Alex's Web 2.0 Fun: Webcast: Web 2.0: What library managers need to know

I've decided to use this blog as a learning blog to help me reminder all the tools I'll be looking at in the next few weeks. I viewed Helene Blowers' webcast last night and was seriously impressed. I actually started taking notes so I wouldn't forget items I wanted to investigate later. I'm going to type my notes in here, so I can have access to them, one of the ideas suggested in the program.

Web 2.0

collaborating and sharing information online.
"harnessing the collective intelligence." Tim O'Reilly, who coined the term.

Wiki's

Look at: http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/, the Blogging Libraries Wiki
Use a Wiki for a subject guide
Try a book lover wiki for book reviews linked from the library website
Wiki's can "roll back" revisions made
You can set up to get an email each time the wiki, or a part of it you designate, has been edited
A wiki about how libraries are using wiki's - http://www.libsuccess.org/

RSS

Really Simple Syndication
Good tool to help stay on top of news and issues
Need a newsreader to make this happen. Yahoo is the most popular one.
Tecnorati.com can search the "blogosphere" to see if your library has been mentioned in anyone's blog

Podcasting

Effective for marketing to teens
Check the podcast page at http://www.libsuccess.org/

Social Networking

MySpace, FaceBook, etc.
Another good way to connect with teens
Can create a teen MySpace page for your library. Has been successful for some libraries.
You can create your own social network using Ning: http://library20.ning.com/

Blowers suggests becoming a Knowledge Player, who plays with emerging technologies without having to become an expert on them.

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