#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

Learning 2.0 was more time-consuming than I expected but worth the time spent! Hours more could have been spent on each activity but I feel that I have had a good introduction to Web 2.0 technologies. I would like to further explore and make use of: RSS feeds, LibraryThing, Rollyo, Del.ico.us, Technorati, Wikis, and Online applications. These would be useful for library work.

#22 Audiobooks

Explored some of the titles searching in http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm. Found the Project Gutenberg site more user friendly (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page). The site is well organised and the searching for titles in the catalogue thus is easier than searching the World Book Fair site. Audiobooks are popular and it's good to see that there is free (although limited) access to audiobooks online.

#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

Explored the 3 directories listed and found Podcastalley.com the most user-friendly. Liked LibVibe the best (http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibVibe) because it deals with library news world-wide. As with YouTube videos, podcasts would be used for the promotion of library events and activities.

#20 You too can YouTube

Explored the 6 suggested links - think that being able to add subtitles is a good idea, found Conan the Librarian funny. Also thought the YouTube Help video funny, too. Conducted a search on global warming. There were videos of varying lengths: e.g. Al Gore : Global warming testimony@Congress, 3.21.07, which ran for 37.28 minutes. The one which I particularly liked was a lot shorter (1.49 min.) "Blue Man Group on global warming". It starts slowly and builds up to a hard-hitting finish. It was short and to the point, and effectively sent a message about global warming. The graphics were quite good c.f. Al Gore's video which was "fuzzy" in parts. Library websites could produce videos of similar style, short and snappy, to advertise promotional events.

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Checked out some categories and websites. Favourites: http://answers.yahoo.com (Questions and answers category); http://reader2.com (Books category); and http://www.medstory.com (Health category). Would like to spend more time exploring these further and some of the other categories.

#18 Web-based applications

Checked out Zoho writer - could prove to be useful, especially in public libraries, where you don't have to have word processing/spreadsheet programs installed for people to be able to create documents (e.g. resumes, letters) and send them via email.

#17 Playing around with PBWiki

Added my blog to the Favorite Blogs page.

There's so much information (maybe too much and too little time to read; one link leads to another!).