I began my day by researching the changes and innovations in other library information commons' areas. This lead me to a slideshow posted on SlideShare.com. A web 2.0 tool I'd heard of but never used. The slideshow I viewed described the Net generation and how they use web 2.0 tools. At the end of this slideshow, I found the below slideshow posted with voice narration (which you can add to PowerPoints) on a new trend, the library 2.o. This slideshow by Murduch University librarian, Kathryn Greenhill explains what library 2.0 is. I had never heard of the term but I quickly realized that it defines why I'm writing this blog. I am trying to show students and faculty the possible uses of web 2.0 tools for instruction, sharing and collaboration.
The Library 2.0 slideshow also illustrates why librarians feel they need to develop web 2.0 library services to reach our Net generation students. Students who might just be taking D2L, eLearn and eLive courses and may never enter our real world library building. I hope you will take the time to view the slideshow. It is over 20 minutes in length and does have lag time while it is buffering but I found it was worth it. I used the lag time to write this blog.
