WHAT THIS WIKI AIMS TO DO:

• Create a record of Web 2.0 (definition) usage by libraries around the United Kingdom
• Build a useful resource for librarians around the South East / country interested in Web 2.0
• Provide evidence on the usefulness of Web 2.0 and set it in context
• Develop a more up-to-date version of "23 things" as a training tool for staff

Who are we?

We're a group of UK librarians who think Web 2.0 will have a profound effect on public libraries, and we're looking at how we can direct that effect rather than follow along behind it.

Contact:

helen.leech@surreycc.gov.uk
marianne.lindfield@westsussex.gov.uk
patricia.garrett@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

NEWS:

New SOCITIM report: Social Media - why ICT management should lead their organisations to embrace it

SOCITM (bless 'em) have produced another useful report advocating the use of Web 2.0 in local authorities. It's only available by subscription, so you'll need to find out if there is a copy somewhere in your organisation. Published January 2010, ISBN 9781904414988.


January 2010: Google Wave continues to make waves.

David Jenkins from Manchester Metropolitan University has done a straw poll of library users of GW and has kindly given us permission to publish it here - you'll find it attached to the bottom of this page.


Slainte have produced a useful guide to using Web 2.0 in libraries.

http://www.slainte.org.uk/files/pdf/web2/Web2GuidelinesFinal.pdf



There's a new JISCMAIL mailing list: Web 2.0 use in libraries.

"A list for anyone interested in Web 2.0 and its uses in libraries. Specifically for those interested in developing Web 2.0 content for their library service, including social networking tools, mashups and other media. " You can find it and join at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=LIS-WEB2 Free workshops on Web 2.0 and the social Web for museums, libraries and archives staff Web 2.0 and the Social Web are terms which are now being used widely. But what do these terms mean? And what, if anything, can Web 2.0 and the Social Web offer to museums, libraries and archives, especially small organisations with limited budgets and technical expertise? The MLA, in conjunction with UKOLN, is offering a series of free one-day workshops in Dulwich, Chelmsford, Birmingham and points north. Find out more at http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/

We gave a presentation to SCL SE on Friday 11 September, covering why we think Web 2.0 is important to public libraries.
You'll find it as an attachment to this page (have a look at the very foot of the page.)