Would You Rather? Making Choices in a Web 2.0 World

 

Presented by Stef Morrill, Associate Director, South Central Library System and Beth Carpenter, Library Services Manager, Outagamie Waupaca Library System for Indianhead Federated Library System at WITC Conference Center, Rice Lake, WI on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.

Program description

Take a retreat from business as usual and join us for a day of exploration and discovery. We will introduce you to the latest web technologies and gadgets and what they mean to libraries, while challenging you to think about how you might use (or not use) them at your library and why.

Introduction

What is Web 2.0?

• Facts about the new world
• Predictors of Web 2.0
• Where do you fit?

The "Ations"

Examples of Web 2.0 applications organized by "ations."

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Syndication

• Organization (and visualization)

Incorporating Web 2.0

Now that you're familiar with some of the tools, what do you do next?

• Barriers and how to overcome them
• Deciding what to use
• Keeping up-to-date

Conclusion

Stop expecting patrons to come to you and make the effort to go where they are. Encourage interaction and learn how to TRUST.

• Additional resources about Web 2.0
• More cool Web 2.0 tools

Consider checking blogs, wikis, etc. to find out what people are saying/writing about your library!

(Stephen's Lighthouse has some important questions for you to consider.)