2009-09-142009-09-142009-09-03Van Wyk, Johann. 2009. Reality check: technology: Web 2.0 technologies and libraries. Presentation delivered on 3 September 2009 at the 10th Annual Sabinet Conference, held from 2-4 September 2009 at the Protea Wilderness Resort, Wilderness, South Africa. [http://www.sabinet.co.za].http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11263This presentation was originally created on MS Powerpoint and then converted into a pdf presentationThe current economic downturn are forcing libraries to do a reality check and think anew about their services, products, marketplaces, brands, budgets, organizational structures, skillsets and underlying technologies. Web 2.0 tools are strategically positioned to enable libraries implement the changes needed. In this presentation a brief overview is given of what Web 2.0 is, where Web 2.0 is positioned in the Gartner Hype Cycle, how Web 2.0 can be plotted on the Balanced Scorecard as a strategy, the different types of Web 2.0 tools that exist, potential barriers to using Web 2.0 tools, and how to implement a web 2.0 tool. This is then followed by a discussion of each tool, with an overview of its value for libraries. Then, at the end of the presentation the lessons learned through implementing these tools at the University of Pretoria is given.pdf slides, 17.05 MBenCopyright, University of Pretoriaeconomic downturnopportunitieslibrariesWeb 2.0 technologiesBalanced scorecardTypes of Web 2.0 toolsWeb 2.0 toolsAuthoring toolsBlogsMobile BlogsGlogsWikisTwitterArchiving toolsMarketing toolsFlickrSlideshareYouTubeSocial Networking ToolsFacebookLinkedInAcademia.eduGeolocation toolsGoogle EarthAlerting toolsRSS FeedsGaming ToolsThinking WorldsBarriers to using Web 2.0 toolsImplementing a Web 2.0 toolValueiGoogleLessons learnedpresentationSabinet ConferencePresentation