Web 2.0 Technologies Help Ontario Government Librarians Stay Relevant

An Itbusiness.ca article explains how librarians at the Ontario Legislative Assembly and the Fire Marshall's Office are using Web 2.0 or social networking media such as Twitter and RSS to make sure their services remain relevant:

"Whether it’s Twitter, RSS feeds, podcasting or social bookmarking services, librarians are recognizing that information comes from more multiple sources these days. From politicians to firefighters, government workers are turning to new media for the news that matters to them and librarians are keeping pace with Web portals that deliver social media mash-ups."

Earlier Library Boy posts about Web 2.0 in government include:

• Federal Library Community Forms Web 2.0 Interest Group (May 3, 2008)
• Government of Canada: The Web 2.0 Genie Is Finally Out of the Bottle (June 6, 2008)
• Federal Library Web 2.0 Interest Group News (June 23, 2008)
• More News From Federal Library Web 2.0 Interest Group (September 16, 2008)
• Canadian Government Launches Internal Wiki (October 29, 2008)
  
• Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki (January 7, 2009)