Mississippi Library Association

Second Mississippi Web 2.0 Summit is a success

On Friday, June 20, 2008, Mitchell Memorial Library on the campus of Mississippi State University hosted librarians and library staff members from across the Southeast for its 2nd Annual Mississippi Library 2.0 Summit.

Nationally-known expert on Web 2.0 technologies Sarah Houghton-Jan delivered the Summit’s keynote address, “Sustainable Web 2.0 Services for Smaller, Underfunded Libraries.” Following Houghton-Jan’s presentation, attendees chose among “steal-this-idea” sessions featuring topics such as:

• using Flickr to share your library’s event photos and archived collections;
• advertising your library and connecting your staff and students on Facebook;
• managing your personal and your library’s online identity in social networks;
• using Google Analytics to see who’s visiting your library’s website;
• creating a family tree using Famiva;
• using wikis in the classroom;
• creating a summer reading and blogging program;
• and using Meebo and Skype for virtual library instruction sessions.

Summit attendees got to share their experiences in the online world during a birds-of-a-feather boxed luncheon where table topics included Twitter, virtual reference, wikis, Teen Web, and more.

“This year’s Summit was an outstanding success,” said Summit committee chair Amanda Clay Powers. “We were so pleased to host staff from public, university, K-12, and community college library programs. The feedback was excellent, and the ideas that everyone brought to the table were outstanding.â”

For more information about Mississippi State University Libraries’ MS Library 2.0 Summit, please visit http://blogs.library.msstate.edu/web2summit/ or contact Lyle Tate at 662-325-2559 / lmueller@library.msstate.edu. To view photos from throughout the day’s events, check out the Libraries’ Flickr site at http://flickr.com/photos/msstatelibraries/

Submitted by
Angela M. Patton
Library Assistant
Mississippi State University Libraries

by Jim Tomlinson

Summit planning committee chair Amanda Clay Powers poses for a photograph with keynote speaker, Sarah Houghton-Jan, and MSU Libraries’ Administrator of Systems Stephen Cunetto.

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Posted on: July 3rd, 2008