D-1 I Want My Web 2.0: Lessons from the Web 2.0 Challenge Everyone Can Use (or “Get Your MySpace for Nothing and Your RSS for Free”)

Since Tim O’Reilly coined the term “Web 2.0” in 2004, the Internet has exploded with web-based applications for communicating, networking, organizing knowledge, and streamlining current awareness. As information stewards, law librarians must become capable of assessing and implementing these tools to expand their outreach and educate their patrons about the new social context for information. Panelists will share how they designed and ran a five-week online program to teach fellow law librarians about Web 2.0 tools, and explain what they learned along the way. The Web 2.0 Challenge was run nationally in 2008 for AALL members. Panelists will identify tools that librarians can use to plan a local learning program. Attendees will discover which Web 2.0 tools the course participants found most useful in their libraries, and review some of the successful projects that have been implemented as a result of the Web 2.0 Challenge.