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Hi Val,

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E.

23 Things: #23

Thing 23 completed...

This program generally has been an effective exercise in exploring tools and resources that fall under the rubric of Web 2.0. I think the expectation that we as librarians should be familiar with web tools that some of our patrons are using is reasonable and I appreciate InfoPeople's presenting Helene Blowers' program to us in this format.

One thing that would have been useful is the provision of guidelines for how much time one may have expected to complete the program. Maybe even for some of the Things, like Flickr, something like, if you just want to explore what's there, spend x amount of time, but if you really want to dig into it, upload photos with tags, spend y amount of time.

This last observation is not directed at all at InfoPeople but at library administrators and managers. Asking staff to complete 23 Things is fine. But when one more task is loaded on the front end, does anything get taken off the back end? If not, even staff who are open to exploring these technologies feel like they're saddled with one more thing to do, one more thing added to one's workload. And this feeling potentially dampens one's enthusiasm for undertaking the project.

23 Things: #22

Thing 22 completed. At the suggestion of our system's Technical Services Manager, I e-mailed to all computer-book selectors the process for setting up an RSS feed for Library Journal's Computer Media Reviews. This instruction tied well into Thing #7 which was all about the RSS Feed and Bloglines.

23 Things: #21

Thing 21 completed. Went to Yahoo! Podcasts, searched for "libraries" and found LibVibe: The Library News Podcast. After scanning episode descriptions, listened to the Aug 13 podcast. An interesting item was the report from Wisconsin indicating that library users and non-users are not enthusiastic about libraries' instituting new technologies (e.g., IM, podcasts, MP3 check-outs). A spokesperson who worked on the survey suggested that promoting new technologies should tie in with the "public library brand," the core mission of providing patrons with information and materials that they enjoy.

Note: Yahoo! Podcasts will not be around for long. There is a banner announcement on the site indicating that the site is closing down Oct 31.

23 Things: #20

Thing 20 completed. Viewed library-related videos on YouTube such as No Cookies in the Library/Sesame Street. Other video-sharing sites? Here are a few:

purevideo.com
stupidvideos.com
veoh.com
video.aol.com

23 Things: #19

Thing 19 completed. Went to Google Maps and saved a map showing the running route between my residence and my place of work in My Maps.