Adventures in Library 2.0

This afternoon we experimented with YouTube.  The video below is from the Denver Public Library to promote their Summer Reading Program, highlighting all the great things you can do at the library. Check it out!

Another good one, Librarian shows patron all the different ways she can access the same information, in this video a copy of The Wizard of Oz…

I think it’s very cool how libraries are using YouTube to share information about their collections, programming, and “how to” videos.

Check this out!: ALA’s READ® Image Generator

Fun with FDs Flickr Toys!

I wish I could find a picture of me looking a bit less angry, but I was enjoying myself when the picture was taken.  I like using sites like FDs Flickr Toys and ImageChef to customize images and create custom signs.  I think that exploring these technologies is a lot of fun and people of all ages get a kick of seeing their picture or images customized.  I think using these technologies all comes back to what we’ve been discussing all morning, all the user to create and control the content to maximize their experience.  Using an exercise like creating trading cards would be great for students (of all ages) to create trading cards as a way to get to know fellow classmates. In a library setting, staff members could create and distribute trading cards to users after a program or reference dialog, as a way to share contact information. Users could create trading cards to enable librarians to get to know them better.  Just a few ideas…back to playing with the Flickr toys…