Engage Your Patrons with Web 2.0
Jessamyn Westlibrarian.net/talks/ncls2009
Schedule
- 11:00 - 12:15 - intro to me/topic/overview
- 12:15 - 1:15 - lunch
- 1:15 - 2:15 - look at some tools, questions/answers
- 2:15 - 3:30 - problem solving with tools, what works?
- 3:30 - end - wrap up and questions
Handouts & Files
- Intro Slides - PDF , Keynote format, PowerPoint format
- Tools Slides - PDF , Keynote format, PowerPoint format
- Handouts - as a Word document, as an HTML document
Links
- My websites: jessamyn.com, librarian.net, jessamyn.info
- My work: Ask MetaFilter, Tunbridge Library, Kimball Library
- 2.0 defined: Web 2.0 (wikipedia), Library 2.0 (wikipedia, book)
- Lists: Remember the milk, 43 things, tada lists, bla-bla list
- 2.0 thing: YouMakeKittyScared.com
- Matters: No more printed tax forms, FEMA disaster relief disaster, retailmenot, BugMeNot
- Farmer Bob: Googling Bethel, Bethel on Wikipedia, Google "Dave Eddy"
- Cory Doctorow's book, go read it!
- My former public library
- Twitter not-so-useful: twittervision, friend, Red Sox, public
- Twitter useful: NYLA_1890, North Tonawanda kids, Syracuse News, New York Times
- looking for good examples: similicio.us, Library Success Wiki, simple web fixes
- Adirondack museum library
Tools
- Find local people on Twitter: Twitter advanced search, ChirpCity, twitterlocal
- Put a feed on your own site: feed2js
- Get a calendar feed for your site: Google calendar, RSSCalendar, iCalX
- Chat through a website, add a chat widget: Meebo
- Problems solved examples: Update library website when it's closed, library with a weather widget, public library faq, accessible toolbar for your browser,library locations using Google maps, changing photo on a library site (photo, site, example, other fun stuff)