PowerPoint Presentation on the Social Web

Gerry McKiernan has his gargantuan and very useful presentation from his Internet Librarian 2008 pre-conference session here:Not Just Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries. He covers major online social networks, library uses, successful case studies, and niche networks that most librarians don't know about. Check it out to learn more about this burgeoning area of web librarianship. This file is large and takes a while to download.

The Networked Student

Michael Stephens, library professor and author of Tame the Web found an interesting video on the connected student. It's a theory of education for the 21st century being used by a high school teacher, take a look at it, The Networked Student. It has a lot of implications for our work.