Learning 2.0 : Make "play" your New Year's resolution / A Sirsi/Dynix Institute with Helene Blowers/ Technology Director

SIRSI abstract: As the Nationwide insurance commercials taunt "life comes at you fast", it's time for librarians to jump into the knowledge pool of Web 2.0 technologies and discover how these tools are changing the way many library users communicate, collaborate and receive information. Helene Blowers, Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County shares insights and best practices around the creation of Learning 2.0, an online self-discovery program designed to encourage staff to explore new technologies (blogs, wikis, podcasts etc.) and reward them for ’play’.
Helene uses her background and experiences as a Technology trainer to provide a framework for planning strategies to expose new technologies to your staff. Starting ten years ago, she started the delivery of “Tech Talks” to the county library staff of over 350 staff members. The trigger for developing the Learning 2.0 programs was an article in Information Outlook (February 26) called 43 Things I (or you) might want to do this year (http://tinyurl.com/y47cauhttp://tinyurl.com/y47cau).

This is the model for many world wide initiatives including the Infopeople challenge:
http://our23things.infopeople.org
to be continued (trying to just capture some of my recent activities)