Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 Overview

Learn More

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Learning More - Activities, Communities

• Learning 2.0 project – Learning initiative from Helene Blowers at Charlotte Mecklenberg PL – the one that started it all.
• Learning 2.0 podcasts -- all the podcasts from the Learning 2.0 project. Just listen to these short introductions and you'll learn a ton!
• Learning 2.1 - A continuation of the Learning 2.0 project at Charlotte Mecklenberg PL
• Library 2.0 in 15 Minutes a Day
• Five Weeks to a Social Library – OPAL archive of podcasts
• Five Weeks to a Social Library – course information
• Join the library20.ning.com community -- Share ideas with other intersted in Library 2.0.
• Sirsi/Dynix Institute -- Excellent series of seminars. Listen and view online through audio and slide presentations.
• More to Explore -- Short "learn more" postings aimed at the School Library audience.

Learning More - Readings

Online

• Library2.0 Reading List - Michael Stephens & Jenny Levine http://www.squidoo.com/library20

• What is Social Media? An e-book from Spannerworks|

  http://www.spannerworks.com/fileadmin/uploads/eBooks/What_is_Social_Media.pdf

• Serving the Niche by Katherine Mossman — LJ, July 15, 2006

  http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6349032.html

• Library 2.0 by Michael E. Casey and Laura C. Savastinuk — September 1, 2006

  http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html

• Miller, P., Chad, K. (2005). Do libraries matter? - The rise of Library 2.0, Talis November 2005.

  http://www.talis.com/downloads/white_papers/DoLibrariesMatter.pdf

• What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Softwareby Tim O'Reilly 09/30/2005

  http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

• 20 tips for online outreach

  http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/onlineoutreach/index.html

  • Can you be find in the major search engines?
  • Are you listed in library directories
  • Get into wikipedia! Create an account there and add your library. Link it to your town’s entry.
  • Get your events listed in other local events listings – town, papers, community centers, etc.
  • Links from other town, local, county, school agencies. Offer links back to their sites
  • Lots more tips online

Print resources

• Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service, Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk. Information Today. 2007

• Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software,  Library Technology Reports, v 42, n 4. July/August 2006. Michael Stephens.
• Social Software in Library: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online. Meredith G. Farkas. Information Today. 2007

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