Web TechnologiesFinal Presentation

Stephanie Buchanan

MySpace

Second Life

Facebook

Flickr

LinkedInLibraryThing

ShelfariNing

Social Networking is a great tool!

Computer land is where all the action is!

I would love to use social

networking as an outreach

tool in my library! This is

where our teens, tweens, and

most adults are at every day.

Where else could you go to

reach so many people at one

time?!

Using MySpace or Facebook would show a different face of the library. We could let people know how cool we are! We aren’t here to give you dirty looks and shush

you!

We are trying to stay current on

technology so that we can help people

out. We want to do all that we can to

get you the information and

entertainment that you want and need.

The library is the greatest place to get

the most information in one stop!

I would like to create a

MySpace page for my

library. I envision

connecting with many people

that would not normally walk

through the library doors.

I could add a blog section to discuss

events and happenings at the library.

It would be great to have people

comment on events that they attended.

Not only would this attract new

people, but it would give us some

feedback as to how our patrons feel

about the services that we are

providing.

Adding a link to a Flickr account

would be a great tool as well. We

could show off all of the fun stuff that

we do. We could tag people and

places, which would get us exposure

that we never could have dreamed up!

Taking this course has taught me so

much! This has stretched my

horizons and opened my eyes to new

ways of thinking about using a

computer. Each assignment has been

a step out of my comfort zone. I

never would have tried these

technologies without being forced to

do so.

First of all, this course has taught me

how easy all of this truly is. I was

intimidated in the beginning, but then

I realized that none of these tools is

very difficult to use. Actually,

everything was fun, maybe even

addicting!

Second, I realize how many

people can be reached. With

tagging and adding friends

and all, I have met people

that otherwise I would have

never known. How great is

that!?!

You can reach more people

through these tools than you

ever could from an outreach

trip. All of these people and

you don’t even have to leave

the building!

I will continue to use the technologies

that I have tried, both personally and

professionally. I plan to put together

a presentation on several of these

tools to share with my library’s Board

of Trustees.

Our Board seems to be against using

many of these tools. I feel that I now

have enough knowledge to open their

eyes to the positives of using them.

So many people can be reached, so

much that we can learn, all from our

computers!