I actually wrote a blog post on podcasts and podcasting for the MCPL Shoutout blog back in Sept 08. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/Blog/LibraryBlog.asp?blogID=3&Cat=MP3
The podcast world has expanded since then, but many of the podcasts that were around then turned out to be shortlived. NPR still has a great selection, and Podcast Directory lists probably thousands of them. Once I remembered how to do it, I added the RSS feed for an active podcast on Natural Horse Care to my Bloglines feeds. Now I just have to remember to check it from time to time!! I am not moved to begin my own podcast, however.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thing 16 - Wikis
Haven't posted in a while due to the various deadlines involved with Javanow, PPE Midyears, and the desk hours that go along with working at a library that circulated OVER A MILLION ITEMS LAST YEAR! Yeah baby, we're busy.
Anywho - Wikis seem like a useful interesting form of communication and cooperation if you can get everyone on board. I know MCPL has kicked around the wiki idea for several years, and I think we even have a few? I was interested to see that even though some of the links from the training were years old they were still active. The Rochester Community info page was really neat, but since MCPL serves such a range of communities around DC, I don't know if a similar effort would work. I think in our case, using it as a tool for communication would be great. We have a wiki on the Intranet for Java Now and Symphony, which was begun in Oct 09, but there are no posts to it besides the original one. I guess people can only do so much. I'd rather fool with the new apps on my Itouch.
Anywho - Wikis seem like a useful interesting form of communication and cooperation if you can get everyone on board. I know MCPL has kicked around the wiki idea for several years, and I think we even have a few? I was interested to see that even though some of the links from the training were years old they were still active. The Rochester Community info page was really neat, but since MCPL serves such a range of communities around DC, I don't know if a similar effort would work. I think in our case, using it as a tool for communication would be great. We have a wiki on the Intranet for Java Now and Symphony, which was begun in Oct 09, but there are no posts to it besides the original one. I guess people can only do so much. I'd rather fool with the new apps on my Itouch.
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