Michelle was granted an award to study last year and she toured US libraries which were Web 2.0 based, had virtual services.
Princeton - used pbwiki, though now have an inhouse tool; have put on widgets, have music streamed and podcasted; databytes program for staff and users, flickr acount; pre-overdue email notice application
Darien Library uses blogs - see the children's, teens' which are posted weekly; Meebo instant messenger used for information services; playaways - self contained audio so that you don't need to download to your own device; teen book reviews are podcasted too; equipment lending - eg laptops; a home office set-up in the library.
PLCMC - has 16 domain names. Mentioned homework assistance; storytimes are videoed - is this the future for Jenni M's TV career; gaming for adults too
Ohio Public Library Information Network - like Gulliver; also connected to Universities and Schools; Specialist Resources - eg what tree is that? ; developing mobile phone access.
WebJunction - is an online community where library staff meet to share ideas, ... EqualAccess was developed by Libraries for the Future. What's New? ea.webjunction.org
St Joseph County Public Library - http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ has gaming tournaments, blogs, blog-based teen page, RSS feeds, Subject guides, ipod lending. The feeling was that this was changing the attitudes of teens to libraries.
Ann Arbor District Library - WOW - the catalogue is totally blog-based - amazing! Gaming tournaments, patron reviews and patron (subject) tagging
Hennepin County - has public comments on the catalogue; polls; and subject guides are web-based.
Thomas Ford Memorial Library - has a library history blog where people can comment - eg on pictures of houses where they might have lived; extensive book reviews, MySpace, Flickr accounts are used too.
Great to see practical applications of the web 2.0
She also mentioned a lot of ideas from the Computers in Libraries Conference .
Twitter, PEW/INTERNET, screen castin, world digital library archive to be launched this year possibly, mobile applications, podcasts of story times, podcast local history interviews, booklovers wikis, Booklists,
She suggested looking at these sites
Cuyahoga County Public Kibrary
Second Life
Tagging websites
Her details:
michelle.mclean@cclc.vic.gov.au
connectinglibrarian.blogspot.com
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