In my search for library related media I came across an unfamiliar term "mediated culture" used by Dr Michael Wesch, he lectures on cultural anthropology and digital ethnography at Kansas State University. His research addresses how our society and culture are affected by social media and digital technology, it is very relevant to what we are experiencing in the library world.
This YouTube video was designed as a "conversation starter" to engage his students with respect to new technologies and their useage in our daily lives. In 2008, Dr Wesch won the award of "U.S. Professor of the Year".
In his words "it explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information."
Podcasts are a great way to get ways of capturing news and other snippets of information. Some of the links were not working to the sites recommended but accessed through iTunes. To obtain a series of podcasts it would be very convenient to have an RSS feed.
I have accessed the ACL Downloadable Media for the NetLibrary and audiobooks in order to use a book or two. This is a service that appeals to many of the older patrons in our library but unfortunately most of them feel they require a little bit of IT support to get started. Repeatedly, I get asked if we will be offering a class or demonstrations on using the technology. Its too bad that we cannot download from the Digital Library on the library computers as I think the service would have more uptake if we could meet our customers' demands. And, I am sure that eventually we will be able to so!
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Hi Fantail
ReplyDeleteWell done at having such a good look at You Tube and Podcasts and net library you are nearly there!! :-0