I skipped Flickr for now since I have a Flickr account but forgot how to get into it. It's written down somewhere, but who needs more than one Flickr account? Not I.
So moved on to task 6: Checking out the web pages of other libraries. Things I want to remember about them are:
- PLCMC has a home page that's busy and about as appealing as the old Excite@home pages were, but it's okay because they are organized and they lead to great online offerings -- and things that make sense to offer online. Kid's pages: Links to Tumblebooks, but can't help but notice no podcasts of stories. Can't help but wonder how popular those would be. It's too difficult to go back from many of the pages you find yourself on. Book Hive, a central link to books, kid reviews, booklists, and activities is pretty good. They are selling the Harry Potter book at their event!
- Ann Arbor is okay all on blogger. But you can't get to, for ex., the kid's page right away.
- Denver is the spiffiest-looking and has the most pleasing kid's pages. Again, i wonder about podcasting stories. They offer well-voiced selections (by the YS staff, I take it), but what's the point? And when you play it on your computer, you get a canned screen-saver-like visual which distracts from the story. But, they have grea booklists, with what must be 50 categories. Again, nice looking layout, and kids' reviews. http://kids.denverlibrary.org/
