Oct

20

Web 2.0 Services

October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

I keep coming back to this Web 2.0 search engine when I’m looking around for new stuff to play with.  There are so many sites, it can becoming pretty overwhelming!  With Gotoweb20.com you can filter down the sites by category and keyword.
Below: Conversation Prism via briansolis.com

Oct

18

Social Networking – #5

October 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

Social networking and its predecessors have been a part of some amazing things in my life, from finding old friends to finding a job; it has and will continue to play a huge role in all aspects of my life.
Yes, I am on Library Thing, I have a Ning (and belong to a bunch of [...]

Oct

10

Paper Topic Exploration – #4

October 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

I am going to do my paper on how special libraries are using, or not using, Library 2.0 tools and techniques.  Given the nature of most special libraries, there may not be many case studies available to take a look at.  However, since special libraries are situated within corporations, firms, etc., I will also look [...]

Sep

27

Reflection on Library 2.0 and Participatory Service – #2

September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Library 2.0 is all about the user.  As Jenny Levine states in the article “Library 2.0 in the Real World“:
 It means using the tools and protocols the rest of the world uses so that we can be integrated into their environments, not forcing them to conform to ours.
I think this is the most important concept [...]

Sep

22

Bringing it all Together…

September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The following blog post was originally published on November 15, 2008 on meganbuttita.com.
When it comes to remembering all the different options for online searching, news, image and video sites, etc., it’s hard to know if you are using all the relevant sites. I have been introduced to InfoDesk, and it is AWESOME! Any feeds that [...]

Sep

19

Intro – #1

September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Hi all! This is my last semester at Dominican and a wonderful way to wrap up my LIS experience! I currently use and help implement web 2.0 technologies at my firm, but it is hard to get people within our corporate environment comfortable with these technologies. We use Microsoft SharePoint as our web 2.0 platform [...]