Practical Applications of
Web 2.0 Technology
for Law Libraries
What is Web 2.0?
Why is it important?
THE WEB AS A PLATFORM
HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
WHOEVER OWNS THE CORE DATA HAS THE CONTROL
END OF THE SOFTWARE RELEASE CYCLE
LIGHTWEIGHT PROGRAMMING MODELS
SOFTWARE FOR MORE THAN ONE DEVICE
RICH USER EXPERIENCES
SOCIAL NETWORKING

SOCIAL MEDIA

NEW MEDIA

DIGITAL MEDIA

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Web 2.0 in the legal industry
Blogs
twitter
wikis
social networks
video
podcasts
keeping up 
Providing legal services
the wrap up
by connie crosby
"It's not a left/right thing. 
It's not an old/young thing any more."
- Chantal Hebert, 
The National, CBC News World, Oct. 21/10
collaborating
sharing
learning
informing
Google Docs
RSS feeds
Google Reader
Screencasting
Yahoo Pipes
Widgets
tags
BUILD YOUR OWN 
NEWS SERVICE
Grab RSS feeds from free & subscription sources
pull in via Google Reader
OR pull together via Yahoo Pipes
add a widget to your website or wiki page
OKAY, HERE WE GO!
RSS
MORE RSS
GOOGLE READER
YAHOO! PIPES
conniecrosby.blogspot.com
www.slideshare.net/conniecrosby
twitter.com/conniecrosby
new small groups on Facebook
http://librariansmatter.com/blog/
http://philbradley.typepad.com/i_want_to/
http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog/
http://stephenslighthouse.com/
http://www.chrisbrogan.com
http://megkribble.net/
http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/
hhttp://www.priv.gc.ca/
TED conferences - educational video
In Canada, available from OLA Bookstore  
www.accessola.com/olastore/