Abstract
Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community has been digitised and can be accessed in full on this website. All content is freely available on an open-access basis. Serials was published between 1988 and 2011. In 2012, the journal was retitled and is now published as Insights: the UKSG journal.
Highlights
Introduction and backgroundThis paper provides a short overview of the Libraries and Social Software in Education (LASSIE) Project which was funded by the University of London’s Centre for Distance Education
At the outset of the project it was agreed that a detailed literature review would be undertaken to explore three areas: 1. to provide a snapshot of social software initiatives in the library community
The LASSIE team undertook five case-studies to explore how particular tools might enhance the learning experience of real distance learning students. These are available from the project website: http://clt.lse.ac.uk/Projects/LASSIE.php
Summary
Updated from a presentation given at the UKSG seminar ‘Caught up in Web 2.0? Practical implementations and creative solutions for librarians and publishers’, London, 22 November 2007. The project explored whether social software, or Web 2.0 technologies, could enhance the distance learners’ experience of libraries. It included a detailed literature review which defined concepts such as Library 2.0 and provided examples of libraries using tools like blogs, wikis, social networking sites, social bookmarking sites and media sharing sites. LASSIE undertook five case-studies to explore in more detail: social software and reading lists; social bookmarking and libraries; podcasting and information literacy; blogging; and Facebook and libraries. It concluded that social software might be best utilized to enhance information literacy support for distance learners
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