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Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic LibrariesEdited by Laura B. CohenPublished by ACRL / Price: $35.00 ($31.50 (ALA Member) / 179 pages / 8.25 x 11 / Softcover / ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8452-9 / ISBN-10: 0-8389-8452-5Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries is a hybrid book and wiki presenting twelve case studies of significant Library 2.0 initiatives in academic libraries.The case studies describe several emerging practices of Library 2.0. These include varied uses of networked social software and open data formats to add value to and distribute library resources and services. Other cases describe 2.0 ways of pedagogy, the provision of services in physical and online spaces where students congregate, online catalog enhancements, and the creation of feature-rich interfaces for accessing digital research collections. The authors describe the use of such tools as blogs, wikis, podcasts, IM, RSS, XML, Web services, mashups, and social computing to illustrate their efforts to forge new models of scholarly communication in academic environments .Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionLaura B. CohenChapter 1Discovering Places to Serve Patrons in the Long TailPatrick GriffisKristin CostelloDarcy Del BosqueCory LampertEva StowersChapter 2Chat, Commons, and Collaboration: Inadvertently Library 2.0 in Western AustraliaKathryn GreenhillMargaret JonesJean McKayChapter 3Yale: Taking the Library to Users in the Online University EnvironmentKalee SpragueRoy LechichChapter 4Delivering Targeted Library Resources into a Blackboard FrameworkRichard CoxChapter 5Adapting an Open Source, Scholarly Web 2.0 System for Findability in Library CollectionsBethany NowviskieElizabeth SadlerErik HatcherChapter 6Push and Pull of the OPACDaniel ForsmanChapter 7UThink: Library Hosted Blogs for a University-Wide CommunityShane NakerudChapter 8Discussing Student Engagement: An Information Literacy Course BlogGregory BobishChapter 9Building Library 2. …
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