#23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning...

I enjoyed participating in the program and spent many hours exploring and learning the new tools. I had to get a notebook for all the username and passwords that I used. It was a great way to get to know web 2.0. I like # 22 Audiobooks because Queens Library has many digital books, videos, music and audiobooks via eMedia center. Technology is changing every day and this program made me try the new technologies. It was a great challenge all 22 but I liked doing them. I like them all because it was all new to me. I would sign up for more discovery programs in the future it is a great way to learn about all the new technology with out having to get a book and read about it.

#22 Audiobooks (or “Then end is in sight” )

I like eAudiobooks because they are downloadable books and once they are downloaded to my laptop I can transfer it to my portable media player where I have access 24 hours a day, 7 days. I don’t have to worry that it will not be available for checkout or on hold status and I don’t have to worry about the late fees if I don’t return it on time. There is a great selection for seniors and children with General Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Non Fiction, Children’s. For customers who are not able to leave their house it is great to listen to a book at home. I like the Health & Fitness section

#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts

Podcasts is a great audio blog that people can listen to and learn with online expression. There were many professional sites like music and talk shows but then I found a lot of sites that were not so good. I went to Podcast. net and because I like Stephen King I did a search and found a great podcast discussing the works of Stephen King called the Stephen King Book Club. It is a great technology that the library can use to have book clubs via podcast without having to join a book club. The Stephen King Book Club covers 5-6 chapters a week. I like to listen to the radio and I love to listen to podcasts. I added the RSS feed to my Bloglines account so I could receive content updates

Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio 20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos

Thing #19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.

I choose Marketing and the name of the application is iContact which would be a great tool to Market Queens Library and it would be great to get this tool for it represents the future of communication. It is easy to create, publish, and track email newsletters, surveys, blogs, autoresponders, and RSS feeds. iContact make it easy to create permission-based email marketing campaigns with high deliverability. They have a lot of clients with many members. I downloaded the free 15 day free trail and it is user friendly which is required by entry-level users. Icontact simplify communication because in the My Contacts column you can create My Lists, Add Contacts, Search My Contacts and My Segments. In the Create column you have My Messages, My Surveys, My Surveys and Image Library. In the Send column I can Sent Saved Messages, Send Saved Surveys, Enable Autoresponders, and View Messages Pending Delivery. The last column is Track where I can Track My Last Message, Track My Sent Messages, Track My Survey Results and Track My Autoresponders. With the free trial version I can send 1,500 messages to up to 250 subscribers. I can use any feature of the software, and free technical support is provided.

#18 Let's Collaborate and Have a Good Time

I like Google Docs application because it is a free web based application that has a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation offered by a good company called Google. It has a user friendly toolbar with New column having the applications. It is also easy to upload. You can do the same work that you can do from Microsoft Office like create and edit documents except it is online which is real time with users. Anything that is free has a limitation and there is a limit on how much I can store on my account. It is hard to share multiple documents. When documents have been modified you do not get an alert message. Google Docs is not a secure site so don’t put personal document on it.

Thing #17-1/2. Explore Facebook.

Facebook is a hot tool in the World Wide Web that can offer customers a popular book application called Books IRead. It provides a personal, yet it is virtual service that can link librarians and library customers. You can list, rate and write reviews about the books you are reading or have read in the past. You can check what other IReaders are reading and what they have to say about book that you are interested in. You can look for recommend books from IReaders who have similar reading interest. This would be a great tool also to promote the library catalog.