Projects

From ml2sig

This page lists "2.0" type projects created by MLibrary staff. If you have a project not listed here, please add it!

Contents 1 Initiatives 2 Facebook 3 Flickr 4 Blogging 5 del.icio.us 6 Wikis 7 RSS 8 Instant Messaging 9 Second Life 10 Widgets & Browser Extensions 11 Mashups

Initiatives

• MLibrary2.0 Special Interest Group - email list, brown bag series and this ML2SIG wiki
• MLibrary2.0 Summer Workshop Series (2007)

Facebook

• Usability Working group often uses Facebook flyers and marketplace ads to find usability test participants
• Many librarians and library staff have personal Facebook accounts
• Hatcher Graduate Library Facebook page
• MLibrary 2.0 Facebook Group
• MLibrary Labs links to many 2.0 projects (LibX extension, Facebook search & hours apps, iGoogle Gadget, etc.)

Flickr

• Celebrate Banned Books Week - special outreach project
• Pre-Shelf Life of Library Materials
• One Millionth Digitized Book - Images to support announcement
• Bo Schemblecher Exhibit The making of an exhibit
• MLibrary sets - Lots of photos of different events (Bert's cafe opening, etc.)

Blogging

• List of MLibrary staff authored blogs
• See also, aggregated feed of some of these blogs

del.icio.us

• UM Library: Usability in the Library | Resources
  Recent Links of Interest is generated from a del.icio.us account (shows all links from account tagged "UWG")

• UMHealthSciencesLibraries' bookmarks
  Collection of links used by the UM Health Science Libraries

• UM Health Sciences Libraries, Avian Influenza Resources
  Resource guide populated via feed from departmental del.icio.us account

Wikis

• Many departments have internal wikis for staff documentation and information gathering.
• ML2SIG wiki

RSS

Instant Messaging

Second Life

• Second Life @ the University of Michigan (SLUM)
  The SLUM blog includes events, community, notes from meetings, reference, tutorials and other information about what UM is doing in Second Life. It is intended to be a vehicle for the Wolverine-Community group in Second Life. To join the Wolverine-Community group, please email Marc Stephens or IM Memetic Projects inworld with your avatar name and university affiliation.

Widgets & Browser Extensions

• LibX Firefox Extension
• iGoogle gadget
• Mirlyn, OAIster and Deep Blue Search Plug-Ins

Mashups

• Interactive Map of UM Libraries - uses flickr photos of each library and Google maps to show their locations.
• MLibrary Labs links to many 2.0 projects (LibX extension, Facebook search & hours apps, iGoogle Gadget, etc.)