Lego Your Library: Social Software and Web 2.0 Building Blocks with Geoffrey Harder and Kenton Good

EI Program Calendar Web Conference One Hour Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:00 pm ET Member: $75.00 Non-Member: $95.00 Web 2.0 is full of easy to use tools (many free!) to help build better library services for your users and your staff. Whether building a website or an Intranet, a newsletter or a readers advisory service — have we got a tool for you! Come prepared to learn about a wide variety of tools and services that can be easily implemented by your library to help you develop an engaging and enticing on-line presence. Who Should Participate? Suitable for beginners and more experienced Web site managers alike. The Key Benefits For Participants: Discover some new, easy-to-implement ideas for your Web site. Key Topics to be Explored: Web-based productivity software taste sharing sites media sharing sites social networking sites (e.g. Facebook) Presenters: Geoff Harder is Reference Services Coordinator for the Science & Technology Library, and Manager of the Knowledge Common (the University of Alberta’s information commons facility) at University of Alberta Libraries. Geoff is author of The Blog Driver’s Waltz (blogdriverswaltz.com) and is a frequent presenter and writer on social software and emerging tech topics as they relate to library services, collections. Kenton Good is the Web Development Librarian for the U of A Libraries where he manages the Library Web presence and development efforts. He has been developing Web sites for the past 11 years including time as a Web developer with Academic Technologies for Learning, U of A. From 2000-2004, Kenton has also taught the Digital Librarianship course for the School of Library and Information Studies. Developed for the Education Institute by Darlene Fichter’s Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Inc. in Saskatchewan