Podcasting and Online Hosted Video

From my perspective I can imagine multiple applications appropriate for this technology. In fact, just this week a colleague in HSL created several mini tutorials instructing library clientèle on how to do such things as place a request for interlibrary loan materials via ILLiad: Interlibrary Loan for UB Faculty, Staff & Students.

In perusing YouTube I found that aside from using this technology for tutorials, many Health Sciences Libraries are using the medium to conduct tours like the University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library or for playful or public relations opportunities like the McMaster University Health Sciences Library staff dressing up for Halloween.

Online Photo Sharing

Picture of the Lyons family from Andy and Mary's wedding in Florida, September 14, 2003.

Flicker is a great way to share pictures, etc. with family, friends and colleagues who are in far away places, and around the corner. In order to make better use of flickr and publishing photos in Facebook, I need a bit more practice.

Web Office Tools

Tried Google Docs, Zoho Web, and Mircrosoft Office Live. Great concept, and certainly a valuable tool that can be used when sharing and/or collaborating on documents, presentations and information with colleagues, friends and family. Each has slightly different features which makes the selection of which to use somewhat based upon what a person is accustomed to using. With frequent use the particulars of each would come more easily. I can put these tools to use immediately!

del.icio.us

I have been using several del.icio.us accounts for awhile. We have developed a del.icio.us account for the Reference and Education Services (RES) department of the library, and I have been using a personal account too.

The library account is shared by everyone in the RES department and is often used to highlight important, relevant, and highly useful websites that are frequently consulted as tools for responding to information requests. It is used as an internal tool within the department that allows everyone to have the same access to information resources. Members of the department can add additional resources as found, notifying others in RES that they have added new tools.

Personally, I've used my account for professional and personal links. The professional links are to resources that I frequently consult or that I believe to be relevant to my work. Personal links fall within the areas of sites I think are fun, of interest to me or others that I want to share. In addition, as has been stated previously by others, del.icio.us allows me access to my links no matter where I am. 8->