OverDrive has alot to offer. Much of the value lies in being able to access new materials. I looked up a current bestseller, The Almost Moon, by Alice Seibold, which is available on OverDrive. Not the case in the other 2 sites, Librivox and Wowio. OverDrive is also a source for videos - I looked John Wayne up and found 3 titles available.
I did find Librivox's premise interesting, where volunteers record books in the public domain. Wowio is interesting, too, and can appeal to different audiences (offers comic books in ebook form, for instance.)
Friday, November 30, 2007
Week 9 #21
I looked at a couple of the podcast directories and chose "libVibe". I would have liked more of a description on the page of what this podcast site was about - I wasn't sure at first if it was a local thing or national in scope. I did listen to a session on it about a patron's complaint about porn being viewed by another patron in the library and the director's response and found the report interesting. I saved the rss feed to my bloglines account.
Personally, I prefer to read news, so would not be real likely to use this particular podcast site often, but can again see the value of podcasts, especially if you find a podcast site of real interest and want to keep up with it. It is so handy to be able to save such a site on bloglines!
Personally, I prefer to read news, so would not be real likely to use this particular podcast site often, but can again see the value of podcasts, especially if you find a podcast site of real interest and want to keep up with it. It is so handy to be able to save such a site on bloglines!
Week 9 #20
I couldn't resist watching the librarian video from 1946. What a hoot! It was interesting to note how things in the field have remained the same (reference questions, customer service, etc.,) yet have also changed (with technology, etc.)
My comments on the YouTube site - I can see the value because of the vast assortment of topics, many of them informative and informational. Obviously, these sort of videos could be of assistance/interest to patrons if added to library websites, or even original library-created videos that provide instructions for sources, databases, etc.
However, just a quick glance of the viewing options (for instance most viewed) told me this site has much questionable or even possibly x rated material, so it is definitely something to be wary of. I wasn't even sure if I could trust the categories as being "safe" as to content.
My comments on the YouTube site - I can see the value because of the vast assortment of topics, many of them informative and informational. Obviously, these sort of videos could be of assistance/interest to patrons if added to library websites, or even original library-created videos that provide instructions for sources, databases, etc.
However, just a quick glance of the viewing options (for instance most viewed) told me this site has much questionable or even possibly x rated material, so it is definitely something to be wary of. I wasn't even sure if I could trust the categories as being "safe" as to content.
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