I was so happy to see Sherri post about Meebo and include this little phrase: “Hello Web 2.0!” with a link to wikipedia as a definition. (And WOWZA is that some good reading!) So yes, greetings to Web 2.0! Are you ready for it? Has your library looked at blogs? IM? Flickr? And while we are saying hello, take a look at: http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11257 for WebJunction’s overview of public libraries and online community, brought about by new social tools: A new generation of “social software” tools is coming on the scene, and they’re making it easier than ever for people to […]
Monthly Archives: September 2005
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/964460/
http://www.tametheweb.com/presentations/RSS.pdf http://www.tametheweb.com/presentations/IM_and_JYBE.pdf
Michael Stephens, TTW, Michael Porter, Libraryman, & Jessamyn West, Librarian.net
http://www.librarian.net/talks/iu/ This was my first time hearing Jessamyn speak and she did a great job looking at how libraries make choices about services and technology. There were SLIS Bloggers in the room as well: here’s a transcript, some photos and more.
Well Done Maureen! http://lishost.org/~sjcpl/archives/000393.html
I’m off to meet up with Jessamyn in Bloomington and get to Indy for tomorrow’s prgram.
Sunday, October 9, 2005 Workshop 2 – The Blogger’s Toolkit 10:00 – 13:00 Michael Stephens, Special Projects Librarian, St. Joseph County Public Library (USA) Learn what libraries and librarians can do with weblogs and explore the potential for using this exciting new communications tool for reaching patrons and clients and collaborating inside your organisation. Workshop attendees will examine library blog taxonomy, learn how to implement blogs in organisations and how to decide which software to choose for a blog. The fast-paced workshop will cover practical training tips and the ethics of blogging, as well as RSS, podcasts and photoblogging. If […]
Last night, from 6pm to 7pm, I gave a talk with a group of 60 librarians at the State Library of Victoria, Australia. It was 9am today for them… so as I was nearing the end of my day, sitting in front of my Mac with my boys on the floor beside me, those folks were at work, probably enjoying coffee or tea and planning for the day’s activities. ( There was actually a test of the fire alarm system about halfway through!) We used a combination of Skyp and Jybe to do the “Virtual Visit,” which was planned by […]