General Tips For Doing A 2.0 Program

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Program Information: Library 2.0 in 15 minutes a day General Tips For Doing A 2.0 Program Helpful things for people to know about/use while learning 2.0 topics 2.0 Program Outlines Glossary of Web 2.0 terms Tutorials: Firefox Blogging Wordpress Blogger LiveJournal RSS Bloglines Social Bookmarking del.icio.us Kaboodle Instant Messaging Meebo Social Networking MySpace Facebook LinkedIn Search Engines Rollyo Technorati Google 43 Things Book Collections/Reviews LibraryThing goodreads flickr Video Sharing YouTube Music Sharing Second Life Gaia Online Twitter Wikis Widgets Online Games Podcasting

Here are some great resources available online to help you get started on this project:

1. If you need an excellent list of reasons for your library to start a project like this one, start with 20 Reasons Learning Emerging Technologies Is Part Of Every Librarians Job (http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/07/06/20-reasons-learning-emerging-techologies-is-part-of-every-librarians-job) over at Librarians Matter (http://librariansmatter.com/blog/)
2. Web Junction's Blended Learning Guide. (http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=13893) Blended Learning, according to the guide, is a mixture of in person and electronic training/learning. This guide could be very helpful for coordinators of 2.0 programs who are looking to define their goals for the project, and create a more effective program.
3. Helene Blowers keeps a blog called LibraryBytes (http://www.librarybytes.com/index.html). She posted some helpful program notes (http://www.librarybytes.com/2006/11/nine-seven-best-practices-on-learning.html) there regarding her library's experiences with their innovative 23 Things program.
4. Here's a big thingy from Squidoo (http://www.squidoo.com/library20/) that has a lot of citations and connections and quotes about Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the whole phenomenon.
5. Look over the Action Plan For A 2.0 Library (http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2007/03/action_plan_for_a_20_library.html), by Laura Cohen of the University at Albany Library.
6. Another type of 2.0 Program is Five Weeks To A Social Library (http://www.sociallibraries.com/course). Check it out!

Some libraries follow the "15 minute" approach in a structured way, introducing a new topic or lesson each week, while others use a "work at your own pace" method, with the full list of lessons available right at the start.

There a lots of ways to do a 2.0 program at your library, not just the 15-minute approach! Also, you can use the tutorials here, or add other 2.0 programs you think would be more applicable to your library. One place to check for larger social networking sites is the list of Notable Social Networking Sites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites) at Wikipedia.

Of course, the Wikipedia list doesn't differentiate sites by quality in any way, so perhaps a better place for browsing for new Web 2.0 sites is The SEOmoz 2007 Web 2.0 Awards (http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short) which offer a fantastic list of Web 2.0 sites in a staggering array of categories.

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