Horses

Horses, originally uploaded by Cavalieria.

Have been saving photos to Flickr so my daughter can view them to choose some before downloading the ones she needs - to save having to download ones she doesn;t need. It was good to revisit Flickr as it has been ages since i used it.

Online Education Database

This looks very handy. I have saved it to my "delicious" for future reference.
I notice you can access link of the podcast I copied to my last blog by simply clicking on the link. Is this because I have already subscribed? Can anyone reading this blog please click on it and tell me if they could access it straight away, or did you have to subscribe once you clicked on it. I think I am missing something here.

Booktalks Quick and Simple

The title definitely says it all! I looked at the following example from the Library Success wiki. It is indeed extremely quick and simple, but I guess gives an indication of whether you would want to read the book. I was thinking this was going to be a longer discussion perhaps suitable for HSC students.
Shea, George. A READER'S GUIDE TO CHINUA ACHEBE'S THINGS FALL APART

I then went to the Grand Rapids Public Library podcasts - I just loved the name.

I'm getting the idea that yes, I do, have to subscribe to the podcasts, rather than just be able to listen to a one-off podcast. Is this correct??

Podcasts

I have been aware of podcasts for some time and remember watching James Valentine on Mosman Library's podcast. The ability to offer patrons the opportunity to see talks such as that at a later date, either to review or see what they have missed, seems like a great use for podcasts in libraries.
The story-reading in the American library podcasts would be particularly handy for kids on long car-trips, or good for those who wish to read along with their favourite books.
I don't think my brain is quite with it this morning, as I keep getting excited about links that turn out not to be podcasts. For example, on the ABC there was a link about Edna Walling which was great, but not a podcast. The same thing happened with a lifestyle & money link, where I somehow ended up clicking on an RSS feed link. Maybe I need coffee.
Finally, I have subscribed to a podcast from the ABC - The Great Train Show. The subject option seems a bit broad in category. I don't yet understand whether it is actually necessary to subscribe to the podcast to get to listen to just one, but this is the best I could do for now. This is only an audio podcast. These could be good for long trips where you cannot get the radio stations you like when on holiday - and have the time to catch up on what you have missed.

Week 8: Answer boards etc

Little did I know how long it would be until I go back to this training when I last wrote, due to family circumstances beyond my control. Hopefully now I am back on deck and can complete the last weeks. What I did learn was the advantage of writing in my blog immediately after completing tasks, as I had already done Week 8's tasks, but had yet to write about them. From memory, my feelings about answer boards is that they can obviously be useful, especially for answers to "hard to find" questions, but for me personally I could not contemplate spending the time on them that others seem to.
"Slamming the boards" seems like a great way to advertise the skills library people have to offer. I am happy to leave it to those who are already doing it to be my representatives - they look to be doing a great job, with the examples from the exemplary answers.

LibraryThing

At first I could not really see the point of this for me personally, but I added some of my favourite books for the sake of the exercise. This led to a great find of a book i didn't know about by an author I have really enjoyed in the past. I can see it being useful for customer for "who writes like?" queries, and to peruse the reading styles of those who appear to be interested in similar subjects. I have not had a great urge to use it since doing this exercise. On the other hand, I can't STOP saving things to del.icio.us and have urged my husband to use it also. The only drawback is he keeps saving his favourites to my del.icio.us by mistake. I'll be well equipped if anyone wants to know about Suzuki VStrom motorbikes.
I have slowed down in the training over Easter, so now need to get on to the next week.

Even more del.icio.us

Of all the Learning 2.0 topics so far, I have found del.icio.us the most enticing. I can't stop looking at the listings for other people who have tagged the same sites as I have. It's my day off today, and I'm (?wasting) my day in the sun sitting at the computer!
I'm looking forward to creating a delicious (tired of punctuation!) account for our library. I found the National Library's delicious/usefulresources site fantastic, and will be urging people to use it at our library.

I have finally forced myself to move on to the Technorati part, but must say that most blogs leave me cold. I simply have no inclination to delve into the ramblings of other people. I can't image how boring it would be for others to have to read what I have written.
I found the results for "bookmobile" different on the regular and advanced searches. I don't know why I would ever search using such a word under normal circumstances.
On Technorati, I did not get any results searching the blogs using "nswpln2008", only in photos, and in posts when I chose the option "with any authority". These were not posts from any of the Learning 2.0 blogs, so am assuming this is because they are not public? There were 5 posts by Carmelita25 in librarian2librarian . Perhaps I am doing it incorrectly. I don't understand the concept of "authority" yet, so will have to find out more about this later.

I have had a brief look at Library Thing recently, but am looking forward to spending more time on this - after I hang out the washing and check out the garden. OH&S rules after all - need to move these muscles.