PowerPoint presentation for the Acquisitions Institute conference at Timberline Lodge, OR on May 21, 2007.

1. The Expanding Web: the 2.0 bit Memo Cordova Reference Librarian Boise State University

2. The social web: Web sites, online tools, and web applications that connect individuals & institutions in a virtual environment.

3. Social software proprietary software RSS, news readers scattered WYSIWYG, AJAX, RUBY HTML Dynamic Static Social networks Isolated Blogs Personal web page Web, expanded Web

4. http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/10/the_best_thing_.html

5. http://flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/sets/72057594060779001/

8. Wikis http://collectionmanagement.wetpaint.com/

9. Wikis

10. Wikis

12. social networks 18,000,000 accounts

13. social networks 73,000 registered users

14. social networks 106 million accounts

15. social networks http://alamembers.ning.com/

16. http://tinyurl.com/2gwzog

18. RSS www.geekgirls.com/images/rss06.jpg

19. RSS

21. blogs

22. blogs

23. blogs

25. news readers

26. news readers

27. Wonderful! Just wonderful! ...So much for instilling them with a sense of awe

28. The social web: Web sites, online tools, and web applications that connect individuals & institutions in a virtual environment.

29. Web-based, socially-tested, shareable software utilities and radical thinking + Library services, collections, research expertise, and core community service

30. http://www.speedbump.com/images/librarian.jpg

31. Technologies alone can only do so much – they are ultimately only enablers. The real power is in the mindset that will be required to… exploit the full potential of the technology. John Hagel http://tinyurl.com/8dcuf

32. http://tinyurl.com/4t7mf

33. http://tinyurl.com/4t7mf

36. Wikis http://collectionmanagement.wetpaint.com/ Thanks!