The physical face-to-face Beyond the Hype Web 2.0 is now over, but this site will continue as a record of our discussions, but the real question is: Did we go beyond the hype of web 2.0?

I think that we did - the speakers presented a great diversity of topics and my overall feel from the event was that people agree that these technologies can have real value, but that the most important thing is your clients.

A few speakers mentioned tailoring web 2.0 to your staff, library an… Continue

Have a look at cartoon #180 from Shelf Check, a great library cartoon that I really enjoy.

This cartoon says a lot about jumping on the bandwagon of Web 2.0 applications. I think this is fine in your personal life - I have many accounts I have signed up for and stopped using pretty quickly, or have not used at all (in particular - Twitter, Blogger, Jaiku, Zoho, Netvib… Continue

Social bookmarking is one of the most useful 'web 2.0' technologies for me and one I think could be really useful in libraries. Social bookmarking allows you to share sites you have bookmarked, or added as favourites with everyone.

I use del.icio.us for my social bookmarking, but there are heaps of other sites that do the same thing, including ones from the major search engines.

Social bookmarking is great from me to personally keep track of sites I may want to use, without having them get mes… Continue

I think one of the best things about web/library 2.0 is the rise of blogs. I use blogs to develop my understanding of issues that interest me and to alert me to new ideas and discussions that are happening. I like to be able to read and contribute to the discussion of ideas and problems that blogs allow.

I read all the blogs i follow as RSS feeds, which allows me to easily follow whatever topic is of interest in a number of blogs. There are lots of great library related blogs, that dea… Continue

RSS is a great tool for libraries and librarians. RSS lets you check your favourite websites without actually visiting them, instead the new content is sent to a central online location for you to read. It is great for keeping up-to-date on what is happening in libraries. It can also be a useful marketing tool.

These are my shared RSS feeds that I have tagged Library 2.0, check out what i am reading.

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