We just completed our regional in-service training session on "New (and Free) Technologies for Libraries and Their Communities: Library 2.0", held at our regional center today. Twenty-one participants attended, of which many stated that this was the first thing they had ever heard about "Library 2.0".
The session was intended to be a "eagle-eye" view of new technologies, such as blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, podcasting, and instant messaging. We took a quick look at various tools, talked about how they could be used in libraries, looked at library websites to see how various libraries are using them, and then actually created a blog, an RSS "newspage" using an RSS aggregator, and a simple library wiki.
Each participant received a packet of resource materials. Several participants asked for these documents in electronic form, so we have loaded them to our new regional wiki.
To access the resource documents, go to: http://flrlwiki.pbwiki.com/Training+Resources , then click on "Training Resources" in the sidebar box on the right side of the screen. These documents can be downloaded to your computer.
We hope that the participants will seriously consider participating in the Learning 2.0 program sponsored by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and found at http://tslalearning.blogspot.com/ . And have lots of FUN while learning!
We also hope that your library will seriously consider expanding your library community by using these new tools. Remember our motto for the day:
Conversation, Community, Connections, and Collaboration = Library 2.0
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Thank you for hosting the Library 2.0 workshop. It was very informative, well thought out & the electronic resource list that you have provided will be invaluable when we begin to get going.
Hope to see you when the intermediate workshop is given, hint, hint.
I found the Library 2.0 workshop to be very informative. The materials given out to us will ensure that we have the proper information to start our own blogs, etc. I personally would like more in depth coverage on starting a wiki.
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