Best Practices 2008: Web 2.0 in the Workplace and Beyond

Lexis-Nexis released Best Practices 2008: Web 2.0 in the Workplace and Beyond last month.

Best Practices is a collaborative document that is put out annually on a specific topic of interest to government libraries and includes content submitted by government librarians and community leaders with an interest in government libraries. The 2008 edition includes 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 40 contributors from libraries in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.

Topics include:

WEB 2.0

• Putting Web 2.0 in your Toolbox for Library Outreach by Deborah E. B. Keller, Librarian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Library
• Web 2.0 and your OPAC by Edward Metz, Systems Librarian, Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth
• Web 2.0 and the Global Community by Suzanne Morrison, Branch Librarian, U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit
• Best Practices: Library of the Marine Corps by Rachel Kingcade, Chief Reference Librarian, Library of the Marine Corps
• Hey, you got your ESTP in my INFJ! by Ann Marie Parsons, Senior Reference Librarian, ASRC Management Services contractor at the USPTO
• Moving Beyond Web 2.0 by Paul Henriques, Reference Librarian, contractor, U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Corporate Library
• Have you Web 2.0’d lately? by Kan Kin, Research Librarian, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Federal Librarians Playing in the Web 2.0 Sandbox by Diane Schnurrpusch, President, D.C. Special Libraries Association
• The SLA Information Futurist Caucus by James King, Digital Library Innovations Librarian, Naval Research Laboratory, Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
• Librarian 2.0 by Robert A. Farina, Director, Trademark Law Library
• A Review of The Next Government of the United States: Challenges for Performance in the 21st Century by James King, Digital Library Innovations Librarian, Naval Research Laboratory, Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
• State E-Government and Web 2.0 Services by Chris Zammarelli, ’08, MLS Student, University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies
• Musings on Web 2.0 and Its Adoption by the Business Community by Betty McKibben, Senior Government Consultant, LexisNexis
• Virtual Libraries: Just do it… or Fake it by Ned Kraft, Acquisitions Team Leader, Collection Development Librarian, Ralph J. Bunche Library, US Department of State
• How SLA’s Government Information Division is Teaching Me to Swim by Eileen Deegan, 2008 Chair, SLA Government Information Division
• Thoughts on Web 2.0 by Christian Tomas, Information Specialist, The World Bank Law Resource Center
• SLA Leadership Summit - Andy Hines – Futurist – Anticipating the Future by David McBee, Library Buzz
• Are we there yet? (and poem – Consequences of Illiteracy) by Ellen H. Ensel, Knowledge Manager, United States Institute of Peace

SOCIAL NETWORKING, WIKIS, & VIRTUAL WORLDS

• The LexisNexis Wiki for Higher Education by Jennifer Matheny, Academic Product Lead, LexisNexis Academic
• New DGI Facebook Group Page, March 2008 by Eileen Deegan, 2008 Chair, SLA Government Information Division

LIBRARY 2.0

• Enabling New Technology in the Federal Government/Federal Librarians Lead the Way by Roberta I. Shaffer, Executive Director, FLICC/FEDLINK, Library of Congress
• Central Asia and Web 2.0: Some Best Practices in the Making by Mary Nell Bryant, Information Resources Officer, U.S. Department of State
• What’s the Future of Your Reference Desk? by Mimi Vollstedt, Reference Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• E-Resources Strategy Task Force: Blueprint For The Future At The Justice Libraries by Mariana Long, Reference Librarian, Main Library, U.S. Department of Justice
• The Patrick Henry Library Information Commons by Ned Wolff, Supervisory Librarian, Patrick Henry Library, U.S. Department of Justice
• A Moving Experience by Bob Farina, Library Director, Trademark Law Library
• The DOI Library – A Diamond in the Rough is Cut and Polished by Jennifer Klang, Deputy Project Manager / Head of Reference Services, Department of the Interior
• Library ALA 2007: Careers in Federal Libraries, pt. 1 and pt. 2 (Originally posted on Libraryola) by Chris Zammarelli ‘08, MLS Student, University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies
• What a difference…. by Manuela Fortenberry, Manager of Information Resources, Cato Institute
• Libraries on the High Seas by Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• But I Don’t Want To Have a Standard Deviation … by Bob Farina, Library Director, Trademark Law Library
• Department of the Interior Library Open House Wrap Up by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Dept. of the Interior
• Library IL 2007 -- Online Marketing for Libraries: Outreach and PR in a 2.0 World by Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• AALL 2007 Redux: Newsletters, Blogs, and E-mail Alerts: Making Your Communication Rise to the Challenge by Sarah Burkey-Bridgman, Government Research Consultant, LexisNexis
• To Teach or Not to Teach: Law Librarians Ponder Online Databases and First-Year Law Students by Candace Spencer, Senior Research Consultant, LexisNexis