Library 2.0

I have recently become aware that there is this whole thing out there in the library world called Library 2.0. When I first saw the term I thought, 'Oh no! Is this an all-seeing, all-knowing Library program that has taken over the world and is out to destroy me?' I don't know. Because I'm a cavewoman -- that's the way I think. I know, I know....Library 2.0 is old hat. You modern librarians have been talking about it since at least 2005, when the idea was first presented at a library conference. But while you were experimenting with new gizmos and gadgets and your fast social medias, I was stuck inside a glacier, a human popsicle doing a slow thaw.

So now in an effort to catch up, I have become a member of the Library 2.0 network. Want to see the picture on my new Library 2.0 badge?

The Library 2.0 people are very smart people. Well, of course they are. They're librarians. But they are so smart they had a virtual conference last fall! They had a big meeting together, like a council meeting with the wisest members of the tribe, but they didn't even have to build a fire or make a sacred stone circle for everyone to sit inside. They just went on their computers, and all their speeches and classes were give online. By what sorcery are they able to do these things? I know--computer technology makes it possible. I have to keep reminding myself that.

Even though this virtual voo-doo took place last October, the Library 2.0 elders have made it possible to travel back in time as if it were still October, and watch and listen to the sessions from the conference!

So I looked over the schedule, and I have made a list of the sessions I want to attend. Many of these terms boggle my mind. What is a public knowledge base? What is an embedded librarian? Is that like being embedded in a glacier for 10,000 years? What are "digital natives?" I would like to meet these digital natives. They sound like my kind of people.

With so many choices, I hardly know where to begin. So I think I'll start with the first class on my list. The one about clouds and trees. Those are things I know something about.          

If you would like to sees the whole list of what's available, you can see that here:   You will have to register and become a member of Library 2.0, which means creating a username and password. Everytime I have to create a password, I worry that the computer gods are stealing my soul. Because that's the way I think. I'm a cavewoman.

My List of Library 2.0 virtual sessions, made available by modern science and not by sorcery:

Clouds and Trees: Using Folksonomies to transform Online Public Access Catalogues

Creating instructional screencasts: An overview of available tools and best practices

Down with the FAQ! Bring in the Dynamic PKB (Public Knowledge Base)!

Ebooks: Do They Use Them? Do They Care

How to build a mobile app from scratch for your library

How to Embed A Librarian, Library Resources and Service Components in Moodle!

Just click here – imparting effective scholarly habits to digital natives – the why, the what and the how!

Leveraging multiple literacies for sticky search education

Libraries in the Clouds

Libraries, Publishers, Vendors - The eBook Whitewater

Libraryhack : Setting content free

Multiliteracy is the new Information Literacy

My Info Quest: Providing Text Message Reference in Libraries of All Types

Outreach through Gaming

Privacy and the First Amendment , Friends or Foes in Cyberspace?

Proactively scanning Twitter & the web for feedback - How are users reacting?

Reading 2.0: the new role for librarians

Situating the Academic Library for Digital Natives: Enhancing Student Learning Through DLMs

The Embedded Librarian: A Crucial Addition to Online Courses

The Future of Emerging Technologies in Libraries

The Impact of Technology on Library Design

The Texting Librarian

The Unmined Potential of Ebooks: Create Passionate Patrons & Promote your Library

Developing a customized definition of enbedded librarianship.

Today's Libraries and the Self-Checkout Technology

Using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Agents to Enhance Library Information Services

Web 2.0 Tools For You - A Cybrarian's Guide to Free Resources on the Web and their Practical Application in Libraries and other Work Environments

Who needs a computer? I have a QR Reader!