Thing 16: Streaming Music

I had fun with this one. Not too complicated. I used Pandora & Last.fm to searched for Michael W Smith & Chris Tomlin music. Both offered a variety their music and similar selections. I will look into this a little further.

Thing 15: Podcasts

I listen to iTunes podcasts quite frequently. They are very easy to access and download to my iPod. I tried a couple of the other options & didn't think they were as easy to maneuver. Library Podcasts could be subscribed to & people could get updates of news/events.

YouTube

You tube can be amusing. I found some Largo Library videos, mostly older stuff. I didn't like the pauses in the video - I don't know what causes that. Perhaps the library could do a video spot letting people know about the types of programs/events that were held in the past & tie it in with upcoming programs/events.

Thing 13

Largo Public Library has an online presence. Information about Largo Public Library can be found on the web using various forms of tracking. Individual preference will dictate how a person decides to receive the desired information on his or her topic.

To improve the library's visibility, the city needs to be pro-active in the marketing area. Advertise library happenings to the community. The library needs to offer quality programs that are relevant to the individuals in the community. Thus, (hopefully :)) the community members will talk, blog... positively about the library.

I feel Addictomatic was the easiest tracking device to use.

Social Media: Thing 13

I did find several references to Largo Public Library. Seems like what I found was older stuff - nothing real recent. Mostly in reference to Tosho Con & the grand opening. Tried both Largo Library & Largo Public Library searches. Maybe we could invite our patrons to participate or submit the "information" ourselves to improve our visibility.These are sites that I might find useful on occasion.

Thing 13

The library's on all three sites on several links. It seems to me that Addictomatic is the most interesting and informative.

Thing 12

Link to my LibraryThing catalog. 
While it has some handy features, and I could see myself using this site to organize/manage my reading materials, it is a very "busy" site. Almost too much information. Most of my titles were pretty popular.

Thing 12

My books were very popular, but I don't think I'll be using this particular application.

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I took the tour of “Library Thing”. It was easy to set up an account. I chose five children's books that I have used in various programs. Out of the five books, the most popular one was Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. The number of people who had this title cataloged was 1,583. There were 67 people who wrote reviews about this book.

Thing 9

It looks like it's less confusing using GoogleDocs than messing with all separate e-mails. Could speed things up a bit.