From LIS 415 - Candy's Section

Libraries Doing Cool "Organize-y" Things for Users

This wiki is associated with the course LIS 415, Information Organization, the section(s) taught by Candy Schwartz. It gathers information about libraries using what some call "Web 2.0" or "Library 2.0" applications to improve OPACs and related services. Resources have been entered by the instructor and by students in the course, beginning in early 2007. Anybody is welcome to add new resources (just check that they aren't already there, follow the format, and put them in their correct alphabetical spot) - please sign your entry.

Technologies and concepts

• Bibliography and resources on next-generation library catalogues
• Blogs and other RSS
• Folksonomy and tagging
• Guided, or faceted, navigation
• Podcasts
• Social networking (e.g., libraries with a presence in MySpace, flickr, Second Life, YouTube, and similar spaces)
• Visual browsing
• Wiki, or wiki-like, technology
• Other, including service mashups

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