I am a Library and Information Science student through Florida State University's online LIS Master's Program and was fortunate enough to be selected for the International Studies Summer Abroad Program in Multimedia Design. I will be learning about digital photography, podcasts, digital stories, and photo books while in London and Paris. One of my initial assignments before we leave the United States will be to write a paper on Web 2.0 and how it applies to libraries, including an interview with a librarian who actually "walks the walk." Pam Harland, the Library Media Specialist at Plymouth, New Hampshire, Regional High School has graciously consented to allow me to interview her on this fascinating subject, and we will be using a basic Web 2.0 format, the blog, to conduct the interview. Thank you, Ms. Harland, for agreeing to talk with me.
Let's start with the basics. Can you tell me a little about yourself and your school? And how would you define Web 2.0 in layman's terms?
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Hi Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteGlad to help a future librarian!
I am a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (with a degree in English Literature) and Drexel University (with a Master of Science in Information Systems).
I have been working at Plymouth Regional High School in Plymouth, NH for three years. We are a public high school in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with about 800 students.
When I first got here I wanted to be able to share links with students (and they wanted to share links with me, too)-- so I decided to set up a wiki. I built our entire library website using pbwiki (now pbworks)- and taught the faculty, staff, and students about web 2.0 through the wiki. I showed everyone that we could all go in and edit the pages on the wiki, in order to share information with one another. When explaining web 2.0 to people, I explain that the we used to be able to only "read" from web 1.0, but 2.0 allows us to "read & write."
I look forward to answering more questions!