23 Things for Archivists

RAO’s Web 2.0 Learning Program

Recommendations from Last Year

1. RAO should continue offering the program, opening it up to participants beyond RAO

2. Offer the option of doing it as a self-paced program

3. Explore developing more “Things”

If You’re Not FamiliarO Explanation of the

“Thing”O Tasks to doO Possibly advanced

tasksO Blog promptsO Resources

The Current 23 ThingsO Set up as pages:

O Beginning ThingsO Intermediate Things

O Set up as blog posts:O Advanced Things

O Original 23 Things have been spruced up

O 16 of the Intermediate Things are done (all but 7)

O 2 Advanced blog posts

24. More Blogging (Tumblr) 25. Cloud Computing 26. Tagging/Folksonomies27. Tag Clouds/Word Clouds 28. More Online Presentation

Sharing29. More Social Networking 30. E-newsletters 31. Online Meeting Schedulers 32. Customized Home Pages 33. More Photo Sharing 34. Google Maps and Mashups 35. Screencasting

The Intermediate Things36. LibraryThing 37. Multimedia Commenting38. Sound Effects39. Online Media Editing 40. Directory 2.0 41. Analytics 42. Collaborative Annotation43. More Social Bookmarking 44. Organize Your Research Online 45. Print On Demand 46. Using Blogging Software to Create

a Website Done!

Practicing What We Preach

Facebook Group

Delicious

Twitter

New Program Started June 13 (ends next week) 

O We’ve got 11 registered blogs

O Send weekly e-newsletter to 17

O Unknown number of self-paced participants

ParticipantsO The 11 include:

O 1 from EnglandO 1 from AustraliaO 2 students

O Participant from Australia had this to say: I’m enjoying the course - a wonderful initiative - so useful and informative!

StatisticsO HUGE jump in use once site went live, naturally

O Announcement in SAA’s “In the Loop” & on Facebook

O A little soon to deduce much more

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RecommendationsO Definitely continue the program

O Finish the Intermediate ThingsO Recruit bloggers for the Advanced Things

O Continue to offer as self-pacedO But, continue to offer guided programs?

O Mentors hard to find, and retainO Takes a lot of the leader’s time

O Option: guided programs only for pre-established groups

Thanks to Everyone Who Helped

O Kathy Marquis, Co-ChairO Alexandra Krensky, InternO Rebecca BizonetO Heidi Butler

Guest Authors:O Polina IlievaO Jill Reilly James

Wanted:New

Volunteers!