Do Web 2.0 tools provide useful opportunities for libraries to engage with readers and deliver services?

This wiki is a growing resource of information, links and case-studies for supporting Oxford librarians in using web 2.0. It is hoped that it will provide a forum for sharing ideas and best practice amongst colleagues. In particular, it would be useful to build up an evidence-base of how and why readers are (or are not) using web 2.0 in relation to library services and information resources.

As the wiki has grown and web 2.0 has expanded within Oxford libraries, so the wiki has outgrown its initial structure. There are now seven sections, reflecting the different areas of work that have been going on since last December:

• Web 2.0 tools: This section aims to provide a reference manual to various web 2.0 tools and applications. It is in need ofcontains someevaluations revisingand though,examples, and links building to other pages elsewhere in the wiki that evaluate applications (under the working party section),with Oxford examples (case studies) and training exercises (under the Study Day). Please feel free to revise and link to these pages as you come across them. Also,exercises. ifIf you have come across examples of use from outside of Oxford, or other ideasideas, applications or applications,examples, please add them to the relevant page(s).
• Oxford case studies: This section is to gather together evidence and experience from using web 2.0 in Oxford libraries. If you experiment with any web 2.0 tools or applications, please add a page to this section to share what you're doing and how you've found it. Doesn't matter how big or small, it all helps contribute to our collective knowledge!
• Issues and Guidelines: This section includes further information on various general issues relating to the use of web 2.0 in libraries. A subgroup of the Web 2.0 Working Party is currently drawing up a guidelines document for Oxford librarians, which will be posted here in due course.
• Training and Resources: This section contains training exercises and resources for events such as the Oxford Study Day in March 2008.
• Web 2.0 working party: The Web 2.0 Working Party was formed in April 2008, following the Study Day and the initial report to Cabinet. All the information relating to the work of the group can be found in this section.
• Initial report to Cabinet: This section includes the first report on social networking that was written for Cabinet in January 2008, along with some general consideration of issues and recommendations.
• Bibliography and useful links: What it says on the tin! There is also a page in this section to link to Oxford librarians' pages on social networking sites like delicious.

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