Presentation given by Julie Hall at the COSI conference 2009 on the Web 2.0 training programme in Lewisham Libraries and the ongoing use and development of Web 2.0 in a pulic library contaxt.

2. Web 2.0 and taking the fear out of community engagement

4. Everything you wanted to know about Web 2.0 .... but were afraid to ask… Know what a blog is? Or a wiki? Does social networking leave you cold? Now is your chance to find out what you've been missing and how you can use it to improve your library offer and interact with your users in new ways. Over the next few weeks I will be running some drop in sessions for all library staff in the Open Learning Centre at Lewisham Library. I'll be covering the basics such as blogs, RSS and news feeds, and also photosharing, communication tools and slideshare, collaboration tools, wikis, tagging, video and podcasts, social networking, etc - if we get time! The aim is to help you understand what Web 2.0 is and how you can use it in a library context. The sessions will be short 1 - 11/2 hrs with lots of hands on practice, and will be for up to 10 people. The sessions will be on Mondays, but I'm also looking for other slots that allow all staff to be able to come. If you can't make the dates offered let me know what days/dates would be better for you. The first 2 slots will be 2nd and 9th June from 9.30 to 11.00. They will be on blogs - what they are, how to set one up, how to post to one, and examples of who's using them. Book in for either of them - the content will be repeated, and if the demand is there I'll cover it again in future sessions.

11. http://lewishamweb20.blogspot.com/

12. http://lewishamlibrary20.pbwiki.com/

32. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lewishamheritage

33. http://lewishamlegacy.wikidot.com/

34. http://lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/

35. http://enquiryhandling.wikidot.com/

36. http://visitlewisham.blogspot.com/

37. http://twitter.com/VisitLewisham

38. http://torridonroad.wordpress.com/

44. Contact details Julie Hall [email_address]