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Technology in the Library
Technology has become a large part of our world. Librarians know that if they want to stay in business, they must embrace this change by keeping up with the latest technological advances and offering those opportunities to their clients. A few ways librarians are embracing technology are by using Web 2.0, blogging and micro blogging, and, for the younger crowd, by incorporating digital storytelling.
Web 2.0 allows users to change information found on websites. Examples are Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and various wikis and blogs. Mariela's Life with 2.0 is a blog that shows a librarian's experience offering these features to her library clients: middle and high school students.
Blogging and micro blogging is huge on the Internet, and a librarian from Veteran Park Academy offers her clients, 4th - 8th graders, a website were they can ask questions, view the librarian's Twitter feed, check out what's going on in the library, and subscribe for updates via email.
Digital storytelling can be used for reading, connecting with distant schools, creating interest in books, expanding on other texts, showcasing images and videos or creating animations.
For more information on the importance of integrating technology into the library, see Library 2.0 at Your Library by Dr. Bishop (Region IV).
Library2.0 for Region IV June 2007
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