Paul Miller reports and has some insightful comments on Google’s newest: http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2006/04/googles_calenda.html I guess I need to try it on Firefox..but I am just so wedded to iCal!
Categories Web 2.0 & Library 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/124453103/ Michael Sauers reports: 10 April 2006: This sign is no longer hanging in the library. It has been removed and no one in the department would admit to posting the sign in the first place. Oh! To cleanse the pallet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56709973@N00/120136808/
The offspring and meme of “2.0” continues: http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/nonprofit-20 The most intriguing for me is a comment: The essence of Marnie’s post for me was that web2.0 technologies are (potentially) driving nonprofits to be more transparent and deliver information and programs that provide better personal attention. From that perspective, it creates a certain amount of competition among NPOs (as well as collaboration opportunities) to really step up and provide services that people need. Ding Ding! This is going into our course for ALA.
http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/community-20/ Ellyssa Kroski has a new essay up and I urge all TTW readers to take a look. This overview of community and social tools is incredible! Community 2.0 means the end of walled gardens. It’s about building trust with users through quality, consistency, and the abdication of power. It’s about letting go of the fear of becoming obsolete and simply adapting and adopting a new strategy.
Newsweek Cover Story (HOTX3): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12015774/site/newsweek/ Discover magazine article: http://www.discover.com/issues/oct-05/departments/emerging-technology/ Web 2.0 Definition at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Phil Bradley writes about using Squidoo to create teaching aids. It’s a “How to..” do anything social site with some cool features and a definite Web 2.0 feel. http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2006/03/squidoo_as_a_te.html Here’s his “lens” for web design: http://www.squidoo.com/webdesigning/ Here’s the lens for an “Intro to Web 2.0:” http://www.squidoo.com/introtoweb20/ UPDATE: More lenses from Phil: http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2006/04/my_squidoo_lens.html
From the Dead Tech Panel and via “What I Learned Today:” We have to be Digital read/write participants We have to learn with others We have to be facilitators for relationships We need to have our intercultural antennae up – not everyone is from your default point of view We have to be tolerant of ambiguity – it’s okay to not be in control We have to LEARN THE TOOLS!! (emphasis added by me!) We have to be self aware
Yesterday, I spent three hours with some cool folks from around the Metropolitan Library System talking about Library 2.0. It was a great group and the session had a “workshop” feel – the perfect way to get ready for similar talks in Minnesota this May. First, I did some background on Web 2.0 and the offspring of the 2.0 meme. This article was a good starting point! Dion Hinchcliffe allowed me to use his cool graphic. Then, I asked Michael Casey and John Blyberg to give me their definitions and I matched those up with my own and those from […]
I’m putting the finish touches on a Library 2.0 workshop I’ll be presenting tomorrow at Metropolitan Library System. I’m using Darlene’s definition in one section, and she expanded on her thinking about “radical trust” here: http://library.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2006/04/web-2.html We can only build emergent systems if we have radical trust. With an emergent system, we build something without setting in stone what it will be or trying to control all that it will be. We allow and encourage participants to shape and sculpt and be co-creators of the system. We don’t have a million customers/users/patrons … we have a million participants and co-creators. […]
I think IM in my public library is an example of the generation gap between staff members. We do not allow patrons to IM on library computers, and staff are not supposed to IM, either. However, many of the young professionals do have one or more IM programs downloaded onto their computers (inclduing the IT department), and we use IM at work. The staff that uses IM are more likely to want the IM and games ban dropped on public computers and want to start reference IM, a library blog, etc. So I see a direct correlation between librarians/library staff […]