Update from Newport Libraries

Hello from Newport. Just a quick update on what web 2.0 technologies we have managed to take forward since the wisekids training.

Reported back to my Manager and had a very positive response with a green light for our small web 2.0 technologies working group to create a blog for our Book Express service and a twitter account. [libraries and Information Online Newport] service.

Bolg address http://www.thebookexpressblog.blogspot.com/
Twitter account @readmoreLION we have added a link to this from our online library catalogue LION

Using Hootsuite to manage and schedule the tweets and have just started with a few practice tweets this week.

Will add a link to The Book Express blog from The Book Express web pages and LION shortly.

We are planning to have a service policy for web 2.0 technology before the end of December.

Really looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday.

Melanie

Project

Hello my name is Melanie Sheridan.  I work for Newport's Community Learning & Libraries Service as their Virtual and System Services Co-ordinator.  The Virtual and System Services team are responsible for the two MIS systems that manage Community Learning and Libraries.  We maintain the web pages for the corporate website and also develop services on the web-based customer interfaces for the MIS systems.  These services are called CLeO and LION.  The team are also responsible for a unique online book borrowing service for the public, called Book Express.  We are long overdue using Web 2.0 technology and this series of training days arranged by Cymal and delivered by Wisekids will enable us to take the use of this technology forward.  We will start by developing a service policy on the use of social media technologies.  Our first project will be to develop a Blog for the Book Express service.