Library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0

This page contains articles and tips on library 2.0 and Librarian 2.0 in general. For each entry, please include a URL and a brief description of the source.

• 100 Free Library 2.0 Webinars and Tutorials (http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/05/29/100-free-library-20-webinars-and-tutorials/) A useful list of webinars, presentations, and tutorials designed to help you and your library take the next step into the world of library 2.0.

• Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services (http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/) is devoted to the use of online social networking sites for any and all types of library-related programs or services.

• Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0 (http://www.squidoo.com/library2point0/) is a resource site Brian Gray puts together for a workshop on this topic offered here at Kent State.

• Do Libraries Matter: On Library & Librarian 2.0 (http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2005/11/do-libraries-matter-on-library-librarian-20.html) is an article by Michael Stephens regarding principles that every library should keep in mind when adding new services or even assessing where they stand in their community. Based off of a conference presentation by Ken Chad & Paul Miller.

• Two Minor Correctives and One Broadside on Library 2.0 Madness (http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/index.php?s) is a blog discussion on Library 2.0 madness that all millennial kids are wired.

• Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective (http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/) is a blog on Library 2.0 that offers a number of disscusions on the progress and future of Library 2.0 on Libraries.

• Library 2.0 Cookbook: A commonsense guide to those perplexing but intriguing new technologies you keep hearing about (http://www.slideshare.net/tonywh/library-20-18639) is a PowerPoint presentation created by K.G. Schneider which discusses what new technologies libraries are using to stay modern.

• Web Accessibility Initiative WAI (http://www.w3.org/)is an excellent source for information on making the WEB accesssible to people with disabilities.

• Librarian 2.0 - Interviews of the Future of Librarians (http://www.degreetutor.com/library/librarians-online). This site is a listing of links to transcripts of interviews with librarians about the changing future of the library and the profession. Inteviews include well known Librarians, web technologists and designers such as Jenny Levine (Shifted Librarian), Tim Spalding (Library Thing), Meredith Farkas(Information Wants to be Free), and Michael Hart (e-book, Project Gutenberg) to name only a few.

• Libraries and Myspace (http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/09/14/rational_us_news_article_on_myspace.html). A blog from the Shifted Librarian that presents a really comprehensive article from US News about the uses and abuses of Myspace.
• Learning 2.0 (http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/).  This is the original "23 Things" program started by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County.  The 23 Things are designed to help the user explore technology on the web.
• Learning 2.1 (http://explorediscoverplay.blogspot.com/) is the continuation of the Learning 2.0 program and 23 Things. Currently the blog is up to Thing 70.