Thing #15: Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the future of libraries

Create a blog post about your thoughts on any one of these. Library 2.0 - It's many things to many people. What does it mean to you? What does it mean for school libraries?

To me Library 2.0 is as abstract, yet distinctive, as Web 2.0. Library 2.0 is about tearing down traditional boundaries and creating open lines of discourse. For school libraries, it is taking the library beyond the the walls and beyond the school hours, allowing library services to be available at the patron's convenience.

In today's culture we want everything immediately at our fingertips, and Library 2.0 does just that.

Thing #6- Flickr Mashups

Prompt: In your post, talk about some ways Flickr and/or Flickr mashups could be used in your library program.

Flickr mashups are the results of exceptional thinking. A brief description of a mashup (crazy name, I know), is combining Flickr with another electronic application. A plethora of these mashup can be found at BigHugeLabs and you can link your Flickr account to that site.

Browsing through the different mashups, I came across many that my students and I could use in my library. My favorites: Billboard, Cube, Badgemaker, Hockneyizer, and Motivator. These can be used for library signage, to promote books, or for functional uses such as a ID's for parent/community volunteers and student workers.