Now for Something del'icio'us: Digital Government Information and Web 2'0

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Now for Something del.icio.us Digital
Government Information and Web 2.0

• Facilitated by Christy Allen
• Best Practices Exchange 2007 Libraries and
  Archives in the Digital Era

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Blogs

• How can you use blogs to facilitate access to
  digital government information?
• Talk about your personal experiences!
• Show us your blogs!
• http//www.web2atlunch.blogspot.com/

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Wikis

• What are some creative ways to use wikis for
  digital government information?
• Talk about your personal experiences!
• Show us your wikis!

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Social Tagging

• Would you allow users to add tags to digital
  government information? Why or why not?
• Does your institution currently use social
  tagging? Please tell us about it!
• Show us examples!

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MySpace / Facebook

• What would be the pros/cons of having a MySpace
  or Facebook page for your digital government
  collection?
• Talk about your personal experiences
• Show us some examples!

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Second Life

• How do you feel about offering government
  reference services through this virtual reality
  game?
• Does your institution have a Second Life account?
  
• Please share your personal experiences!

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Other Web 2.0 Applications

• RSS
• Social Bookmarking (e.g. deli.icio.us)
• Image sharing software
• YouTube
• LibraryThing
• How can these tools be used to facilitate access
  to digital government information?

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Other Thoughts?