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The Transparent Library: Library PR 2.0

Published by rwatstein October 25th, 2008 in libraries, library services, marketing and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter have expanded the grapevine, so use it to your advantage. Here are some guidelines for your libraries’ marketing 2.0 program.

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Text a Librarian Makes It Easy for Libraries and Schools to Create Their Own Mobile Messaging Reference Services

Published by rwatstein October 12th, 2008 in libraries, innovation, library services, instant messages, reference and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Every year, libraries answer more than 374 million reference questions, according to the American Library Association. Mosio, the award-winning mobile Q&A community, today announced the launch of Text a Librarian (www.textalibrarian.com), a new service that helps libraries set up mobile Q&A systems so they may answer students and patrons’ questions instantly via text message to any mobile phone. Now, with Text a Librarian, any library or school can create their own secure, live mobile Q&A SMS reference service in just minutes, with packages starting at just $99/month + set up fees per library/branch. Text a Librarian works across all major carriers, mobile phones and devices, and works seamlessly with existing email and IM systems. Students and users simply text (or email) their question and it shows up live on the library or school’s own private and secure Web dashboard for them to answer back instantly.

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Library 2.0 and the Problem of Hate Speech

Published by rwatstein September 27th, 2008 in libraries, censorship and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Margaret Brown-Sica and Jeffrey Beall write: “It’s possible for library users to abuse library 2.0 applications by uploading words, pictures, or other content that constitute hate speech. Universities and colleges today view hate speech as outside the realm of protected speech because it violates the terms of most codes of conduct and merits decisive action. Also, many libraries are big players in the overall college mission to value and promote diversity. Perhaps nothing can poison this more than a library website filled with racist, homophobic, or other defamatory speech.”

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50 Ways to Implement User-Generated Content in Your Library

Published by rwatstein June 21st, 2008 in web 2.0, libraries, users and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Jessica Merritt writes: “In the internet age, everyone’s a content creator. Embracing the trend of user-generated content allows you to spread more information and engage library users at the same time. Read on to find out how to go about doing this, and pick up some handy resources along the way.”

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Widgets and Widgetry for Librarians: Copy, Paste, and Relax

Published by rwatstein March 29th, 2008 in libraries, librarians/information professionals and library 2.0. 0 Comments

Aaron Schmidt writes: “You don’t need a spell from Hogwarts to make exciting multimedia appear on your website. It isn’t magic—it’s RSS and JavaScript. Thanks to the power of Web 2.0, we don’t need to understand the intricacies of these two fabulous and geeky topics. The Web has sorted all of it out and made it easy for us to use. All you need to know to use the tools listed here is that after some (easy to do) customization, you’ll see a little bit of code to copy and paste into your website, blog post, or blog’s sidebar.”

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Library 2.0 Podcast Gang Kicks Off

Published by rwatstein March 23rd, 2008 in podcasts, librarians/information professionals and library 2.0. 0 Comments

The first podcast in Library Journal’s new Library 2.0 Gang roundtable series went live yesterday, riffing on topics explored at the Code4lib conference, including the Open Library-with the project’s tech lead, Aaron Swartz as a guest-ILS APIs, and new cataloging influences. Each month, the Library Gang will focus on a technology topic at issue in the library world. Library Gang regulars, drawn from the world where libraries and the technologies that influence them meet, include librarians John Blyberg, Nicole Engard, and Char Booth (all three are Library Journal Movers & Shakers), along with Carl Grant and Rob Styles.

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Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries

Published by rwatstein February 5th, 2008 in web 2.0, podcasts, libraries and library 2.0. 0 Comments

College & Research Libraries News Editor-in-Chief David Free discusses Library 2.0 with Dawn Lawson of New York University and Susan Sharpless Smith of Wake Forest University in this ACRL podcast (11:58). Lawson and Sharpless Smith are contributors to the ACRL publication Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries.

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