library 2.0

Before you start that blog, Wiki, or other Web 2.0 project, you may want to consider and answer the following questions. By following these steps your Web 2.0 project is more likely to be a success.

My suggestions for best practices when using Social Software
and Web 2.0 applications in a library setting:

Don’t just do
something because it is “hip” or “cool” to be doing it!

I liked the readings this week, because they reminded me that YouTube IS a social networking site.  I admit that I have used it in a mostly web 1.0 way - as a consumer - so far, anyway. 

This topic is the one I have become the most familiar with, especially over the past few weeks working on the group Facebook project (which all of you should check out!). Personally, out of the networks discussed in this week's readings, I find Facebook to be the most interesting and also have the most options for incorporation into a library.

Wiki to wikis

Wikis are a common collaborative tool; its WYSIWYG interface allows users to create and edit content with ease. Because of this ease of use, they have attracted both praise and concern from librarians.

Wikipedia

One of the more worrisome trends for me with Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 is the fetishism that sometimes comes with it. So many people are absolutely obsessed with progress for progress' sake and seldom consider the long-reaching implications of rash technological change.