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Southern Adirondack Library System

What's New!

 

 

 

December 12,  2007

 

Sites and services covered in session

Also explore the resource-pages listed to the right.

 

 

Enhancing User Experience

• aadl.org - Catalog with user tags, reviews. Users can create their own list of books.
• danbury catalog - Uses LibraryThing to enhance catalog with readers advisory info.
• librarything.com
• Koha Catalog Demo
• YakPac Kids Catalog Demo
• Liblime
• Fish4Info
• U Rochester XC - Extensible Catalog
• Hennepin County Public Library Bookspace
• Southeastern Massachusetts Library System - My Own Cafe - social space for teens
• SC State Library Web Site - joomla content mgmt system used to create a lively, frequently updated web site.
• Summer Reading NYS - song widget for "buggy music"
• 2.0 Public Library Test Site
• Meebo
• U Calgary Meebo Widget in Catalog
• Plugoo Chat in Phil Bradley's blog
• Hab.la another way to chat

 

Go where the user is

• Eau Clair Public Library Book Drops (map)
• LibX Toolbars
• Conduit Toolbars
• iGoogle
• PageFlakes - Dublin City example

 

Tools to help your work smarter

• Firefox - Book Burro
• Firefox - Search Box
• Firefox - Read it Later
• Firefox - Meebo Sidebar
• Firefox - Fireshot
• 40 Useful Firefox addons for Librarians
• Google Customized Search Engine
• Jott
• Open Office
• Zoho
• Google docs
• North Carolina del.icio.us bookmarks
• del.icio.us bookmarks tagged "Summerreading"
• Antioch Staff Wiki
• Remember When - Memories of Ipswich
• Netvibes
• Google Reader
• iGoogle
• Bloglines
• University of Oklahoma - new books by rss
• Networking with facebook
• Twitter - this account is being used for staff alerts. also great for networking with colleagues
• WiZiQ
• Kansas State Library - staff meeting in Second Life

 

Outreach & Publicity

• Photo Show on NYS Summer Reading web site
• NJ on YouTube
  • http://youtube.com/user/QandANJ
  • http://youtube.com/user/nancydowd
• British Library on YouTube
• Texas state library on flickr
• New York State Libraries group on flickr
• Summer Reading Program photos
• Wikipedia
• Eventful
• Free WiFi Hotspots
• Yelp
• Wikimapia
• Online Outreach: 2.0 Marketing Strategies for Libraries (PDF) Sarah Houghton-Jan, October 2007 - lots of examples of how to put your library out into the online world.

 

Odds & Ends

• DOK Itouch
• Roving Reference with Nokia at Darien PL
• TV Stage at Indianapolis
• Dewey? At this library with a very different outlook, they don't

 

Learn more

• Library 2.0 in 15 minutes a day - Content is now being updated here
• More to Explore - Learning project for School Librarians
• What is Web 2.0 Kathryn Greenhill - Slide and audio presentation on SlideShare.net
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English - Commoncraft.com videos
• UC Berkeley Events on YouTube
• Sirsi Dynix Institute - terrific seminar presentations.
• Learning 2.0 podcasts on Odeo - Helene Blowers, PLCMC Learning 2.0 Project