In preparing for a talk I’m giving on Web 2.0 this Tuesday at the Connecticut Library’s Association’s 2006 annual conference, I have been doing some research into how libraries have been using various Web 2.0 technologies, ranging from blogs and rss to tagging and encouraging patrons to create their own podcasts.
One library that I was very impressed with, and where I think there are some interesting lessons for the corporate information center is Georgia State University Library, which not only blogs, not only has a feed for its blogs, but has subject specific blogs with feeds.
What a great concept. If you can identify the hot topics in your firm: they can be companies, industries, emerging technologies, etc., why not create a feed of external news for each so your employees can keep up to date on narrow topic areas?
Would also like to hear from any of you that have actually tried this!
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Thank you for a most useful post!
Would the librarians who have set up those impressive sets of feeds please provide screencast tutorials on how they did so? The lists are handsome and look very, very useful. I work in a teeny-tiny library and would love to be able to set such things up on our company intranet but know not how. Any public education here on this blog or here:
http://www.librarystuff.net/
or here:
http://marshallk.com/
would be much appreciated.
By the way, I am a subscriber of The Information Advisor and boy is that a useful, fascinating publication. Keep up the good work. I hope to closet myself today with recent issues and learn, learn, learn.
Hope Leman
Comment by Hope — May 7, 2006 @ 12:00 pm
Thanks for the good words Hope–I’ll actually be posting a few other newer ones I recently located as well.
Comment by Robert Berkman — May 11, 2006 @ 2:31 pm
Great! I am work showing your blog to a brillliant colleague.
Hope
Comment by Hope — May 11, 2006 @ 5:33 pm