Evaluation

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Thank you CTLS for providing this opportunity to learn about 2.0 tools. This is a great program. I knew very little about all of the tools before beginning CTLS 23 Things. Now I know that I will need to explore the tools some more, so that I can assist library patrons. I want to find ways we can make use of the tools to promote our library.

Audio Books

I found out that the web is a great source for audio books. I listened to the Introduction to Netlibrary. Then I went to the Texas State Library NetLibrary site and read a children's book, All About the Saint Bernard. At librivox I chose to browse the Recently Cataloged titles and listened to Short Poetry Collection 073 by Various. It was easy. The book opened right away in Winsows Media Player. I think it would be fun to listen to an audio book with an MP3 player. I will try when I finish CTLS 23 Things and get my MP3 player.

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Podcast

Podcast.com was the easiest to search. I found several interesting podcast there. Podcast Alley lists podcasts by genre, but it requires the download of a Podcast Aggregator. My search on Yahoo Podcasts came up with only music albums when I searched for library or public library. The Educational Podcast Directory had a wide range of educational podcasts. I listened to Miettes Bedtime Story Podcast. I know some libraries are podcasting stories. This might be an easy service for libraries to provide. Part of the time we have a link to Interact on our library web page. Interact is powered by Ingram Library Services and offered free. It gives access to author interviews. image uploaded by theunabonger

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I found this video Thai Fruit Carving on the cooking section of YouTube. I liked the way the chef showed the process of carving a watermelon flower, step by step. I think that the library could create how to videos, story videos, program information videos, book review videos, or oral history videos for library patrons.

Web 2.0 Awards

I selected the maps category and explored CommunityWalk. CommunityWalk provides simple interfaces for users to create useful maps. I created a map of the location of the Taylor Public Library. The map I created is accurate. This tool could be used by the library. One drawback is that there are adds to the side of the map. There is a charge for creating a map without adds. It was fun making the map and putting the little balloon at the library location. This is a link to my map.



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Google Docs

I copied the Zoho Writer document into Google Docs and made changes. This is the changed document.