Investigative Exercise 10: Evaluation 

1. Write a substantial post about the use of 2.0 technologies in your individual library service of your LGA. 

 

Leichhardt Library has embraced the opportunities that Web 2.0 offers libraries today, and publish content on a variety of different social media platforms. This allows the library to cover as many bases as possible, and give people information in a way which is convenient and can help to personalise the library's services for them.

 

Leichhardt publishes content on the following social media platforms:

Facebook, on which pictures, text and links are posted, including topics such as the services the library provides, history, art, facts and general knowledge, movies, book and publisher news, as well as locality specific information and services. This allows patrons to see whatever content the library posts in their Facebook feed, which is very beneficial because of the popularity of Facebook, and the amount of time a great number of the population spend on it daily.

https://www.facebook.com/LeichhardtLibraryService

 

 

Blogger

Leichhardt Library have a blog on which information regarding local history is posted called Local Notes. This includes things such as oral history, pictures, city section maps for the local area, WW I&II memorials,  directories.

Pinterest, Leichhardt have a board on which images and links of pictures relating to books, reading and research, graphic novels and local history are posted.  

 2. Discuss what is available in any  three  of the following library service areas:
There is a great deal of information available for local studies and Information and reference via the Leichhardt Library's web 2.0 services. The most specific source for both, is the Local Notes blog, mentioned above. This contains pictures of local areas and how they have changed, pictures of local businesses, accounts of years gone by, old maps of local areas, Memorials for soldiers from the local area who served in the First and Second World Wars are provided in a separate blog, called Leichhardt 500. There is also local knowledge, general research information and pictures posted on the Library's Pinterest board.

Leichhardt library also has a blog for parents of babies and young children, including anecdotes, information on things such as children's storytime, reading lists, as well as songs and rhymes for children.