Week 9 - YouTube - Do's & Don'ts

I found the Super Librarian "YouTube" skit to be great fun yet informative. The skit gave the audience general information of some of the tasks that Library workers do. The skit demonstrated to the audience the multi-tasking skill of a library worker who provide outstanding public service from DVDs, books, audios, and internet service and the skit only ran for 00:36 seconds. I also added another librarian skit that shows what library workers should NOT be doing in this privacy age. NO! NO! NO! Checkout both skits on my sidebar.

Week 9 - Podcasts

Podcasts
Yahoo Podcast works very well to find almost any podcast that is available. I logged onto Yahoo Podcast website and search for my interest in "Public Libraries". I entered library in the search field and received over 200 podcasts for libraries.

When I limited my search to "Public Library" my search result narrowed to 50 podcasts. I selected the few that drew my interest, for example "The Library Channel, and LibVibe: the library news podcast" and subscribed to them. I immediately started receiving news about Library Stuff.

Week 9 - Audio & Video Download

I have enjoyed listening to the books that I downloaded from my library's website. I downloaded softwares necessary to play the books; Overdrive Media Console, Adobe Reader and Mobipocket Reader. Next, I downloaded my books after first entering my library barcode. Videos were introduced recently and I may never leave my computer. I use Media Player to watch my favorite movie and listen to my favorite book. This is all free and I keep the books for two weeks and the movies for one week, without penalties. Returning the books or videos are automatic so I don't have to worry about late fees. Can you beat that? Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online.

Libravox does offer the same free service as my library, but sometimes users have to fill out personal information that the library already has which is a minor irritant. They allow you to buy the audiobooks and videos. Rentals are also available, but why would one rent, when listening and downloading is free and easy? Hot audiobooks are also available for immediate listening.

Libravox's selection is wider than most public libraries, they have over 35,000 audiobooks available with no wait. At the library I sometime have to put books on hold and wait as much as two weeks to get a book that I love. The difference between most public libraries and Libravox.org is size and volume. This is a business for libravox and like Netflix they do it well.