Heather Marie Wells

Publishing info Title: The Twitter Book Author: Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein Publisher:O’Reilly ISBN: 9780596802813 Price: $19.99. US Subjects: Web/Internet Application Normally when I need to research a technology topic for a presentation or an article, I like to scour the Internet for my references and examples. I’ve always felt that I would be able to get the most up-to-date information that way. It just seems like published tech books would be too out-dated too quickly. Recently I was supposed to facilitate a workshop on Social Media in Museums for the Arkansas Museum Association (it had to be canceled and we are working on rescheduling). Due to other work projects, I knew I wouldn’t have the time to search the Internet and figure out which references were reputable and which weren’t. I particularly needed to research Twitter since it was the newest (and hottest) of the social media apps, and although I use Twitter personally and professionally, I also realize I’m not an advance...

Title: Listen Up! : Podcasting for Schools and Libraries Author: Linda W. Braun Publisher: Information Today, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-57387-304-8 Price: $29.50 US Subjects: Internet in education; Libraries and the Internet; and Podcasting When I learned that Leo Laporte ( TWiT ) had done the forward to this book I figured it was a pretty safe bet that it would be a stellar reference for podcasting and I was right. Linda W. Braun set out to create a book that would explain podcasting to schools and libraries without the necessity of a lot of technical knowledge and I think she has achieved this goal marvelously. The book is broken into six chapters: This Thing We Call Podcasting; Before You Get Started; Real Life Examples; What Makes a Great Podcast: Developing the Content; What Makes a Great Podcast: the Technology; and Get the Word Out. The table of contents breaks the chapters down further into subtitles and sidebars making it easy to find the section you want at a glance. Each section...