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Internet Librarian 2009 – Meredith Hammons
Part two of my afternoon exploring social media was Sarah Houghton-Jan, of the San Jose Public Library, discussing Web 2.0 for underfunded libraries.
Sarah discussed several free or inexpensive tools a library can use to be involved with Web 2.0. These included various free e-mail programs such as gmail, or IM services, such as yahoo, Skype [...]
How to make a Facebook Application for your library
I can comfortably say that I learned a LOT yesterday.
For 4 hours yesterday afternoon I sat in a typical conference room at the Hyatt (busy carpets that look really easy to clean, high ceilings, modern art knock-offs that remind you of something semi-famous but you aren’t sure what) and listened to Paul Betty and Erin [...]
The first sessions begin…
And so it begins! I’m sitting around in a cafe in the Colorado Convention Center trying to figure out how to go to all of the meetings and sessions today while I’m buzzing with excitement to check out the city of Denver. The first session I’m going to is definitely the one I’m most excited [...]
It takes a village to answer a question
On Saturday, January 12, I attended the “Best Practices in Cooperative Reference: Reference and Social Networking” session presented by QuestionPoint, with panel speakers Stephen Francoeur (Baruch College), Beth Evans (Brooklyn College) and David Lankes (Syracuse University). While the panel seemed targeted at academic librarians, I actually found a great deal that would be [...]
Banned Books Week hits MySpace, Facebook, and Second Life
American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) is pulling out all the stops with this year’s Banned Books Week, September 29–October 6, 2007, by taking the show on the digital road, so to speak, with events and official listings in Web 2.0 spaces like MySpace (no account required to view), Facebook (you need an [...]
Interesting conversation on social networking etiquette
Navigating the new online landscape, with all of the new social networking sites, means navigating a whole new culture. Interacting in the new culture also means understanding the etiquette of that culture.
It’s important to understand that, on a certain level, the new culture is making it up as they go along. On the [...]
