Tools (mostly free)

• Library 2.0 on LISWiki
• Inviting Participation in Web 2.0
• Iowa State Library posters for all
• Brad Fish's Favorite Pages
• ACLA Library Innovation Wiki
• Award-winning Web 2.0 sites
• Best Web 2.0 Applications for Education (iLibrarian)
• Best Free Webapps and Software of 2007 from Lifehacker
• Social Bookmarking/Networking
  • Diigo (social bookmarking)
  • Del.icio.us
  • Boosting Participation with Del.icio.us
  • Ning and Bethel Park Public Library on Ning
  • Social Bookmarking in Plain English (Commoncraft video)
  • Social Networking in Plain English (Commoncraft video)
  • Social Network site for Kids
  • JacketFlap: Social Networking for Children's Librarians
  • ACRL article on libraries and Social Networking

• Training and Vision
  • 5 Weeks to a Social Library
  • Play to Learn (training opportunity)
  • Capturing the 20/20 Vision for Libraries
  • Slideshare (sharing PPT presentations)
  • Library Camp
  • PodCamp Pittsburgh
  • KCLS Learning 2.0
  • WebJunction
  • HigherEd BlogCon
  • OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries
  • Learning 2.0 at PLCMC: 23 Things You Can Do to Become Web 2.0 Savvy
• Firefox in Libraries
  • Making Firefox work for libraries
  • 40 Useful Firefox Addons for Librarians
  • Firedoodle (turn web into a whiteboard)
• Twitter
  • 10 Ways to Use Twitter
  • Big Juicy Twitter Guide
• Podcasting
  • Podcasting on LibSuccess Wiki
  • Podcasting on iTunes
  • Podcasting Resources/How-To
  • Podcasting 101
• RSS Feeds on library homepages/event keeper
  • RSS in Plain English (Commoncraft Video)
  • RSS in the Library
• IM Reference
• Engaged Patrons
• Rollyo: Custom Searching
• Leafletter: Mini-library site within the larger site
• Elgg: Open Source Social Networking
• Virtual Library
• Library Suggestion Blog
• Open Source Content Management Systems
  • Joomla
    • Joomla in Libraries
  • Drupal
• Adding Allegheny County Libraries to Amazon
• Blogs
  • Blogs in Plain English (Commoncraft Video)
  • Public Library Blogs on LISWiki
  • Ways Libraries can Use Blogs
• Wikis
  • Wikis in Plain English (Commoncraft Video)
• Video
  • Using Video in the Library
  • Videos of 'Meet the Staff'
• Using Flickr
  • Library Calendar
  • Highlighting New Fiction
  • Highlighting New Materials
  • Telling the Library's Story
  • dayinthelife.pdf
  • 365 Library Days Project
  • A Day in Your Community (Patrons take pictures)
  • Teen Advisory Board Trading Cards
  • Pushing the Library's Virtual Presence
  • A Virtual Tour
  • The Library's History
  • All Kinds of Other Flickr Tools
  • 16 Ways To Use flickr.doc

• ILS and Web OPAC
  • BookSwim: Netflix for Books
  • Widgets for home pages
  • Hennepin County Library BookSpace
  • Elf: Personal Email Library Reminder Service
  • GoodReads
  • LibraryThing
  • What's On My Bookshelf?
  • Liblime (open source ILS)
  • Koha (open source ILS)
  • LibraryFind: 1-stop search service for library users
  • Tag Clouds
    • What is Tagging?
    • Search Cloud (Ann Arbor)
  • Meebo instant message box in catalog when a user does an unsuccessful keyword search
  • RSS feeds for specific searches (if you have a passion for Italian cooking, any time a new book is added under the subject heading, Cooking-Italian, you'll get an RSS feed in your reader)
  • Using Squidoo as a pathfinder and/or reference resource

• Web 2.0 and Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software by Michael Stephens (Library Technology Reports)