One of the biggest questions I hear is, "These social tools are all neat and fun to use personally, but what can I do with them in library?" Well look no further, there are two online classes this month that address this. Mark your calendars so you don't miss out.

Implement Social Bookmarking at the Reference Desk - February 19, 2008
Bookmarking for the Greater Good: Come learn how to adopt this Web 2.0 tool and how it can benefit your library during a one hour online class on Tuesday February 19, 2008 at 11 A.M. CT.

Go to http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=641 to contact Rebecca Brown (NN/LM Technology Liaison) and sign up.

And back by popular demand....

Developing an RSS Journal Service for Your Library -January 23, 2008 11A.M. CT
A special Breezing Along with the RML session at 11 A.M. Central Time will be on Developing an RSS Journal Service for Your Library. For those of you who were unable to attend MCMLA 2007 or missed the session on Developing and Marketing an RSS Journal Service for Your Library, the NN/LM MidContinental Region has invited the Librarians from Ebling Library at the University of Wisconsin for an encore presentation of their Omaha session.

Here is the original write up from the MCMLA 2007 program:
More and more journals are making their tables of contents available via RSS feed; however, barriers still exist between the user and the content. A working group at University of Wisconsin academic health sciences library set out in Fall 2006 to “explore possibilities for developing an RSS current awareness service that would categorize health sciences RSS feeds and integrate them with SFX link resolver, document delivery, and RefWorks.” They developed a 4-phase plan, including overhauling the existing RSS journal feeds pages, developing bundled packages for quick subscription to several journals, developing a shopping cart-like application for users to easily create customized collections, and developing instructional and promotional plans for staff and patrons.

For more information go to http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=640. A reminder will be sent out at a later date, along with the URL.

Both classes look good but I am especially interested in the Developing an RSS Journal Service. I was unable to attend and this subject is of interest to me. I particularly interested in the shopping cart like application for users to create customized collections. I think both classes should be an interesting.