Thursday 15 November 2007, NUI, Galway, 0900-1615

Libraries are using Web 2.0 technologies to deliver an enriched user experience on library websites and other applications. This workshop will give delegates practical experience of using these technologies and lots of ideas for developing innovative communication channels with users.

Programme

0840 Registration and coffee

0900 Overview of Web 2.0 – what it is, what it does, what it isn’t and QA session to set the context.

1000 Start pages using Pageflakes – what start pages are, why they’re useful, practical exercise creating one

1100 Coffee

1115 Creating your own search engine – practical exercise

1200 Creating your own weblog – practical exercise for beginners, adding to an existing weblog for the more experienced

1230 Lunch

1330 Creating your own websites with no technical knowledge required, using Zimbio and Squidoo – practical exercise

1415 Using bookmarking services such as FURL and del.icio.us – practical exercise

1500 Tea

1515 Discussion, led by Brian Gillespie, Dublin Institute of Technology. Using social networking services such as Facebook – how do these fit in? What do we do next?

1600 Final questions/course evaluation

1615 Close