I just started a Ning community with a group for this class, so I decided to explore the existing Ning community Library 2.0 to learn how librarians are using the social networking site over time.
Immediately, I noticed a feature on the Library 2.0 site that I would like to add to our site, More Than [...]
Share the love. Join More Than Books: Midwest Library Connection to share events, meet friends, and brainstorm possibilities! Join groups, discuss library issues in forums, and hear about the latest events going on at Midwest libraries. We want to hear whats going on at your library. Join us!
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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, expanded edition
by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
Wikinomics deeply explores the profound effects of mass collaboration enabled by the “blogosphere” of wikis, blogs, chat rooms and personal broadcasting by presenting their research on how the world is now doing business (p. 1). The term “wikinomics” is defined as [...]
After attending the Association of Moving Image Archivists conference in Savannah, Georgia last summer, I fell in love with the intimate community of colleagues, friends and fellows brought together by their undying devotion to sharing and caring for film. Most people only see each other once a year at the annual conference. AMIA [...]
It’s funny, being asked to describe my first experience in a virtual community made me realize how completely disinterested in them I used to be. I had to move away from my friends and family to start using ichat after realizing I needed a communication alternative to my skyrocketing phone bill. I never [...]
I feel like I have been floating in the middle of a generational digital divide all my life. In sixth grade, it was important enough for my class to learn to type on Comadore 64s, but not yet in the budget to have a computer in every classroom. The world wide web connected [...]
Eric, Jeff, Chris and Danielle are working on a Ning community for library professionals to brainstorm projects, share stories, and help each other troubleshoot with Library 2.0. More to come…
