Today I attended a talk titled Achieving Organization 2.0 by Meredith Farkas of Norwich University. She was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for innovative uses of technology to benefit the profession and in 2009 was honored with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. The aim of the talk was show how Web 2.0 tools can benefit library users.
Some of the points that she made:
• All sites must be maintained to be useful. Orphan sites are never automatically deleted.
• These sites should not be the pet project of a librarian. Several people should be involved in authoring and maintaining sites.
• Librarians should have a schedule for maintaining blogs
• There must be time allowed for Web 2.0 initiatives. Creativity takes time
• We must know our users and their needs
• We must be aware of the tools that our population uses
• The library should partner with other organizations on campus in authoring and maintaining a wiki.
The Powerpoint for her presentation may be found at http:/meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com
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