Going Local in the Library:
Web 2.0, Library 2.0, Local 2.0
Charles Lyons, Business Librarian, University at Buffalo
Some notes from Monday, April 7th:
Google is able to show maps of local areas, as well as various commercial businesses within a particular area (such as barbers). Google can also show local libraries and local news. One can use the advanced news search to look for news using an area code, for example.
The local web is diverse: local search engines, maps, media, blogs, government data, photos, videos, blogs, and local people.
The local web is social: user-generated, participatroy, amateur, civic, grasrooots, and citizen's journalism.
The local web is localized: information about neighborhoods, communities, blocks, streets, and buildings.
The local web is the joining of the real world and the virtual world.
Locally, libraries are providing community information, genealogy information, and so on. But can they do more in using their virtual presence as a local community force like they do with their physical presence?
Yes. Among other things, libraries can:
Become expert users of local resources.
Raise awareness, and assist the community, regarding online local resources.
Broaden the scope of local data collection.
Create local online communities.
Creating local online resources does not have to cost a lot of money.
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