Won't You Be Sociable with Me?

• We don't read all the books.


• We know about all the books (at least a little).


• The same applies to things that aren't books.

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social software:

"web-enabled software programs that allow users to interact, share, and meet other users" [source]
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• del.icio.us--web-based bookmarking
• Google Docs or Zoho--create and share documents, spreadsheets, & presentations online
• blogs and wikis--keep up to date and contribute to the conversation
• instant messaging--have conversations online

examples: del.icio.us account for the school, using Google Docs to track AV orders: [1] and [2], my blog, Library Success Wiki, meebo.com for IM, MeeboMe widget in action, Meebo Rooms for group work

• MySpace
• Facebook

examples: my (lame) MySpace, libraries with MySpace pages for teens, Awesome Resources on Facebook, my Facebook profile
readings: the MySpace Travel Guide, assorted online safety links, danah boyd on class divisions between MySpace and Facebook

• Flickr--share your photos
• LibraryThing--share your library
• Twitter--microblogging--"tweet" about just about anything
• last.fm and Pandora--music

examples: librarian trading cards and READ posters on Flickr, librarians talking on Twitter

• Social Software in Libraries--website and book
• Balanced Libraries--"thoughts [and ideas] on continuity and change"
• Five Weeks to a Social Library--screencasts and lessons on all kinds of social software
• Learning 2.0--23 new things to learn at your own pace
• Library 2.0 on 15 Minutes a Day
• Social Software Showcase
• How to Web 2.0--presentation on planning & implementing a new service at your library

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Laura Crossett is a librarian in Meeteetse, Wyoming. Find her online at newrambler.net.

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