Chapter 2
From Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries
Chat, Commons, and Collaboration: Inadvertently Library 2.0 in Western Australia
Kathryn Greenhill, Margaret Jones, and Jean McKay
Murdoch University Library
Contact: k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au
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Location
Here's a map showing Murdoch University Library in Perth Western Australia
Initiatives
The chapter outlines five Library 2.0 initiatives at Murdoch University Library in Perth, Western Australia. This wiki provides material about "what happened after".
Learning Common
Two floors of the library were totally renovated to capitalize on the library’s status as a central, social environment on campus.
Online Librarian
Live Online chat reference in collaboration with Macquarie University, evolving over four years to include authentication via Shibboleth.
Discovering Your Second life
A seminar and workshop series for the University community using the Library’s plot of land within a Multi User Virtual Environment.
MULTA
Murdoch University Library Thinking Aloud - a two month collaborative learning project designed as a hands-on introduction to new web tools (blogs, wikis, RSS, forums, social tagging) for our library staff, July to August 2006.
Emerging Technology Group
Weekly sessions about new technologies with a hands- on focus, plus experimental project work, aimed at library staff.
