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The next generation of the Web (known as Web 2.0 or the "participatory web") brought innovations that turned the Web from a read-only environment into an online community where people meet, exchange information, collaborate, and communicate. Examples of the web-based tools that make this possible are wikis, photo- and video-sharing sites, blogs, tagging, and social networking sites. Specific examples of sites that use these tools are Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Del.icio.us, and Facebook. These tools are now core to the Web, and a rapidly growing percentage of people now expect to be able to interact with people and content when they use the Web.

Also check out this collection of resources for providing patron training on social software.

Guide to Core Web Tools

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Computing Takes to the Cloud
Take this tour of cloud computing to get familiar with the basics and some of the complexities.
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Introduction to Social Networking
A presentation created in March 2011 summarizing social networking, including blogging, and the major social media websites, including Facebook and Twitter.
User Portrait
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Getting Started with Blogging
A presentation for learning simple methods of writing blog posts and generating ideas for blog posts, with writing tips and links to blog-hosting sites and sources of more information.
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Blog Writing Workshop for Librarians
A 60-minute workshop in which library staff members who are new to blogging learn simple methods of writing any kind of blog post and of generating ideas for blog posts.
User Portrait
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Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web
Archive and associated resources for the July 27, 2011, webinar with Eli Neiburger and Barbara Jones on how libraries can navigate through issues of intellectual freedom and privacy issues in emerging technologies.
User Portrait
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