It's NOT The End--It's A Beginning!!

I really surprised myself on this journey. My favorite things were all the technology related and time saving aspects of the things I can now do. During these past weeks I have been learning some life/time management cues and short cuts. I also learned that I can push myself with the help of my wonderful coworkers and accomplish so much more than I ever dreamed[maybe even climb mountains!]
There's a whole big wonderful world of mind-boggling things out there and I really do want to be a part of it. I want to help our patrons and get them as excited about this as I am.
The only thing that I would like you to do differently is just make sure the links work (if that's doable-it's probably not! Ah, well.)
Last, but not least--My answer is YES, YES, YES!! Where do I sign up and when will it start?

Digital Media?!!

I like the sound of MOLDI. I just wish I had been able to get access to it. I have tried several times on several days and still no access. Either the page doesn't exist or the link itself has expired. So I'm telling you what I would have liked to do: I love books and was so looking forward to being able to choose some ebooks. I hope this link will be up and running soon. I have an mp3 player that's waiting for some ebooks for me to hear!;).

Podcasting

I looked at several of the offerings in the podcast directories. I chose one of the library related ones called "LibSyn-Podcasting Made Easy. This podcast tells how users can make their own podcasts and also offers book reviews, music reviews, and numerous other things. There's even an itunes link. (I know my daughter would like that!) I'm almost finished with Learn&Play! Hallelujah!!

YouTube and Me!

I've looked around YouTube and I haven't decided whether or not I like it. I enjoyed finding some of the shows that I like, have missed and then being able to watch them. There are some things I don't mind if I never see again. So, for now I need more time to make my final decision.
The video(s) that I feel are worth adding to my blog are: Oprah's Clean Up Your Messy House Tour and Search for the World's Smartest Most Talented Kids. Both of these were very informative. (I do need to clean my house--it's not as messy as the one in the video! Thank God!) There are really a lot of talented children/teens in the world and I was very impressed.
Some of the components in these videos could be used by libraries to tell people more about the changes going on in libraries today, possibly get them interested and hopefully help make the community better library users. [I'm dreaming again!!]

Exploring CML's Tool Box--Web 2.0 tools

I had a great experience using CML's power tools and commenting on the blog about Firefox. I have to wait for it to be posted, but it was fun commenting. I'm planning to add this site to my bookmarks and use it more often as I do my daily work at home.

Discovering Web 2.0--zoho

I looked around the Web 2.0 Awards and chose the 2nd Place Winner in the Organization Section. What a treat it is to work with zoho, I'm using the writer portion to do my monthly newsletter article and I'm going to send the link to my husband (he often helps me with proofreading and I help him). I really like all the extra features and the cool tools. I haven't found anything I don't like (yet!). I can see the library staff using this whenever there are several people working on a project--such as planning a holiday party, less emailing. (I think I'm getting hungry--I keep thinking about food! teehee)
Many of the wonderful features of zoho are that it has such a broad range of applications and so many other programs and documents that can use it. I can hardly wait to import some of my current documents to see the results. All in all--I really liked it.

Web-based apps: I'm trying to break free!

I discovered that with google docs I can make a list of all the people on my Christmas List or any other gift list and easily keep track of things needed, purchased, hidden, and the amount spent. I can then get them wrapped before Christmas eve (for a change) and get to bed EARLY!! Oh Happy, Happy Day!! I also found a beautiful template for 2009 which will help me when planning activities for my housing complex. I'm so excited about this.
I think using google docs in the library could save an enormous amount of time when several staff are working on a project or just needing to get the same message to all. With many email messages not having to be sent to and fro, time saved is really money banked.