I had used OverDrive a year ago when I was setting up a "TumbleBooks and other audio/video available from the Sno-Isle website" presentation for parents and caregivers, and I had already downloaded video as part of those presentations; I had also promoted it to many patrons who weren't aware that Sno-Isle offered such a great service. But it was fun and instructive to look at it again. I particularly liked the "Always Available" feature for audio and video, the fact that you can tell at at a glance if an item is available ("add to cart") or not ("place a hold"), and that quite a few titles can be burned to CD. Things I didn't particularly like: you can't search nonfiction audio books by subject or Dewey, and, of course, the familiar patron complaint that these titles can't be downloaded to iPods (although I see that this will change in the near future). Oh, I also really liked the large catalog of Italian horror movies that can be downloaded and the Radio Classics section. I was also very impressed by the breadth of music available and I have showed patrons how they can access a particular piece of music on OverDrive when all the CDs of that piece are checked out: patrons love that!
What I'm not loving is that the A's are now 4.5 games out of first after losing last night to the Angels, but hey, they're still 5 games over .500. If you had told me in March that Oakland would be over.500 on June 7, I'd have suggested that you check into a drug rehab center. But the youngsters are coming along and the young pitching has been outstanding (and Rich Harden is still healthy -- be still my beating heart!). And Jack Cust, designated hitter ('cause he's a butcher in the field) shown in the photo above, is still jacking balls out. So, all is pretty well in my world...and Bobby Weir and Ratdog are coming to town 2 weeks from today -- Yeehaw!
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