facebook and librarians

Given the apparent universal adoption of facebook.com as a means of corporate and individual promotion, librarians appear have no choice but to adopt the current paradigm.

Last Friday my class went on a marvellous excursion to the Power House Museum Library and the ABC Sound Library.
We had a great time.
Many thanks to our teachers Rob and Kathy.

Podcasts

Podcasts are usually MP3, ocassionally alternate audio files, accessableby a RSS feed.
The range of subject matter is extrodinary and ranges from music to political broadcasts.

For librarians, podcasts are a positve attempt to redress client difficulties, in partcular distance and poor eyesight.

Furthermore, with the wide-spread adoption of wi-fi, these files are highly moblie.

 

It is important for librarians to make their clientel aware of these resources, perhaps via the use of the library blog or a dedicated page on the library's web site.