This session will provide you with strategies and real examples of how to incorporate Web 2.0 tools and resources into your library program and instruction. You’ll explore ways for promoting library resources and activities through social networks and media and also learn how to tap into the power of social and new media to create conversations about information literacy. Please visit http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces and click on "presentations" for the resource page to accompany this presentation and/or to contact me. Presented at Internet @ Schools West, October 26, 2009

1. give them something to talk about Internet @ Schools West 2009 infusing library 2.0 into your library instruction and web presence buffy hamilton | http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com | october 2009

2. “when industry norms start to die, people panic. it’s difficult to change when you think that you must change everything in order to succeed. Changing everything is too difficult.”seth godin Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenny-pics/2853460469/sizes/l/

3. don’t reinvent the wheel; instead, find pivot points for change. Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidiot/2586803819/sizes/l/

4. pivot points of change use web 2.0 tools to connect, create, and collaborate

5. 1 keep your traditional sources of authoritative information in your research pathfinders, but let the research topic and mode of research guide the integration of social media information sources and tools for delivering that content to help students navigate the maze of today’s information world Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/g33k-fu/1199025780/sizes/l/

6. podcasts

7. podcasts

8. podcasts

9. podcasts

10. podcasts

11. blogs

12. blogs

13. blogs

14. twitter Image used under a Creative Commons license fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/3616155715/sizes/o/

15. twitter

16. twitter

17. twitter

18. twitter

19. youtube/video

20. youtube/video

21. youtube/video

22. youtube/video

23. youtube/video

24. youtube/video

25. youtube/video

26. youtube/video

27. youtube/video

28. google maps/mashups Image used under a Creative Commons license fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/3616155715/sizes/o/

29. google maps/mashups

30. google maps/mashups

31. google maps/mashups

32. 2 keep your traditional means of communication, but use tools like rss feeds, widgets, and information portals to stream information to your users

33. rss feeds

34. rss feeds

35. rss feeds/widgets

36. rss feeds/widgets

37. rss feeds/widgets

38. rss feeds/information portals

39. rss feeds/information portals

40. rss feeds/information portals/widgets

41. rss feeds/information portals/widgets

42. rss feeds/widgets

43. widgets

44. widgets

45. 3 keep your traditional productivity tools, but use cloud computing to encourage collaboration and information sharing Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholas_t/293413649/sizes/l/

46. wikis

47. wikis

48. google sites

49. google sites

50. google docs

51. google docs

52. google docs

53. google docs

54. google groups

55. slideshare

56. 4 continue sharing your library program goals and reports through traditional formats, but also compose these in a different format, such as a mindmap, video, or other multimedia/visualization medium

57. video

58. picture shows

59. mindmap

60. slideshare

61. slideshare: what you can do embed slideshows into your own blog or website. share slideshows publicly or privately. synch audio to your slides. add YouTube videos to a slideshow presentation. fromhttp://www.slideshare.net/about

62. slideshare: what you can do market your own event on slideshare. join groups to connect with slideshare. users do not need powerpoint or word to view the slideshow. fromhttp://www.slideshare.net/about

66. 5 keep books and print materials in your library, but add and promote the formats in which their content appear (i.e. audio books, databases, e-books, downloadable books (such as NetLibrary), free online versions of periodicals) Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdewey/3374674246/sizes/l/

67. google books

68. google books

69. google books

70. google books

71. gale virtual reference library

72. abc-clio ebook collection

73. online newspapers

74. 6 keep your traditional means of connecting with patrons , but innovate at every possible touch point through social media and social networking Image used under a CC license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabinet/1250189882/sizes/o/in/set-72157601695160600/

75. facebook

76. facebook

77. facebook

78. blogs

79. blogs

80. twitter

81. flickr

82. flickr

83. flickr

84. social bookmarking

85. google profile

86. google reader

87. youtube

89. let pivot points for change and library 2.0 tools spark your imagination cc licensed flickr photo by jurvetson: http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2643699255/

90. Works Cited Godin, Seth. “Pivots for change.” Seth Godin’s Blog. N.p., 12 Mar. 2009. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. <http://sethgodin.typepad.com/‌seths_blog/‌2009/‌03/‌pivots-for-change-swords-and-plowshares.html>. Hamilton, Buffy. “Pivots for Change and Libraries.” The Unquiet Librarian. N.p., 25 July 2009. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. <http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/‌2009/‌07/‌25/‌pivots-for-change-and-libraries/>.

91. Contact and Resource Information http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com (see “presentations)