Exercise 11 (er...out of numerical order) Recommendations

It's hard to qualify the following examples of 2.0 technology as world's best practice; however in each case I was struck by a facet of the "new" that seemed appealing and useful.  One that I would encourage my library to implement...

Local Studies:  Click on the link to see the manner in which the New York Public Library has used 2.0 technology in a vivid way. Note the tabs for twitter and facebook...to encourage interaction (social networking) amongst its clients. 

Childrens:  The State of Colorado Libraries has an impressive childrens services blog.  It presents a whole host of activities in a quite logical and structured manner.  Each link can be previewed by means of "CLICK snapshots"

Teenage/Youth:  This is a photo of the exterior of the central Los Angeles Public Library.  Very Hollywood.  Very Metro-Goldwyn-Maya/Twentieth Century Fox... 

The teen web section of the library just screams delinquency high energy fun, with its buzzy graphic design, downloadable music and games.  Check out the games that were specially formulated for the 2009 Summer Reading Club.

Adult Fiction:  the Melbourne Public Library has a book club  http://www.melbourne.lib.ia.us/use-the-library/bookclub2/bookclub
as well as this tab  http://www.melbourne.lib.ia.us/books-reading  Now that's what I call interaction between library management and the members.

Information/Reference:  The British Library (which I visited a few times when I lived in London) has this impressive suite of  options for the information seeker who is accessing the Libray from the outside. As it says, "We will get back to you with  a response to your enquiry within five working days".