Last spring I consulted with Linda Braun who coordinates the Special Interest Groups for METRO (Metropolitan New York Library Council) on how I can reinigorate my science librarians group after my last meeting had a disappointing turnout. She suggested that I have a joint meeting with the Library 2.0 group. This meeting was held today featuring Joe Murphy Science Librarian of Yale University who spoke about Social Networking Competencies for Librarians.
I was happy to see a turnout of about 35. There is also the old fashioned social networking of talking to people face to face. This is still extremely important in this Web 2.0 era. You really don't "know" a person until you have met him/her face to face. Even if you have exchanged hundreds of e-mails, instant messages, and tweets, your opinion of a person will often changed once you have met him/her. It was nice to reconnect with colleagues and meet new ones.
Notes from the meeting may be summarized at http://etherpad.com/METROsnlit
Joe's paper on this topic that was presented at the March 2009 ACRL meeting may be found at http://bit.ly/acrlpaper
The Powerpoint may be found at http://slideshare.net/joseph.murphy
8 people from the meeting had lunch at a nearby diner after the meeting.
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