Task Force on Social Networking Software

Medical Library Association

Is staying current even possible?

Filed under: Current Awareness, TF — Molly Knapp at 10:10 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2007

From the depths of the SNS-TF distribution list, Sue wonders…

As an (almost solo) hospital

librarian I am very pressed for time and have

almost none in which to use the new social

networking stuff available to me. Do others

have this issue?

We’d love to hear your comments/nightmares/opinions on keeping up w/ 2.0 technology. What works for you? What doesn’t?

In the meantime, check out these links on keeping up with 2.0 technologies. To make things easier, links are arranged in order of 2.0-wareness.

New to this? Start here.
23 Things
From the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC, this ‘discovery learning program’ is designed into small exercises that you can do on the web over the course of 9 weeks to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0.

I’ve tested the waters. But where’s the applicability?
Tags help make libraries del.icio.us
Our own TF member Melissa Rethlefsen unravels social bookmarking and the concept of tagging for libraries in Library Journal.

You put the dot in 2.0. But a little professional reading never hurt.
Under the hood of web 2.0
Ryan Deschamps of The Other Librarian offers 10 programming concepts that could help you get a better understanding of what makes Web 2.0 tick.

I’m just here for the comedic relief.
In that case, try this or this. Thank you, I’m here all week. Try the veal!

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Comment by Chris Shaffer

October 11, 2007 @ 2:27 am

I’ve learned more about social networking from being a social network user in my non-work life than I’ll ever learn about it from work. Those of us who spend significant amounts of time online away from work have a shorter learning curve…

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