http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485 Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today... covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-57936 Library 2.0 Roundup - Redux « Life as I Know It Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:59:57 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-57936 [...] Library 2.0 - posted on September 3, 2006. [...] [...] Library 2.0 - posted on September 3, 2006. [...]

]]> http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-14087 Library 2.0 Roundup « Life as I Know It Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:51:49 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-14087 [...] Library 2.0 - posted on September 3, 2006. [...] [...] Library 2.0 - posted on September 3, 2006. [...]

]]> http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-8729 Library 2.0 « Life as I Know It Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:31:53 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-8729 [...] In a post about her reaction to the article, Nicole Engard at What I Learned Today ponders how involved her patrons would want to be in transforming library services. Nicole writes “While you all know I’m supporter of Library 2.0 & new technologies in libraries - I sometimes wonder if our audience (lawyers) will ever want to participate in the creation of “both the physical and the virtual services” in the library.” This is a valuable point to consider in thinking about library 2.0 in any library - particularly special libraries and academic libraries. College students are often uninterested in participating in user groups, focus groups, taking surveys or offering constructive thoughts. They are much more likely to tell you what they do not like. As such, they are not necessarily thinking about how the library can serve them better - just about what doesn’t work for them. This presents an interesting challenge. Implementing new services just to get a reaction one way or the other isn’t a great way to make changes - actually, it is an awful way. [...] [...] In a post about her reaction to the article, Nicole Engard at What I Learned Today ponders how involved her patrons would want to be in transforming library services. Nicole writes “While you all know I’m supporter of Library 2.0 & new technologies in libraries - I sometimes wonder if our audience (lawyers) will ever want to participate in the creation of “both the physical and the virtual services” in the library.” This is a valuable point to consider in thinking about library 2.0 in any library - particularly special libraries and academic libraries. College students are often uninterested in participating in user groups, focus groups, taking surveys or offering constructive thoughts. They are much more likely to tell you what they do not like. As such, they are not necessarily thinking about how the library can serve them better - just about what doesn’t work for them. This presents an interesting challenge. Implementing new services just to get a reaction one way or the other isn’t a great way to make changes - actually, it is an awful way. [...]

]]> http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-8485 davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » Library 2.0 and promoting new services Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:29:57 +0000 http://www.web2learning.net/archives/485#comment-8485 [...] Nicole at What I Learned Today is one of many people to post about the really good article by Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk in Library Journal on Library 2.0. (This article would be a great help, by the way, in explaining what “Library 2.0″ means to someone who doesn’t follow the biblioblogosphere’s buzzing.) [...] [...] Nicole at What I Learned Today is one of many people to post about the really good article by Michael Casey and Laura Savastinuk in Library Journal on Library 2.0. (This article would be a great help, by the way, in explaining what “Library 2.0″ means to someone who doesn’t follow the biblioblogosphere’s buzzing.) [...]

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