YouTube is fab!

I love YouTube! I often use it, mainly for listening to random music and also and for looking at childhood tv shows! While this has been great fun, it has not been hugely educational so I looked at YouTube Edu channel and found lots of universities listed. The variety of videos on the various pages were fascinating, and gave me a bit of an insight into what life at the various institutions would be like, as well as projects and talks that they have hosted. Now, back to some more YouTube research...

The joy of podcasts

This Thing was great! I have subscribed to the feeds of a couple of podcasts, a couple from the BBC and one from Podcast.com, on which I found an amazing series dedicated to discussing horror in film, literature, pop culture, mythology and legend. It is a little strange to be listening to podcasts in the library, even though I listen to music when I am shelving; perhaps it is the length of time of some of the podcasts, and the fact that I am actually sat at my desk, which makes me feel like a slacker! I think this is a great way to inform students about library developments/innovations, especially as they can download things to suit them, rather than having to make timed slots for courses etc. All in all, I was very impressed with this Thing!