This document discusses various social bookmarking, book sharing, social networking, and further materials resources for libraries using Web 2.0 technologies. It recommends del.icio.us over Furl for social bookmarking due to stability issues with Furl. LibraryThing is mentioned as a tool for finding book reviews and similar titles to complement a library catalog. Flickr and Facebook are presented as options for creating visual displays and tapping into university audiences. Finally, Library2.0 and a Web 2.0 for libraries course are shared as potential professional development resources.

1. Web 2.0 & Libraries – some follow
up materials from session at
Ucreative, Maidstone
31st October 2007
Social Bookmarking
Furl http://furl.net/member/rscselinks I
have encountered some recent problems with
this service. Although I am told that it is due
to a rollout of a new version
http://blogs.looksmart.com/furl/ I am not
confident about the long term life of Furl. All
of the valuable features like comments and
site clips seem to have
disappearedtemporarily,leaving it resembling
not much more than a big list of 'stuff'
del.icio.us I am trying to convert my links to
this site (which seems a lot more stable) just
in case! Harold Fricker’s link is at
http://del.icio.us/hf.rscse
I would recommend, whichever bookmark
site you opt for, making regular backups of
your links
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2. Book sharing
Library Thing
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/andykir
k A great resource for producing visual
displays, complementing your OPAC finding
book reviews and Amazon-style similar titles
http://www.librarything.com/zeitgeist for a
flavour of the stats of the site
http://www.librarything.com/tools for
different ways of displaying your collections
on a blog, receiving and accessing the
information
Using images
Flickr Continuing the theme of visual
displays in quite imaginative ways - see
Sutton libraries' monthly displays with links
into their OPAC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54117187@N0
0/747212623/
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3. Social networks
Facebook You may be throughly fed up with
people talking about Facebook, but
nevertheless it may be worth investigating
appropriate strategies to tap into the
UCreative audience on various University
networks
http://facebook.com/s.php?q=UCCA&k=2000
00010
Library services are making various forays
into devloping applications for facebook -
here are a few from a basic 'librarian' search
http://facebook.com/apps/index.php?q=libra
rian
You will also find applications from resources
and services sucn as COPAC and JStor
Library2.0
http://library20.ning.com/ Although of a US
bias, there are sometimes some interesting
discussions on Web 2.0 resources and
strategies for applying to library services.
Worth keeping an eye on a a professional
development tool. You will find my site in
there somewhere
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4. Further materials
RSC Web 2.0 for libraries course
http://moodle.rsc-
southeast.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=20
Guest access is enabled
Andy Kirk, e-Learning Adviser (Resources &
Technology
JISC RSC South East
a.kirk@kent.ac.uk
http://www.rcs-southeast.ac.uk
http://library20.ning.com/profile/andykirk
http://eduspaces.net/andykirk/weblog
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