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Today’s class was an intro to 2.0 topics. We talked a lot about web 2.0 and library 2.0. And then dove into trying out some 2.0 tools and considering how they can be used in libraries. ONe thing I try to weave into all the topics is how interconnected they all are and how we can blend different services together. I always worry that I’m overloading people with too much, too much, too much! So I was relieved when the evaluations showed people were excited about discovering how blogs, wikis, rss, delicious, flickr and so on can be used together in a mix and match sort of way. Even my crazy demo of using my cell phone to call Jott

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Another wonderful group of school librarians got together for a “2.0 Tech Camp” this weekend. This session was a bit shorter than the two held over the summer. Still, we covered a lot of territory and everyone left with plans to put one or more of the tools to work. (more…)

They paid me to play with flickr! Can’t beat that!

The Southern Adirondack Library System is sponsoring a series of Library 2.0 workshops for their member libraries. And once a month, they hold a DIY workshop day. Staff can drop in and get some help with their blogs, wikis, flickr, web sites, whatever.

Today we fixed some broken blogs and played with flickr. A good time was had by all!

Back by Popular Request - Library 2.0 Tech CampTwo 2-day tech camps were held over the summer. Apparently we had a waiting list for those sessions. So Linda Fox at Capital Region BOCES School Library System has scheduled another session. And I understand there are some more advanced sessions being scheduled for the spring.

“This two day Tech camp is designed to help library media specialists gain a comfort level with some of the Library 2.0 technologies. Sessions will be informal and collaborative. Strategies for integration into the curriculum will be offered and shared. Topics covered may include, blogs and wikis, tagging, de.lic.ious, ning and Flickr.”

When: October 26 and 27, 2007
Where: Rensslaerville Institute
Who: School library media specialists
Trainer: Polly Farrington
Cost: $125 per person ­ all double rooms

For more information, visit the Cap Region BOCES SLS web site.

This is your picture in my blog! Yay yay, we’re having fun at the Library2.0 class for CT State Library.

Class practice blog at: http://lib20classes.wordpress.com/

The class wiki is: http://lib20.pbwiki.com/lib20-overview

Thanks for a terrifically fun day!

School librarians saying “wiki wiki”! School Library Tech Camp - Session 2 at the Rensselaerville Institute has come to an end. What a lot of territory we covered and what a lot of fun was had! (And what a lot of scrumptious food was consumed too.)

Enormous thanks to Dee Portzer (Questar III School Library System) who organized this session and Linda Fox (Capital Region School Library System) who organized the July session.

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