More...5 weeks to a social library

I may have mentioned that this course accepted 40 people, however, anyone can lurk along...listening and viewing the presentations and discussions. Anyone can participate by commenting on participants' blogs that they created to track their progress. Today I listened to the Webcasts 1 and 2 and as I was listening, I was thinking about what our college library could do...so many things. Favorite books of the library staff (reviews and such), New books just on the shelf, exhibit information, faculty favorite all time books (or websites), new websites for students, etc. It is limitless...and a great marketing tool. Ah yes, what studnets are reading...

Presentations
Webcast 1 - A 21st Century Printing Press: Blogs as Publishing Mechanism - Rebecca Hedreen, Distance Education Librarian, Southern Connecticut State University.

Webcast 2 - Next Steps: Taking Your Library’s Blog from So-So to Superb - Nanette Donohue, Technical Services Manager, Champaign Public Library

to check out:
Ohio University Libraries Business Blog (academic)
Kansas State University Library Blogs (academic)
Virginia Commonwealth University Library Suggestion Blog (academic)

More to catch this week:
Screencast: Duck Soup: Using a Blog to Provide Product Support (blip.tv) - Karen Harker, Digital Infrastructure Research & Development unit, UT Southwestern Medical Center Library

Screencast: From Writer's Block to Library Blog (blip.tv) - Anne Welsh, Bibliographic Services, DrugScope; Editor, Catalogue & Index: Periodical of the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group.

Screencast: Using the Tools: How Millenials Use the World Wide Web (blip.tv) - Jami Schwarzwalder, Recent Graduate, Indiana University MLS Program