and copyright issues and because my feeds were becoming clogged with posts by 'friends' from school who wanted to share every single moment of their lives. Yawn.

Moving on to online video - hooray.

Week 6 - Tagging, Delicious and Library Thing

Hello loyal readers.

Have a look at my Library Thing widget (at the bottom of the page). I hope to continue using Library Thing as it's a great way to keep track of my reading and discuss books with other book lovers. Here is a link to my LT catalogue http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Verityr . I think it would be a good idea to have a Library Thing widget on the library's blog with staff suggestions.

Bye for now.