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Do You Web 2.0?: Libraries and social networking

Linda Berube, Legal Deposit Advisory Panel, UK

 - particularly geared to the public library setting
 - advice on using in conjunction or integrated with other public library services
 - examples of best practice
 - how to make a web 2.0 business case

Web 2.0 technology is a hot topic at the moment, and public librarians in particular are beginning to feel the pressure to apply these tools. Indeed, Web 2.0 has the potential to transform library services, but only if the policy and strategy for those services are ready to be transformed. The author not only reviews these tools and provides practical advice and case studies on how they can be applied in the public library setting, but also recommends the policies and business cases that begin to create a new strategy for public libraries.

ISBN 1 84334 436 X
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 436 0
December 2010
200 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
Approx. £47.00 / US$80.00 / €60.00

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About the author

Linda Berube is no stranger to using web services to transform public libraries. As a regional manager for e-services and e-procurement, she not only oversaw the distributed interoperability of library management systems, but also created and managed the implementation of a co-operative national chat service, the People's Network Enquire, in which over 100 English authorities and 500 staff participated. Enquire was voted overwhelmingly the People's Network service which added value to library service, by librarians in an independent study of the People's Network by the Tavistock Institute.

Titles which may also be of interest:
Web 2.0 Knowledge Technologies and the Enterprise
Web 2.0 and Libraries
Building Library 3.0

Contents

Introduction and overview. Background: developments leading up to and including Web 2 technologies. Being more social: Social networking: Blogs, Bookmarking, YouTube, MySpace, Second Life, Podcasts. Sharing content: Wikis, Mash-ups, Photo-sharing, RSS, Search Engines. Imagine: Gaming, Virtual Reality; It's our catalogue, only better: library applications (Aquabrowser etc). Putting it all together: Integrating with other library services; Show me the money: The public library business case; Conclusion; References.