Book recommendation: Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody: How Digital Networks Transform Our Ability to Gather and Cooperate
by Clay Shirky (2008)
303.48 SHI

Clay Shirky writes about how technology enables social networks, and in particular, lets them develop without the structures that always used to accompany them. My favourite part, on Wikipedia:

"Wikipedia's utility for millions of users has been settled; the interesting questions are elsewhere." (117)

His website, Shirky.com -- includes articles on a number of Web 2.0 related topics.

User-generated content in the library

50 Tips and resources to implement user generated content in your library. Links to tons of online services and software, some library-specific and some not. LibGuides in particular looks interesting.

Wikia Search

Wikia search - a new search engine based on the principles of "Transparency, Community, Privacy, and Quality." An alternative to search engines with proprietary algorithms, like google. It will be interesting to see how this project develops.