1. Changing Information Environment Seminar 28 January 2009
Facilitators: Judy Reading and Jane Rawson
2.00 Introduction
2.00 – 3.00 Discussion in small groups
3.00 – 3.15 Tea-break
3.15 – 4.30 Short group presentations (5-10 mins each)
Vere Harmsworth Library experience of Web 2.0
Summary and discussion

2. Context
Dramatic speed of development and proliferation of tools and online resources available to librarians, researchers and students
Changing attitudes to information and access
Changing role of librarian
Challenge and opportunities

3. Web 2.0
Web 2.0 = “an attitude not a technology?” (UKOLN presentation at OULS staff conference)
COLLABORATION
“The long tail” – many sites with low popularity = more popular than few sites with high popularity – PERSONALISATION
Democratization of information?
Web The Machine is Us/ing Us
SocialOULS wiki

4. Topics: WIKIs Blogs Social networking sites like Facebook and others
Social tagging like delicious.com and others
Podcasts
Virtual reality sites like Secondlife

5. For each topic: What is it? What is it for?
How might it be used by both users and library staff?
What are its pros and cons?

6. Contact details Email for any follow-up ideas to: