A patron from the Kentucky Talking Book Library made history when she downloaded "Charlotte’s Web" from BARD!
Read the News Release from the Library of Congress here
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
24 Things Week 10 [Part 2]: Free Online Gaming
I played insaniquarium on popcap and alchemy on MSN. These games are fun but they are very addictive and timewasters. I really try to stay away from them. For something new I tried Twivia! It was suppose to be a real time trivia game on twitter. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been updated in over a month.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
24 things Week 10 [Part 1]: Watching TV online
View the major TV network sites. How does each make their shows available? Which is the most open and accessible?
Fox- Click watch full episode button in the upper left corner and choose a show.
NBC- Click watch full episode button then choose a show. On my home computer the NBC show took longer to load than Fox show.
ABC- Click on screen shots of the shows available. On my home computer the ABC show was the fastest to load.
CBS- The site was a little harder to navigate than the three previous sites but CBS offered TV classics. I was able to watch an old episode of Twin Peaks. Cool!
PBS- By far the hardest site to navigate and the worst video quality.
Review two Internet TV distributors. Which site to you recommend and why?
Fox- Click watch full episode button in the upper left corner and choose a show.
NBC- Click watch full episode button then choose a show. On my home computer the NBC show took longer to load than Fox show.
ABC- Click on screen shots of the shows available. On my home computer the ABC show was the fastest to load.
CBS- The site was a little harder to navigate than the three previous sites but CBS offered TV classics. I was able to watch an old episode of Twin Peaks. Cool!
PBS- By far the hardest site to navigate and the worst video quality.
Review two Internet TV distributors. Which site to you recommend and why?
Hulu- Easy to use and a nice vary of shows.
BBC iPlayer- I tried to watch a show on the BBC iPlayer site and I got this message “BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK”
I recommend Hulu, my friends and family use it all the time.
Look for your favorite shows online using search engines or online directories. Recommend a show to your blog readers.
Clicker - I explored the Clicker online search engine site. A feature on the site I really like is the Netflix listings. I recommend watching the 5 minute webisodes that recap each week’s episode of Lost.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
YouTube Video Featuring the New Talking Book Digital Player
Talking book patrons curious about the digital transition should watch this video produced by State Library of Kansas. It’s a cute head on comparison between the cassette player and the digital player.
If you or someone you know would like to apply for the Talking Book program, contact your local library or go to this webpage http://www.loc.gov/nls/find.html to search by county or state.
If you or someone you know would like to apply for the Talking Book program, contact your local library or go to this webpage http://www.loc.gov/nls/find.html to search by county or state.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Week 9 [Part 1]: Podcasting
I listen to two podcast for library related stuff.
The ABC Book Reviews: A Beth and Cari Production. I love listening to these two ladies talk about books! Here are just some of the topics they have covered in recent podcasts- the Tournament of Books for 2010, Best Books of 2009, Best First Novels, News for September and "What book have you faked reading?"
Tisch Talks: The Tisch Library Podcast Series . This podcast series was featured 2009 list of 100 Terrific Websites to Celebrate National Library Week list.
http://www.onlinebestcolleges.com/blog/2009/100-terrific-websites-to-celebrate-national-library-week/
My all time favorite podcast is Gamers with Jobs Conference Call. They review lots of computer/video games and still manage not to be fan boys. If you don’t know what a fan boy is than this podcast is probably not for you.
The ABC Book Reviews: A Beth and Cari Production. I love listening to these two ladies talk about books! Here are just some of the topics they have covered in recent podcasts- the Tournament of Books for 2010, Best Books of 2009, Best First Novels, News for September and "What book have you faked reading?"
Tisch Talks: The Tisch Library Podcast Series . This podcast series was featured 2009 list of 100 Terrific Websites to Celebrate National Library Week list.
http://www.onlinebestcolleges.com/blog/2009/100-terrific-websites-to-celebrate-national-library-week/
My all time favorite podcast is Gamers with Jobs Conference Call. They review lots of computer/video games and still manage not to be fan boys. If you don’t know what a fan boy is than this podcast is probably not for you.
Week 8 - Google and Other Search Engines
This blog post in reply to the assignment and questions for KCPL’s 24things class.
Overall I’m a Google kind of gal. Using the blind search, I searched for “dragon age”. My first selection was Google, for this search Yahoo came in a close second. Next I searched for “twitters 10 billion tweets”. Google was the clear winner. Third I searched for “good Friday 2010” I was surprised. Bing was the clear winner for that search.
The video seemed a little short on Google tips and really didn’t find out anything new about Google. For yahoo, I leaned you could send an email from the search box and for Bing I learned how to quickly find a company’s customer service phone number.
Post for the Google features part of the assignment- I use Google news search and Google news alters.
Post for the Wolfram-Alpha- The things it covers it does really well, I typed in geese and got very little information
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=geese
Overall I’m a Google kind of gal. Using the blind search, I searched for “dragon age”. My first selection was Google, for this search Yahoo came in a close second. Next I searched for “twitters 10 billion tweets”. Google was the clear winner. Third I searched for “good Friday 2010” I was surprised. Bing was the clear winner for that search.
The video seemed a little short on Google tips and really didn’t find out anything new about Google. For yahoo, I leaned you could send an email from the search box and for Bing I learned how to quickly find a company’s customer service phone number.
Post for the Google features part of the assignment- I use Google news search and Google news alters.
Post for the Wolfram-Alpha- The things it covers it does really well, I typed in geese and got very little information
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=geese
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Benetech, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media and U.S. Fund for DAISY Receive $5 Million to Transform Production of Accessible Images
Benetech, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media and U.S. Fund for DAISY Receive $5 Million to Transform Production of Accessible Images
Quotes for the artcle -
Too often, students using text-based accessible instructional materials (AIM) are presented with only the words "image" or "graphic" when the devices they use to read digital text encounter illustrations, equations, graphics, photos or diagrams in textbooks.
The new Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials Center (DIAGRAM) will develop tools and best practices that will make it easier and more cost-effective to create and use accessible images across a range of educational content.
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Quotes for the artcle -
Too often, students using text-based accessible instructional materials (AIM) are presented with only the words "image" or "graphic" when the devices they use to read digital text encounter illustrations, equations, graphics, photos or diagrams in textbooks.
The new Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials Center (DIAGRAM) will develop tools and best practices that will make it easier and more cost-effective to create and use accessible images across a range of educational content.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Is Any One Reading This Blog?
I'm having way too much fun updating and maintaining my blog. I've decided to keep it going after the 24things class ends. I wanted to find out who else beside me is viewing the blog. After a little research I chose the free service SiteMeter. To find out more about this website tracking tool click here or click little logo at the bottom of the page.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Postal Service seeks 5-day delivery
Read the USA today article here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-03-01-postalservice_N.htm
This is bad news for Talking Book Libraries and Patrons. Digital download of books through BARD will help but the transition to digital is slow. Currently less than half of NKTBL's patrons have the digital players that are required for BARD service. Talking book players are also sent through the mail. That means if a person’s player breaks after the Thursday mail pick-up, the soonest they could get a replacement player would be Monday.
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