Library 2.0 - using buzzwords to help people

Jessamyn West --
librarian.net
08dec07 - Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
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Abstract

Library 2.0 as a concept is not complicated and in some ways it's not even that new. Making institutions interactive, flexible and responsive to patrons is a necessary part of being part of the networked world. Even though some of the technologies are new the service oriented aspects of library 2.0 are still very familiar.

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2.0 Topics

A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto
liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html

Why 2.0 exists and why it matters
www.blyberg.net/2006/01/09/11-reasons-why-library-20-exists-and-matters/

Library Journal on Library 2.0 (many examples)
www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html

A Library 2.0 skeptic's reading list
library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/archives/2006/05/a_library_20_sk.html

Standards, Usability, Open Source

Web Standards what librarians need to know
web.mit.edu/hennig/www/presentations/web-standards.pdf

Library Usability Bibliography
www.lib.ncsu.edu/usability/library-usability.html

UVA Web Usability Testing
www.lib.virginia.edu/usability/index.html

Evergreen Pines project
gapines.org

Blog Posts and Observations

Slow Library & Slow Reading Weblogs
loomware.typepad.com/slowlibrary
slowreading.wordpress.com/

Meredith Farkas "Being transparent isn't enough"
meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/06/03/being-transparent-isnt-enough/

Top 10 No-Brainers For Public libraries
otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/my-top-ten-library-20-no-brainers-for-public-libraries

otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/02/05/top-ten-zero-tech-library-20-no-brainers-for-public-libraries

Helene Blower's Learning 2.0 List
plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/#23

Library 2.0 specifics

Flickr, Meebo, del.icio.us, Blogger

Pace University - Get a Public Library Card
appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=18446

NCSU catalog
www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/

Minot State Library research help
www.minotstateu.edu/library/research_help.shtml

PennTags
tags.library.upenn.edu/

AADL Catalog
www.aadl.org/catalog/

Tutt Library, Colorado College
www.coloradocollege.edu/Library/

Awesome resources
liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/09/a_place_for_libraries_on_faceb.html
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204518974

Second Life Library of Congress project
secondlifelibrary.blogspot.com/2006/08/libary-of-congress-american-memory.html

LibX - Firefox extension for libraries
www.libx.org

Georgia Tech library "menu"
theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/the_ubiquitous_librarian/2007/05/chicken_wings_a.html

Dana Hall Library "menu"
www.danalibrary.org/menuform.php

Rutgers EZ-Borrow
www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/lib_servs/palci.shtml

Homer Township Public Library Teens page
www.homerlibrary.org/teens.asp