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Connecting the dots

Posted in Blogs, Web 2.0, applications, book discusions, books, community, information technology, library 2.0, marketing, social software, software, technology, tools, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Good post on Infoblog about best Web 2.0 practices and the library catalog.  The idea of cross-promotion within the library by way of library catalog is a good use of Web 2.0 technologies to manufacture interest in the library and what we are doing.

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Video on social networking

Posted in Web 2.0, social networking, social software, teaching, video on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Great video about social networking from the folks at Common Craft.  This would be a  neat intro for a workshop or class for beginners.
Common Craft (Lee & Sachi LeLever) create all kinds of videos on Web 2.0 topics for the non-techie web user.

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Value-added libraries

Posted in Blogs, Web 2.0, book discusions, books, community, higher education, librarians, library 2.0, social networking, social software, students, technology on October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Today I have been thinking a lot about book discussions and libraries, particularly academic libraries.  My library is sponsoring a faculty book discussion next week, around the book The View From the Center of the Universe, and it got me thinking about why my library doesn’t do more book discussion projects.  Time is, of course, [...]

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Create your…self

Posted in Web 2.0, applications, avatars, community, social networking, social software, technology, widgets on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Tired of that sad ‘ol picture you use to populate your MySpace, Facebook, website and other social networking tools?  Well…mEgo is here to help!  Design and build your own customized avatar to use on the web and share with your friends.  What is neat, though, is that you create the look of your avatar, even [...]

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Facebook security issues

Posted in Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, ethics, media, social networking, social software, students on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Our local newspaper, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle has a front-page story about Facebook and the dispute over safety on the popular social networking site. State officials are investigating the solicitation of minors and the use of inappropriate images on the site. Two teens interviewed for the story expressed little or no concern [...]

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Tagging @ the library

Posted in Web 2.0, del.icio.us, services, social bookmarking, social software, tagging, tags, technology, tools on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Library Journal’s September 15th issue features an interesting article about what libraries are doing with tagging and social bookmarking tools.  Some exciting examples are Ann Arbor District Public Library’s experiment with a “social library catalog“.  Scroll to the bottom of the screen to find their tag cloud, a wonderful tool to browse subject headings which [...]

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More social networking blogs

Posted in Blogs, MySpace, Web 2.0, Wikis, YouTube, applications, collaboration, higher education, learning, library 2.0, social networking, social software, technology, tools on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of social networking blogs that caught my attention tonight. One is from a colleague over at the University of Rochester who actually attended my workshop last week. Cynthia’s blog is Long time listener, first time caller – I love the title! Cynthia works in IT at the library and is [...]

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An action plan for Library 2.0

Posted in Blogs, Web 2.0, librarians, library 2.0, social software, technology on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Laura Cohen has written an article in this month’s American Libraries magazine about “A Manifesto for Our Times”, in regards to the posting she wrote on her blog, Library 2.0: An Academic’s Perspective. The post is about her “rallying cry” to librarians embracing the 2.0 ethic and how Library 2.0 is a “…response [...]

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