The Social Internet: A New Community Role for Libraries?

“The Social Internet: A New Community Role for Libraries?” Lecture, Pratt Institute SILS, New York, NY
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Abstract: Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, Blogger these web services have begun to redefine how communities form and work on the web. What lessons can libraries learn from these services to improve their own websites? How can libraries extend their efforts to provide community gathering places to the web? This presentation will discuss how libraries can not only improve their own web services, but help shape the whole concept of communities on the web. This presentation will be based on an ALA’s Office of Information and Technology Policy and Syracuse University’s Information Institute of Syracuse project on the social Internet.
Slides: https://davidlankes.org/rdlankes/Presentations/2006/PrattSocial.pdf