SETTING THE STAGE FOR EXTENDING OUR REACH:
AN OVERVIEW OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND RESOURCES
L.A. AS SUBJECT WORKSHOP
MARCH 24, 2009
RESOURCES FOR “KEEPING UP”
WEB 2.0 EXPLAINED IN VIDEO
Web 2.0: The Machine Is Us/ing Us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
Easily understood short videos for various applications:
www.commoncraft.com or
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=common+craft
BLOGS
Archives:
www.archivesnext.com (lots of blog posts about Archive participation in Flickr)
http://librariansonedge.blogspot.com
Library 2.0:
www.tametheweb.com
www.librarycrunch.com
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress (/2008/01/24/the-essence-of-library-20/)
www.theshiftedlibrarian.com
www.librarianinblack.net
www.librarybytes.com
www.libraryman.com/blog/
YOUTUBE

“About us”:
Purdue University Archives
New South Wales State Records
Posting videos or talks of events:
Auburn University
Posting digitized video content:
National Library of Scotland (Scottish Screen Archives)
Poetry Center Reading Series, Stony Brook Archives
Creating topical videos:
George Eastman house
Hofstra University’s Thomas Coffin collection
Northwestern University’s History of the Wildcats
Creating “What is an Archivist?” videos:
WIKIS
WebJunction Technology: www.webjunction.org/technology
“Your Archives” wiki at the UK National Archives:
http://yourarcives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=home_page
PODCASTS
How to (Family Oral History Using Digital Tools): http://familyoralhistory.us/
Sample digitized historical content:
Thomas Edison’s attic: http://wfmu.org/playlists/TE
Presidential Libraries podcasts: http://www.archives.gov/presidential -
libraries/research/podcasts.html
StoryCorps oral histories: http://www.storycorps.net/listen/

Sample historical collections podcasts:
Guided By History Podcasts: http://blog.wellsfargo.com/GuidedByHistory/Podcasts/
National Archives of Australia: http://www.naa.gov.au/podcasts/audiocast.xml
Kansas Memory Podcast: http://www.kshs.org/audiotours/kansasmemory/kmpodcast.htm
U.K. National Archives Podcast Series: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml
LIFESTREAMING AND MICROBLOGGING
Offical Twitter Blog: http://blog.twitter.com
140 Characters Blog: Style Guide For The Short Form: www.140characters.com
Newbie’s Guide To Twitter: http://news.cnet.com/newbies-guide-to-twitter/
Mobile Instant Messaging Meets Social Networking: Twitter – A Beginner’s Guide:
www.webjunction.org/social-software/articles/content/449937
Twitter Explained For Librarians, Or 10 Ways To Use Twitter:
www.davidleeking.com/2007/03/10/twitter-explained-for-librarians-or-10-ways-to-use-twitter/
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Facebook:
Groups For Archivists: Archivists on Facebook, Archivists Without A Cause, The Lone Arrangers
Official Facebook blog: http://blog.facebook.com
Unofficial Facebook blog: www.allfacebook.com
Facebook and Rapport (Libraries): http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/facebook-
and-rapport/
What Can You Do With A Facebook Page?: www.davidleeking.com/2008/10/09/what-can-you-
do-with-a-facebook-page/
LinkedIn:
Linked Intelligence Blog: www.linkedintelligence.com (100+ Smart Ways To Use Linked In:
www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin/)
Ten Ways To Use LinkedIn: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html
How To Get The Most Out Of LinkedIn: http://mashable.com/2008/11/02/reexamining-
linkedin/

Ning: www.ning.com
LibGig: www.libgig.com
SHARED RESOURCES
Photo sharing and Flickr:
How to: Make Flickr Work for Your Library: 50+ Resources:
www.collegedegrees.com/blog/2008/06/24/how-to-make-flickr-work-for-your-library-50-
resources/
ArchivesNext Flickr posts: www.archivesnext.com/?cat=17
Video sharing and YouTube:
Document sharing and Scribd:
Metro’s Scribd Site: www.scribd.com/MetroLibraryandArchive
Scribd: What Is It?: http://mclctechtalk.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/talking-tech-friday-scribd/
Head-to-head comparison of major document sharing sites:
http://mashable.com/2008/05/02/sites-to-share-documents-online/
Social bookmarking and Del.icio.us:
7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking:
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf
Delicious Blog: http://blog.delicious.com/blog/
Social Bookmarking In Plain English (Common Craft video):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
Tags Help Make Libraries Delicious: www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6476403.html
More Libraries Using Delicious: http://angelacw.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/more-libraries-
using-delicious
SELF-PACED LEARNING PROGRAMS
Five Steps To A Social Library: www.sociallibraries.com/course/

MEETING / SHARING
Free online meeting software: www.dimdim.com
Second Life: www.secondlife.com
(Beth Kattleman, Ohio State University Archives)
TERMINOLOGY:
Reputation Management
Mashups
“Space”