News from the Leadership Summit

This morning, Stephen Abram announced that the Association will be a place for our members to learn and experiment with Web 2.0 tools.  And we'll have an opportunity to all do the SLA implementation of 23 Things.

If that is not enough, we're also going to get members involved in Second Life (and effort that I'm heading). 

Why is the Association doing this?   These types of tools are not going away and our clients are using them.  It is in our best interest to understand these tools, so that when our organizations adopt them, we aren't playing catch-up.

Thinking specifically of Second Life, there are 8 year old kids using virtual worlds as well as corporations (for training as well as virtual trade shows).  With more than 50 virtual worlds already in existence, this technology is here to stay.  That are even library science programs that are using virtual worlds (e.g., Sloodle).  Although virtual worlds are not for everyone, I do believe we all should experience them, so we can talk intelligently about them.

Look for more information about all this in the coming months and get ready to participate.  The time commitment will be manageable (~15 minutes a day).  I hope that members of the IT Division will jump in, participate, and help others. Many of these tools are already familiar to us, so we may be able to act as mentors to those who are just learning the tools.

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