See Meredith Farkas’ Web 2.0 class at SJSU SLIS currently in progress.
Getting started
Few resources to learn about Web 2.0 in libraries and information services.
- Twitter for Library Organizations
- What to Consider When Evaluating and Implementing Web 2.0 Tools in Your Library by TechSoup for Libraries. Be sure to check out their extensive list of resources.
- Using Current Technologies at American Libraries Association.
- Social Networking & Web Tools, at Webjunction.
- Facebook 101, a small guide for librarians by Nicole Engard. See also Libraries Using Facebook.
- How Your Library May Not Be Using Twitter But Should
- Taste of 2.0 – Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 Overview by Polly-Alida Farrington.
- Moving Libraries Forward to Web 2.0 by Infopeople.
- Social Networking Software, by Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
- Learning 2.0 Program, by Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki.
- LibGuides. An example of a content management and library knowledge sharing system. The site has applications and examples on how they are being used. Contra Costa County Library is using their software for subject guides on their website.
- O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Resources.
Web 2.0 for different types of libraries
While the same tools can be used at all types of libraries, the objectives for using them may be different. We’re looking for written experiences, good or bad, on implementing the tools at their organization. Please let the webmaster know if you see a good one.
Academic libraries
- Digital Research Tools (DiRT). This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively.
- WebTools4U2Use in school libraries.
- Our Facebook Library Page – as told by Chris Bourg, the manager of Information Center at Stanford University.
Public Libraries
Special and Non-Profit libraries
- TechSoup Learning Center’s resources on Web 2.0.
- Web 2.0 Goes to Work for Business, a resource by IBM
- How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0: McKinsey Global Survey Results
- Facebook for Government
Medical libraries
- Web 2.0 Resources by Medical Library Association
M. Sandra Wood; The Haworth Press, Inc. 2007
General books
This book is used in a Web 2.0 class that Ellyssa Kroski teaches at San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science.
Social Networks
These are online communities where librarians share interests/activities and exchange information. If you have a social network for Bay Area librarians only please email the webmaster your information.
- Elementary Librarians 2.0
- Librarians who LibraryThing
- Future Librarians and Those Who Love Them!
- Libraries and Librarians
- Librariology
- Library 2.0 Interest Group
- Law Libraries and Librarians
- Second Life Librarians
- Tattooed Librarians
- Teacher Librarian Network
Blogs
These sites maintain lists of library related blogs.
