Learning 2.0 @ MCL

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Outline

• Features of Library 2.0

• What we can do with Library 2.0

• The MCL Learning 2.0 Program

• Questions to ask about new web tools

Features of Library 2.0

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Read / write web

Social

Hive Mind

Mashups

Perpetual beta

Web as platform

Get out of our buildings

Be in our users’ space

Communicate in new ways

Share information quickly

Speak in our own voices

Combine information in new ways

Collaborate

Learning 2.0

Learning 2.0

• Weekly exercises• Exposure not mastery• Write & reflect on blog

Something new each week

• Week 1:  Blogging • Week 2:  Tagging and Social Bookmarking • Week 3:  Managing and Sharing Photos/Images • Week 4:  RSS/Alerts • Week 5:  Social Networks • Week 6:  Fun • Week 7:  Language translation and practice • Week 8:  Podcasts • Week 9:  Wikis • Week 10:  Online applications • Week 11:  Library and book-related • Week 12:  Make up / Catch up or Suggest Your Own

Sample week: Tagging1. View the

3.5 minute explanatory video of Del.icio.us to get a good overview of its features.

2. Look at the MCL delicious account

3. Explore the site options….Notice the comments and tags.

4. Post on your blog…Can you see the potential of tagging for research

assistance? How about as an internal staff tool? Is there a better way to create bookmarks that can be

accessed from anywhere? Should we include tags in our catalog?

How will this help library patrons?

What risk is associated with this? Am I ready for it?

Could we implement this in beta without it being perfect?

Questions to consider

Collaborate ?

Hear us speak with a human voice?

Get our resources more easily than other ones online?

Create the library ?

Does this help my users to:

Does it help me to go where the users are?

• Time

• Money

• Skills

• Lost opportunity

What is the cost?

What are the consequences if we don’t try this ?

What are the consequences if we try this?

Credits

Questions Uploaded on December 11, 2006by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

Slideshow by Kathryn GreenhillMurdoch University LibrarySlides at: LibrariansMatter.comDownloaded from: Slideshare

Modified by Abigail Elder