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Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006

Dion Hinchcliffe posts an overview of the best of Web 2.0 for 2006:

http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2006.htm

Amongst the choices are some of my favorites as well: Netbvibes and YouTube.

That New Phone System Wiki

File this under “Using Wiki Software for Training & Reference.”

http://askacpl.pbwiki.com/\

My favorite part, on the front page:

Wiki Links for the Roadshow

The SUNYLA New Tech Wiki: http://sunylanewtechwiki.pbwiki.com/

ASU’s University Technology Office Strategic Technology Plan 2005-2006: http://www.sannier.net/wiki1/index.php?title=Main_Page#TECHPLAN_WIKI_CONTENTS

SirsiDynix Webinar: Wikis!

Don’t miss this one if you are interested in learning all about the wild world of wikis (forgive the alliteration…it’s early) presented by Meredith Farkas.

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/07/07/wiki-webcast-youre-invited/

That 2.0 Twist!

Oh those Princeton Librarians!

http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2006/06/giving-our-summer-reading-club-20.html

Check out the Summer Reading Club’s wiki!

Branded, ‘Casted and Wiki’ed: Some Good News from Here and There

Lots of interesting Web 2.0 bits in my aggregator this morning, as I prepare to sign on the dotted line for a condominium in Oak Park, Illinois! (I may faint when I sign…)

Anyway:

Greg Schwartz reports on a library branded podcatcher! This is important on many levels: the library sees the need to use [...]

Official ALA Wiki!

Thanks Meredith! Thanks ALA!

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/ala2006/

Overheard at SJCPL

One of our cool Circulation Associates stopped by my desk after a planning meeting for the Circulation Policy manual.

“How goes it,” I said.

“Good, “He said. “I just learned how to do a wiki. It’s cool.”

So, our circ staff will be building their manual via our wiki software. They started learning in the [...]

Learn About Wikis from the Librarian who Started it all!

Meredith is talking wikis!

This is a perfect opportunity for librarians who want to learn more about wikis and the power of collaborative software from the blogger/soon-to-be author Meredith Farkas, who started it all with the ALA Chicago wiki back in th day (can I say “back in the day” about this past spring?) when [...]

SJCPL Subject Guide WIKI Goes Live Today! Check It Out!

http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page

Our Reference Librarians and Web Developer are hard at work on this new project! And let me be the first to say they are making great strides to move SJCPL toward Library 2.0! What you’ll find is librarian created subject pages in the grand tradition of Kansas City PL via a Mediawiki installation. [...]