Apps

I think it is wonderful that OverDrive Media Console has an app available for mobile devices. I had already downloaded the OverDrive app on my smartphone, shortly after I purchased my smartphone, a couple of years ago. I personally prefer audiobooks to eBooks, so instead of downloading an eBook, I downloaded an audiobook. I haven't returned it yet, because I want to listen to the audiobook first (it's a book I have been meaning to read for a while now), and I am already familiar with the process of returning an item before the return date.
I had also already downloaded the BiblioNB app on my phone last fall. Another wonderful app to have on my smartphone! Coincidentally, a library patron asked me to show her how to use the BiblioNB app this morning. I also have the Goodreads app on my smartphone and I really enjoy using it to update my shelves and to view the quote of the day.

Sharing

This week I learned about a new sharing and curation tool called Scoop.it!
I have never used this tool before and I am finding it slightly confusing and not as user-friendly as other sharing sites, such as Pinterest. With a little more practice, I am sure I will eventually familiarize myself with this tool. It seems like a very useful curation tool, once users familiarize themselves with it.

Multimedia

This week, I am learning about online multimedia tools. Below is a video I uploaded from www.youtube.com:

 

 

I also listened to a podcast called "Canada Reads 2014: Wab Kinew and Joseph Boyden on The Orenda" (click on this link to listen to it: http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/listen/index.html). "The Orenda" is the winner of Canada Reads 2014. I am planning to read "The Orenda" by Joseph Boyden with the library's Books by the Sea book club participants, and was therefore intrigued to listen to this podcast. One of my favorite parts of the poadcast was listening to CBC Radio's Wab Kinew's powerful opening argument for the nomination of "The Orenda" by Joseph Boyden; "[...] This is not the myth of a missionary; this is confession for colonization that gives voice to the indigenous so we can have a new conversation. Without that, no truth, no reconciliation. And that's why "The Orenda" is the book to change our nation."