Web 2.0 technologies allow libraries to interact with users and non-users in new and exciting ways. Libraries can offer fast, updated library-related news and create a library presence far beyond the library’s walls. Twitter and other social networking sites can be another tool for promotion, gaining user feedback and participation, and helping the library create user-centered change and services.
What Pratt is doing with Web 2.0?
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, and Flickr
People can “friend” the library on these sites and receive updates on library news.
RSS Feeds
Another way to receive library news is through RSS feeds, which pulls information from many Web sites and displays it all together on one screen. RSS is especially handy for patrons who like to get news from several different web sites or enjoy reading weblogs.
Delicious (Social Bookmarking)
The librarians at the Central Library/State Library Resource Center have organized a variety of Web links using Delicious. Delicious is a social bookmarking Web service for storing, sharing, organizing and discovering Web bookmarks. Anyone can browse Delicious and see what other people find interesting -- you don't need to be logged in to explore.
Podcasts
Podcasts can also be subscribed to by users to receive automatic downloads of new content made available online. For libraries, this content may be recordings of programs or library tours, training, story times, local history, or anything else that the library may want to promote.
So what’s next?
Web 3.0 is now being thrown around as the new term, but what does it mean? How will the next round of technologies effect libraries? How can libraries keep up? Thankfully, librarians love to share ideas with each other. Blogs are a great way to stay on top of emerging trends in technology.
Here are a few that may be helpful
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