The study module for the week is Internet searching, and our competency task is to conduct an Internet search for a web site relevant to this blog's focus.I was most intrigued with the module's information on social search engines, so I used the home page of Flickr to do a search on the topic of Library 2.0.
As the first graphic illustrates, the simple term "Library 2.0" returned almost 3,000 results for the search. These are personal photos, professional photostreams and visual items that have been tagged or labeled by human hand as being relevant to this topic. The top hit seen on this graphic (click on graphic to see larger image) is from Michael Casey, arguably Mr. Library 2.0 himself, and his Flickr resources offer innumerable views and events.
From these search returns, I found a very interesting photo which lead me to a very interesting website, the Yale University Science Libraries page and its innovative use of Library 2.0 technologies, seen here to the left. Check out the site, and see the intriguing implementation of Library 2.0 features at http://www.library.yale.edu/
science/socialnetworking.html
This site is an intriguing look at the various Web 2.0 ways that the Yale libraries are reaching out to engage involve their patrons in the information sphere.
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