Comments on: Online Community and Libraries, Parts I & II http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/online-community-and-libraries-parts-i-ii/ Writings and ruminations about emerging technologies, Web 2.0, information architecture and libraries. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lawrence Liu's Report from the Inside http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/online-community-and-libraries-parts-i-ii/#comment-390 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:11:06 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/online-community-and-libraries-parts-i-ii/#comment-390 <strong>Insightful and thought provoking commentary about online communities</strong> Some people have told me that I have a tendency to talk about online communities and social networking Insightful and thought provoking commentary about online communities

Some people have told me that I have a tendency to talk about online communities and social networking

]]> by: steven bell http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/online-community-and-libraries-parts-i-ii/#comment-381 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:43:17 +0100 http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/online-community-and-libraries-parts-i-ii/#comment-381 You've provided a good list of tools for facilitating an online community. I would add to it the webcast or virtual meeting tool. Most of the ones listed are asynchronous in nature so they don't offer much opportunity for real-time communication, which is also important for the fostering of an online community. At the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community we offer regular webcasts because they offer a valuable opportunity for community members to hear a common presentation and then discuss it or share information with each other. It may be that virtual meetings along with discussion boards are features of more elaborate online community software products, but they may be some opportunities for virtual meetings in even less sophisticated communities (e.g., offering a Skypecast, such as those offered by some blog sites). You’ve provided a good list of tools for facilitating an online community. I would add to it the webcast or virtual meeting tool. Most of the ones listed are asynchronous in nature so they don’t offer much opportunity for real-time communication, which is also important for the fostering of an online community. At the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community we offer regular webcasts because they offer a valuable opportunity for community members to hear a common presentation and then discuss it or share information with each other. It may be that virtual meetings along with discussion boards are features of more elaborate online community software products, but they may be some opportunities for virtual meetings in even less sophisticated communities (e.g., offering a Skypecast, such as those offered by some blog sites).

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