Thursday, April 26, 2007

Hello from VLA Region V

The Region V committee of the Virginia Library Association held a meeting at Centreville Regional Library to present and discuss concepts related to Library 2.0, or using social software applications like blogs, wikis, flickr, YouTube and mashups to create collaborative online library services. Alexandria Campus Librarian Matt Todd gave a presentation titles "Who Let The Blogs Out: What is a blog, why would I want one and where do I get one?"

Matt also moderated a panel discussion on Library 2.0 initiatives.

Visit the other LRS and Alexandria Campus Blogs:

Learning Resource Services: http://alexandrialrs.blogspot.com/
Learning Labs: http://alexandrialearninglabs.blogspot.com
Open COmputer Center: http://occ-alex.blogspot.com/2006/11/introduction.html
FIND: http://findnova.blogspot.com/
Watch us grow! http://alexandriaphasethree.blogspot.com/ (development of Phase III).

[left-to-right: Karim Khan, Region V Chair; Adriana Puckett, Rappahannock Regional Library; Matt Todd, NOVA; Samantha Thomason, RRL; Chris Glover, RRL; Cindy Timmerman, Loudon County Public Library; Charlie Makela, Arlington Public Schools]

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