Mashups

Mashups/Googlemaps could be useful for our region to show patrons the exact locations of our branches with information attached such as opening hours. I think the voicethread mashup would also be helpful adding an extra format of information in our history room. Really, as I browsed through Big huge labs people can be as creative as they like with this technology. I have enjoyed looking at some great artistic work. (Thought I should put another photo in here other than another magpie!)

Podcasts and Audio

Podcasts could be another service used in our library system as a tool to be used by patrons who have missed author talks, storytime, books reviews or any event that has been perviously held at the library. Many people are "time poor" as we hear, so a missed session could be accessed at a later time via computer. Also sight impaired clients may feel audio podcasts are an additional service for them. At a personal level I enjoy listening to podcasts on a favourite radio station.

Answer Boards & Social Searching

It was good to see the positive response the Librarians Answer Board received, really good feedback from the community. This has to raise the profile of libraries when adding in the answers where additional information can be found, at libraries and on their websites. Answer boards could be used as another search tool adding another resource skill.
Many patrons may feel comfortable using answer boards as they can remain anonymous if they wish.
I didn't post an answer on Yahoo Answers but I did search a subject I am familiar with and checked out the questions and answers instead. I was checking to verify whether the information posted was accurate and I found most of the information to be correct.
There are so many people "Slamming the Boards", it makes for some very interesting reading.Tag lines and signatures seem to promote USA libraries so it would be great to see more Australian promotion.