Social networking tools

I liked the map showing the spread of different social networking tolls all over the world.

I think this is the way to go for the teen market - however it would have to harness other sweetners to get them intereseted and ' a as a friend"

online applications and tools

This is sort of like what we do with our staff wiki. all staff can collaborate on a document and there is only one version.

Not sure if my email from google docs worked. Please let me know

Mashups

Not sure how this could be used. Maybe with local studies pictures one could add audio and test to each picture.

Mashups

mashups

Podcasting

I think Podcasting would be very useful to do in the library. Author talks could be viewed by many more people (often our talks are booked out).

I also like the idea of using them for library tours and training

Answer boards and social searching

I don;t like the use of the title 'slamming the boards'. It seems like librarians are always trying to justify themselves. We don't have to put something else down to promote ourselves. Rather we should promote the fact that we can answer any question (given time).

I often come across answers to my queries by searching (mostly for travel information - how far from heathrow T1 to Heathrow T2) on the internet.