Australasian Libraries In

the Emergency Sector

Welcome to the ALIES Conference Web 2.0 Workshop.

A driving force in today’s business and social world, Web 2.0 is not a new technology, it is a new way of using available and emerging technology to connect people and build communities. It is about discussing ideas, promoting services and products, and creating networks of online communities that may be dispersed around the Globe.

In a day and age where people are gathering less and less around mass media, thus causing their associated audiences to fragment, Web 2.0 offers a medium whereby Governments, businesses and individuals can reach their targeted audience. Web 2.0 tools can be used for internal/staff collaboration, human resource management and recruitment, marketing, communication, professional development or anything else that can be based around a social network.

Today’s workshop will be a hands on exploration of a few of the more popular Web 2.0 tools:

• Blogging
• Wikis
• RSS feeds
• Google docs
• iGoogle