Categories Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

hey, that’s me!, originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian. Don’t miss these posts from Jenny Levine: http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/06/17/thinkering-spaces-in-libraries.html http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/06/18/mashing-up-content-in-the-library-thinkering-spaces-ii.html http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2008/06/24/implementing-the-prototype-thinkering-spaces-iii.html BIG stuff.

http://wlteam.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-is-school-library-20.html …Now let’s strip away the technology for a moment and look just at the activities that are bolded above. Are there tools beyond Web 2.0 that we can use to strengthen our school library’s importance in our students’ learning lives? Let’s try the list of important themes and concepts again, this time mapping to non-technology things we find in strong libraries: Working together (combining individual research into a group project, being part of a broadcast team, re-enacting a storytime tale through drama, contributing findings to a community “graffiti” bulletin board) Finding and sharing one’s voice (via meaningful instructional projects that call […]

Insightful post by Brian Kelly: As I described in my response “Even If We’re Wrong, We’re Right” Martin’s post gave me a fresh insight into these issues. But what, I wonder, are the implications if we’re right? Perhaps it’s now timely to ask ourselves: What if externally-hosted services do turn out to be sustainable? What if technologies such as AJAX, coupled with ARIA support, provide usable and accessible services and define the type of user experiences which our users will expect in the services they use? What if an’edupunk‘ approach succeeds in implmenting change, leaving behind the more formal approaches to IT […]

embrace, originally uploaded by Skokie Public Library. A growing collection of posters inspired by Skokie Public Library members, staff, programs, and spaces. http://www.flickr.com/photos/skokiepl/sets/72157605818740899/

Ack!, originally uploaded by Lester Public Library. Edible Fear Factor, Teen Summer Reading, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

    Sort Friends by Tags, originally uploaded by Amanda the Librarian. I’m at the lake but if I wasn’t, I’d be in Mississippi at the Library 2.0 Summit! http://blogs.library.msstate.edu/web2summit/index.php Last year was great. This year promises more of the same. Kudos to all planners and participants at the summit.

September 1st, 2008, originally uploaded by jblyberg. I am really excited to see what the folks at Darien Library have in store for their users! I’m sure it’s going to be HOT! 🙂

Keeping Found Things Found, originally uploaded by Timothy Greig. Timothy Grieg writes: This seems to be a really interesting book about personal information management – something which I think university librarians should be teaching their students in today’s information-saturated age. I just started reading it this week. It’s by William Jones. I would like to review it later on my blog, but for now I want to quickly see what happens when I “share” the picture from flickr first. Interesting thought: PIM for students. Nice.