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Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds
Generates "word clouds" from text that you provide. Daniel Lee used this service to create the 2008 SLA Annual Conference Twitter Cloud.
ALA Libraries Transform Communities
2007 ALA Annual Conference. Application: MediaWiki.
Alliance Virtual Library
Source: InfoIsland.org blog.
Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008
Source: Web Strategy by Jeremiah (Forrester)
The new standard for meetings and conferences
Source: Seth Godin's Blog
Database Marketplace 2008: Information With A Twist
Social networking and other Web 2.0 technologies led the social whirl of the information industry. Publishers and librarians tried to keep their products and services relevant by mixing authoritative content with user involvement, but that wasn't enough. Enhancing interfaces, adding new forms of content, and making strategic acquisitions—all are necessary to ensure that the information industry party continues. Source: Library Journal
Rice University's IT Podcast
Source: Rice University's blog. Application discussed: Confluence.
Rice University's Three-in-One Wiki
Part I: Introducing wikis. Part II: Why they selected Confluence (Requirements gathering: the database, flexible permission system, user authentication, WYSIWYG editor, browsers, etc.) and the final showdown between Confluence, XWiki, and DocuWiki. Part III: The timeline for implementing Confluence (running a pilot, starting a production site, and managing the process with a big & diverse team, and creating trust in a "wikified" world). Part IV: Documentation on a wiki (navigation, design, features, templates, process and tips for creating a public documentation space) and Q&A. Application: Confluence. Source: Educause Connect.
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library's electronic journal holdings. As well, it may be worth noting that this journal's open source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host for their faculty members to use with journals they are involved in editing. Uses the Open Journal Systems available on the Public Knowledge Project.
Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is a research and development initiative directed toward improving the scholarly and public quality of academic research through the development of innovative online publishing and knowledge-sharing environments. Site includes downloadable files, tutorials, etc.
jokaydia.com
The jokaydia.com website supports the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life and our virtual worlds projects. It includes info about our presence in Second Life, upcoming projects, training sessions and events, rental opportunities & our Virtual Worlds Design & Facilitation Services. Application: Ning (?).
Jokaydia's Bookmarks on Delicious
Collected resources by jokaydia on SL and educational opportunities in virtual worlds.

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