Social networking in libraries

I belive social networking will become invaluable to libraries as it is a growingly popular form of communication. Libraries can advertise programs, events and services, get feedback from customers, answer questions and queries and I think also there is the possibility in better getting to know your clients, what their needs and wants are and how they go about satisfying them.

Mashups

Using mashups in public libraries would be excellent for local studies as shown the the examples. I also think it would be fun to do something with the mobile library stops and mash ups.

Podcasts

Podcasts would be great to use in a library setting, especially for our library because our community is isolated geographically. One idea I would like to pursue is working with out local history groups to do podcasts of interesting local studies/history info.

Del.icio.us

I've used Del.icio.us before http://delicious.com/Shriggles for work and find it really helpful to tag things I want to look at or read later. I think it's a greally great resource to use for libraries in research assistance and would save alot of time on the reference desk especially if it is as well set up as libraries like Sutherland.

Library Thing

Library thing is fabulous - my library has recently added library thing to our catalouge and it's been really helpful with readers advisory. Despite having and loving it at work I never really thought about opening an account myself but I think I might continue with it at home and I know of some friends I can recomment it to.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Shriggle

Vidoe

I really love You Tube (and I especially love the common craft video's used in this course) and have used it alot but only recently took at look at Google Video. I found them both really simple to use from searching to finding related material.

Mossman Library is fabulous; they way they use technology to create access to their library is impresive; from the video's of visiting authors to their oral histories.

My manager and I saw a great video on a library web page of a mobile library driver talking about his job and the mobile library and we're looking at doing the same because it was such a great way to showcase such a wonderful service.

Wiki Wiki Wiki!!!

I really love the idea of the library success wiki, I stumbled upon it a while ago but hadn't gone back but I'm impressed by how much it has grown: I guess all us library folk doing the 2.0 training has encouraged more contributors!

As for wiki use in a library setting I think the possibilities are endless. My library has a wiki called the Library Ideas Bubble where we put ideas up which other staff can then flesh out or to wait until the right time/funding becomes available etc. It's a way that we capture our ideas.

The South East Local Studies Network that I am apart of also has a wiki for us to post questions, put up things we're working on, meeting minutes etc. It works particularly well as the SELSN comprises of libraries that are hours and hours away from one another.