Social Software, Libraries, and the Communities that (could) Sustain Them
October 19th, 2005I’m thrilled to be speaking at another event at MIT for NEASIS&T. It will be on Friday night, November 18th. Here’s the description:
“While Wiki- or Blog-ified pages, recommender/commenting systems, Web 2.0, RSS, portals, structured blogging all indicate customized services—these technologies and concepts are not normally associated with the library systems, until now. “Reader’s Advisory: A Community Effort,” Steven Cohen’s recent column in Public Libraries magazine (Jan/Feb 2005), forms the basis for an evening of vision, demonstration and discussion with the author about leveraging the collective knowledge of our constituencies to bring online communities and libraries together. Discussion will include the expectations and infrastructures (online and off) necessary for online communities to thrive and the importance of needs assessments in this growing arena. Most importantly, Steven will highlight examples of online social software initiatives currently in place, in and outside of the library community, and share ideas for future implementations.”
This will be similar to the presentation that I’m giving at the 21st Century Literacies Conference the day before titled, “Reader’s Advisory on the Web: Resources, Case Studies, and Community Involvement”, which will focus more on reader’s advisory and online communities.
It’s going to be one heck of a 2 days in the Boston area, and I hope that some of you will be able to make it to at least one of the events.