23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

I have finally reached the end of the learning 2.0 program.
It was a magnificent effort by the organisers to provide a practical way for staff to participate and create in the web 2.0 world. At times it seems that the online experience is taking over the world but, it cannot be ignored and a wide base knowledge of what the internet has to offer is essential.
My criticisms of the program are a reflection of how the program impacted on my time. As much of the program was new to me I found it at times to be a lot of reading, going between numerous links and following with exercises that may lead you to go back and forth over the material looking for the next step you had to take. It was not possible for me to work some sections of the program out in 10 or 15 minute bursts and required a block of quiet time. I did the majority of the program at home and was therefore able to study the information in a way that I felt I was learning and gathering an understanding of the tasks I was performing.
The program could have been more time effective if it had been conducted in smalll groups under the guidence of a knowledgable leader.
However, there was much gained by giving it a go and exposing so many of the library world at the one time. I have gained enormously from the experience and it has provided a step forward for us all and it is now up to us to expand on the good work that has been put in place.

22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")

I have just spent some time trawling around http://worldebookfair.org The direct link to audiobooks as well as the link on the site did not go through. Project Gutengurg looked interesting and provides a plain text file of titles or a search page at http://gutenberg.org/find
You can search via Author, title,or ebook number.
Made a brief stop at http://worldlibrary.net and this included a mass of collections including everything from Classic Literature, to the CIA's reading room and last in the list is a lot of not in print work from somebody I don't know called Dr Widger.
It seems that almost everything you want is probably floating around the net as an ebook. One of the top choices from the last 30 days from Gutenberg was "The illustrated history of furniture by Frederick Litchfield"
It is great particularly for students to have access to ebooks and many of the sites are free or minimal subscription(donation) but, for a novel I will always go the hard copy.