[LIS-Forum] Place for Social Software in LIS curriculum

Sukhdev Singh esukhdev at gmail.com
Wed May 17 12:34:45 IST 2006


Is Internet evolving into a giant global digital library? If yes -
then it is due to rise of the phenomena of Social Softwares / Web 2.0
/ Library 2.0.
< http://sukhdev.blogspot.com/2006/05/is-internet-evolving-into-digital.html >
So, obviously Social Softwares will find place in LIS Curriculum
sooner or latter. Such a curriculum has been suggestion in blog post:

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=197

"
    --week 1-2: Introduction to social software
    --week 3-4: Blogs - introduction to terminology and software,
hands-on, case studies, content, design, usability
    --weeks 5-6: RSS – technology, tools, hands-on, case studies
    --weeks 7: Wikis – technology, tools, hands-on, case studies
    --weeks 8-9: Social book marking, tagging & folksonomies – theory,
tools, case studies
    --week 10: Online social networks: theory, case studies
    --weeks 11-12: Other social software tools, e.g.: Instant
Messaging applications, Podcasting
    --week 13-14: best practices, discussion, evaluation"

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.
http://openmed.nic.in




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