Task 14--Downloadables--CHECK!

I'm glad this was one of our tasks, because no matter how many times we train or practice or try to become familiar with it, some patron inevitably comes up with a seemingly really simple question or issue and I can't figure it out and I feel like I look like an idiot. I usually blame the computer. But it doesn't always make me feel better. Anyway. So I hadn't really had the opportunity to play with the Media Center, so that was my goal. It happened to be loaded on the staff computer I was using, so all I had to do was create my account. Easy-fo-sheesy. Then I logged into the Media Center. One word--usable. It was intuitive, friendly, easy, even fun. It was clean and logical. The searching and browsing was really nice, you could sort by practically anything once you had a results list. I found it pretty darn delightful. I think it's very convenient that once they have that on their computer, they don't need library card numbers or to go through our site--it saves steps. I liked how visual it was, too. Finding the format you needed was easy, and so was figuring out the length, etc. If I was a bigger fan of this format, big enough to own an MP3 player, I would be in love with this. Its nice to have an account too, because now just instead of describing how functional and easy it is to patrons, I can log onto it at the info desk and show them. Think I'll win some people over that way.