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  • + jampesmullan James Mullan 6 months ago
    That’s very true, hopefully this means they can use lots of these types of tools!
  • + guest6b732d guest6b732d 6 months ago
    Twitter is very useful. BTW - many solo librarians (or those in medium-sized public libraries) are the IT department.
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  1. “ How to keep up without having to stay up” Web 2.0 for the Solo Librarian James Mullan – Information Officer CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
  2. The challenges for Solo Librarians
    • Time
    • Budget (Resources)
    • Professional Isolation
    • Cover
    • Learning to juggle!
  3. The advantages
    • Independence/Autonomy
    • Flexible Schedule
    • Variety
    • Wide Knowledge
    • No staff (potentially)
  4. What is Web 2.0? Weblogs Homepages Information coming to you Finding information Is about creating Was about consuming Is about communities Was about individuals Is Web-based Relied on installed software Encourages sharing Solitary Web 2.0 Web 1.0
  5. What are the key concepts for Librarians?
    • Web 2.0 is…
      • Collaborative
      • Focused on content
      • Web-based
      • Social
      • Decentralised
      • Re-mixable
  6. What that really means!
    • The Web 2.0 tools Law Librarians are using are Social and…
    • Provide systems for the sharing of information and services among individuals and groups…
    • …perfect for Solo librarians?
  7. Some of the tools available…
    • Twitter (Microblogging)
    • RSS/Blogs
  8. Twitter
    • A Microblogging tool
    • Made famous by celebrity users
      • Stephen Fry
      • Jonathan Ross
      • Barack Obama
      • James Mullan
    • Several ways to use Twitter
      • Searching for information
      • Information Updating
      • Following trends
      • Asking questions
      • Social Networking
    • Tweetbeep and Twilert will email you when Tweets match your search terms
    • Hashtags are used to identify and find content
        • #Mumbai
        • #Bushfires
        • #UKSnow
        • #CreditCrunch
  11. More Twitter tools!
    • TweetDeck
    • Twhirl
    • Twellow
    • TweetStats
    • Twist
    • Twitterverse
    • Twitterholic
  12. Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
    • A means by which to “syndicate” content available on the Web
    • Your “radar”
  13. The benefits of using RSS
    • No need to visit websites
    • Summaries
    • Reduction in emails
    • Many media types included
    • Information becomes discreet
    • Easy to share
  14. How you could use RSS?
    • To monitor Legal and Librarianship Blogs
    • To monitor news stories and company information
    • To monitor new legal content:
      • Legislation
      • Case Law
      • Journal Articles
      • Know How
  15. What you’ll need!
    • An RSS FeedReader or Newsreader
      • Bloglines
      • Google Reader
      • FeedDemon
      • Newsgator
    • An RSS Feed!
      • Navigate to any website and look for the RSS icon
  16. Blogs du Jour!
    • Some of the Blogs I follow:
      • Binary Law
      • Enquiring Minds Want to Know
      • Information Overlord
      • House of Butter
      • Jennie Law
      • The BIALL Blog
  17. The obstacles…
    • Your IT Department
  18. Web 2.0 for the wary…
    • …what you need to think about
      • Time
      • Cost
      • Exposure
      • Information Overload
      • The 4P’s
  19. Can I ignore Web 2.0? No
  20. Questions/Thoughts [email_address] http://www.therunninglibrarian.co.uk http://www.biall.blogspot.com http://www.twitter.com/jimmy1712

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