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Permalink Reply by Jenna Kammer on September 14, 2007 at 1:50pm

It is funny that you write this, because I was just thinking how much I love 2.0 but how little of it I have actually implemented! For me it has been one of those things I like to try out but have never been able to really get going. Like blogging. Rss. I've started learning about more 2.0 things through this community and by doing lots of reading. Are any of the things you have done one your 23 things list for the library or just for yourself?

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Bel on September 14, 2007 at 5:49pm

I think for me the idea of the 23 things list was to experience each of the things and try to gain an understanding of it, and then find applications for the library out of that understanding. Right now I'm up to the fifth week, so I have a lot of experiencing still to go! My director and I have talked about a library blog, photo mashups on Flickr, and other fun things, but we've not yet implemented any of that. One thing I have done is create a library-based Facebook account. The response to that was fun, and we've had some good feedback. Eventually I see that as a possible way to involve tweens, teens, and twenties in the workings of the library. If you'd like to check it out, the link is : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4488573322

Permalink Reply by Regina Spiker on September 29, 2007 at 4:27pm

Our state implemented 23 things and I really enjoyed just about everything that was covered. I started up a MySpace page for our teens and will give computer classes in Dec. to the public on Flickr and blogging. Our library director has his own blog we can check in with and we all had our own also. Check out our MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/the_teen_lair The teens in our area seem to go with MySpace instead of Facebook so far, but I want to keep an open mind in case they switch over!

Permalink Reply by Colleen Eggett on April 5, 2009 at 8:12am

We just finished a 3 day course for rural librarians in Utah, "Help for the technophobic librarian." We talked about blogs and twitter among other things. They all set up blogs and just were introduced to twitter. Not too much twitter chatter among rural libs but it was interesting to see their comments as we talked about it.

One person commented that blogs are as easy as setting up an email account. That easy.

I think it's just repeat exposure that wll help twitter take off even emong rural librarians.

Permalink Reply by Sandra blake on March 27, 2010 at 9:38pm

G'Day. I've really enjoyed learning 2.0 and 2.1. The main application that I tend to share with information seekers at my public library is Google Docs. Basically most people have never heard of it! They are always amazed by it and it is really practical for most users.

Permalink Reply by Sandra blake on March 27, 2010 at 9:40pm

By the way, I am not familiar with '23 things'. Perhaps this is American? I'm in Australia.

Permalink Reply by Pamela Langridge on July 24, 2010 at 5:43am

Sandra,

The 23 Things is a self-paced online course created by Helene Blowers for public librarians that takes them through the 23 most common social networking technologies (like Blogger and Delicious).
The State Library of NSW's Learning 2.0 and Learning 2.1 courses were based on Helene's 23 Things course.