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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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Library 2.0 Technologies

Posted in Web 2.0, library 2.0, software, technology, tools, tagged , , , , , on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Today I am at RRLC, at a presentation by Sara Greenleaf of Hobart & William Smith Colleges.  Sara’s presentation is available on SlideShare and is chock full of good resources on 2.0 technology. 
This makes me think some more about trying to develop some staff and faculty training on 2.0 technologies; maybe with an Information Management twist. 

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Library 2.0 definitions

Posted in Web 2.0, Wikis, library 2.0, tools on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The LIS Wiki is a great encyclopedia by librarians, for librarians and it has an entry on Library 2.0 which is always being updated and serves as a good primer for those new to the term Library 2.0 and all its various meanings.

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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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Google Gears

Posted in Blogs, Web 2.0, aggregators, applications, newsreaders, rss, technology, tools on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Jenny Levine describes the Google application for offline access to the Google newsreader on her blog. In a nutshell,
“Basically, Google Gears is code that anyone can embed in their online tools to make them available offline. It’s integrated into Google Reader via a one-time install that doesn’t even require you to restart your browser. Once [...]

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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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Web 2.0 apps for students

Posted in Web 2.0, applications, community, higher education, librarians, services, software, teaching, technology, tools, undergraduates on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Great compilation of 2.0 tools for students.  The tools are aimed at mostly college students, but I suppose the list could be adapted for elementary and secondary ed students.  Tools like Zoho Office Suite which has a whole cadre of free word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications.  JotCloud and ShortText for taking notes, Facebook and [...]

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