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2.0 or and bust

Since before my brain was hijacked by baby stuff, I've been thinking a lot about how many third party Web 2.0 vendors libraries are dependent upon (not to mention all…
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The long road towards subject guide 2.0

When I finally got control over the library's Web presence last year (a long process better discussed in a post of its own), the first thing I did was take…
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Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 2

Week two of Five Weeks to a Social Library is now over. RSS and del.icio.us really generated a lot of excitement for our participants and many could see the personal…
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Internet Librarian Day 1: Innovative Uses of Web 2.0 Technologies

Jason Clark (Montana State University) and Karen Coombs (University of Houston) Incorporating Web 2.0 into Library Websites by Karen Coombs Web 2.0 concepts – Radical decentralization – usually you have…
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CFP: HigherEd BlogCon

As you may know, I'm chairing the Library and Information Resources Track of HigherEd BlogCon, a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. Michelle Boule…
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Folksonomies and a new librarian blogger

Early this week, a new librarian named Ellyssa Kroski wrote me to ask my advice on how to get started on the road to professional writing. I'd say she's already…
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Social software metapost

These days it's completely impossible to keep up with all of the "Web 2.0" apps out there. I read eHub and TechCrunch and it seems like dozens of social software…
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Leaving del.icio.us

I didn't check out too many other social bookmarking tools once I started with del.icio.us, which was practically the only game in town at the time. I tried Furl for…
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Social Bookmarking survey

This morning, I had an email from Djoeke van de Klomp, the Community Manager of blinklist.com (which I hadn't used prior to this, but it looks pretty cool!). She is…
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The “kept-up” distance learning librarian

I have gotten several emails from library students who feel that their programs are not teaching them enough about technology. The student I heard from a few days ago expressed…
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What’s happening in social bookmarking

I have been wanting to write more about social bookmarking for a long time, but I had two job interviews last week and an all-day marathon interview to prepare for…
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