Flickr + Libraries=Scary, Scary, Scary to Some Folks

Flickr Groups: Libraries and Librarians

Five Library Uses for Flickr

Why Flickr Is So Great for Libraries

Things to do with Flickr in Libraries

 

Bausch, Paul. Flickr Hacks. O'Reilly Media, 2006.

Jamieson, Catherine. Create Your Own Photo Blog. Wiley, 2006.

 

Social Software/Tagging

 

Del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/

Blog Without a Library/McMaster University Web Team: http://del.icio.us/libweb/

Blog Without a Library Del.icio.us libraries list: http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=213

 

LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/

GoodReads  http://www.goodreads.com

Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/

 

MySpace

 

Directory of MySpace Library Profiles Marketed to Teens: http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=MySpace_%26_Teens

 

Podcasting

What is podcasting?

"Podcasting is an exciting new audio medium that gives you the freedom to listen to the audio programming of your choice...What's even more exciting is that the Podcasting Revolution, as it has been termed, enables you to subscribe to, store, and consume this audio content when and where you please. Podcasters don't have to make advertisers happy. They don't have to worry about FCC regulations. They don't have to adhere to play lists. They don't have to pay attention to the corporate bottom line. They broadcast what they love, and you can too." (p. 3, Podcasting: The Do-It-Yourself Guide.)

 

Or: "The podcasting movement is actually a spin-off of another communications boom: personal Weblogs...Podcasting combines the instant information exchange of blogging with audio files that can be played on a computer or MP3 player." (p. 11, Podcasting for Dummies.)

 

Podcasting 101 Wiki

Bat Segundo: Podcast Interviews with Authors

Podcast Alley: "The Place to Find Podcasts"

http://uncontrolledvocabulary.blogspot.com/: Uncontrolled Vocabulary Library Podcasts

 

The bare necessities needed for podcasting:

A microphone;

Recording software (often preloaded on your computer; otherwise check audacity.sourceforge.net;

An audio card;

A way to compress audio files to MP3 files (consider www.apple.com/itunes).

 

Subscribe to podcasts at ipodder.sourceforge.net or search podscope.com

 

Cochrane, Todd. Podcasting: The Do-It-Yourself Guide. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, 2005.

Morris, Tee, and Evo Terra. Podcasting for Dummies. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, 2006.

 

Mashups

Definitions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29

 

Second Life

 

Second Life Brings New Worlds to Readers' Advisory

Second Life Introduction Video

Interview with William Gibson about Second Life - http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/11/william_gibson/index.html?source=rss

Why I Gave Up on Second Life (Chris Anderson): http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/07/why-i-gave-up-o.html

Second Life Travel Guide: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/sloverview.html http://wikis.ala.org/iwa/index.php/Main_Page http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101900628.html?nav=emailpage&sid=ST2007101901894

In Walks This Avatar, With a Thick Papery Thing:

 

 

General Tips

 

Not everyone has up-to-date equipment. Your patrons may not be able to follow you into Second Life.

If you start it, keep it current or take it down.

Be aware that "free" software may add ads, or involve hidden costs for support or storage space.

Don't forget about mischief makers. Open participation has its downside.

 

General 2.0 Resources

 

Interactive Web Applications wiki by YALSA:

 

From stevezeddmore at Library 2.0 in Three Easy Steps: "Listen to the Customer! To me, this is the backbone of Library 2.0, and the gadgets are just facilitators."

Source: http://www.squidoo.com/EasyL2/

 

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County - http://plcmc.org/services/PLCMCwebsites.asp

 

Wake County Library and Williamsburg - reader survey forms - http://www.wakegov.com/readersurvey/

Williamsburg Regional Library "Looking for a Good Book?" online form: http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/RA/index.html

Madison Public Library Bookalikes online form: http://www.scls.info/reference/reads/index.html

 

Some other library examples - http://www.herzogbr.net/blog/?p=174

 

Tim O'Reilly's original definition of 2.0 (2005)- http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

 

Jessamyn West - Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Librarian 2.0, and why it's no big deal (really)(2007) - http://www.librarian.net/talks/mpl-ks/#go

Tame the Web (Michael Stephens): http://www.tametheweb.com/

 

Library Success, a Best Practices Wiki: http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

The "Reader's Advisory" page at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_advisory

 

A Librarian's Guide to Creating 2.0 Subject Guides: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-librarians-guide-to-creating-20-subject-guides/

 

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/

 

Wired Magazine, "We Are the Web": http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech.html

 

Collaboration Software:

37 Signals (BaseCamp and Campfire): http://www.37signals.com/

Source list at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_software

Bubbl: http://www.bubbl.us/ (Brainstorming application)

 

Articles recommended by Barry Trott on the subject of "online RA work":

Advising readers online: a look at internet-based reading recommendation

services.Barry Trott. Reference & User Services Quarterly 44.3 (Spring 2005):

p210(6).

 

Hollands, Neil. "Improving the model for interactive readers' advisory

service." Reference & User Services Quarterly 45.3 (Spring 2006): 205(8).

 

Hanson, Kathlene, and H. Frank Cervone, editors. Using Interactive Technologies in Libraries. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2007.

Houghton-Jan, Sarah. Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries. Chicago: ALA TechSource, 2007.

Stephens, Michael. Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software. Chicago: ALA TechSource, 2006.