Thing #35 cont'd

Unfortunately, the children's section of links didn't really impress me that much. So disappointing because I got so excited. I do have to say the Children's International Digital Library is great. I checked in on them when they were first starting out. I think my only complaint was that it took forever to load. And it still seems to. Oh, and I follow Just One More Book on Twitter. Cool site! I read a few of the books from Sillybook to my daughter, and she enjoyed it. But I have to put in a little plug here for a company that we've been using at our library for a long time called Tumblebooks. They're out of Canada. They have great customer service and frequently send out news about new services. Not only that, but they have a great selection of books that are animated. And for a minimal yearly cost, you can get all that for your library. I know, it's not free. But sometimes you do "get what you pay for". Anyway, we really like it.

Okay, and the last couple of sections are on Book Rental and Facebook. Ugh. There's that no time thing that's going on right now for me, so even though I think BooksFree sounds so neat, I don't think it'd be worth the cost right now. I used to do the quality paperback book club. That was sooooo dangerous for me. So many books, so little time. And I mean, so little time.

And Facebook. I love Facebook, although haven't been paying attention to it as much lately as we're going through a sick phase in my house. My daughter had pneumonia week before last. I have it now. Which is why I'm actually getting through this right now. I just don't have the energy to move. And I already watched two movies today for lack of being able to do anything else. Did the Visual Bookshelf. Not interested in the rest. This Thing is so horribly long. I think it could have been broken up into three Things at least.

I'm passing on the BookCrossing activity for now, but might do it later, like when my kids start school or something. Reasons mentioned earlier in post among others.

Ugh. And just noticed about checking out those articles. I read the one about the Literacy Debate in the NY Times when it came out. I really just think people are reading in different ways. I don't think the library is at risk. There have always been other venues for getting books. Now there's just more variety in format as well. I think our library has done a great job of providing various formats as they've presented themselves as viable. We've been pretty "cutting edge." But then, we've got all those high-tech IBMers and Mayo-ites to keep us hoppin'.

Done? Man, that was a lot of content!