Sunday 1 June 2008

Five weeks to a social library - free online course

"Five Weeks to a Social Library is the first free, grassroots, completely online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. It was developed to provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity for librarians who do not otherwise have access to conferences or continuing education and who would benefit greatly from learning about social software." The course was taught online in 2007, but the materials have been archived and are freely viewable for interested parties to follow. The live Webcasts were also archived. The course covered the following topics:

  • Blogs
  • RSS
  • Wikis
  • Social Networking Software and SecondLife
  • Flickr
  • Social Bookmarking Software
  • Selling Social Software @ Your Library

Five weeks to a social library

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