A 'Library 2.0' group on Ning: http://library20.ning.com/ 

An academic library 2.0 group on Ning: http://library20.ning.com/group/academiclibariesandlibrary20web20

'Library' themed facebook applications:  

 

 

Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games (for a start): http://www.getlibra.com/

Search a library catalog directly from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2414276217&b

Can this 2.0 Stuff Help Libraries with promotion? http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000862006.cfm?x=bb1LCGK,b5PTDpv0

 

Suggestions from article above include: 

 

    • Use YouTube for story hours, gaming nights and literacy training.

    • Hold orientations and events in Second Life.

    • Add your OPAC, databases, and Web links to Facebook.

    • Add your OPAC and services to MySpace.

    • Use Flickr to display photos of local sites of interest.

    •Get your library director, users, and staff to podcast.

    • Contribute information about your library to Wikipedia.

    • Create communities in Ning.

    • Use Twitter for communication at library events.

    • Connect with local readers on NowPublic.

    • Add photos and videos to your blogs.

    • Learn about SEO: Search Engine Optimization.

    • Use online surveys at SurveyMonkey.

    • Connect on LinkedIn.

 

Different ways of (potentially) displaying catalog information: http://amaznode.fladdict.net

                                                                             http://www.gurulib.com/

                                                                             http://amaztype.tha.jp/

                                                                             http://www.visuwords.com/

 

Book mashups: http://www.programmableweb.com/tag/books

'Wall of Books' from SuperPatron - how to visually display new titles: http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2005/12/visual_wall_of_.html 

 

 

Google Calendar Sync  - http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955

Official Google product that allows you to sync events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar.

 

New report from OCLC:  Sharing, Privacy and Trust in our Networked World. 

From the web site:  "This OCLC membership report explores this web of social participation and cooperation on the Internet and how it may impact the library's role, including:

  • The use of social networking, social media, commercial and library services on the Web
  • How and what users share on the Web and their attitudes toward related privacy issues
  • Opinions on privacy online
  • Libraries' current and future roles in social networking."

 

 

 

 


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