Ning network for Library 2.0

Want to play with a social network? Practice adding friends, contributing to forums, blogging, uploading photos and files?

Like to explore the ideas of Library 2.0?

The newly created Library2.0 Ning network may be just the thing for you. To join up, go here.

Ning is a site that allows you to create a community on a Content Management System kind of background. So, why not just create your own social network on a CMS, and invite your friends over? I guess because it’s all “up there” on the web, you can create a number of networks at once, and you can poke about to find other networks and join with your Ning membership. For developers, it’s even more. It’s a platform that allows you to make changes and feed them back into the Ning community.

I’m coming out of the closet here to admit I HATE the label “Library2.0″. I’m happy to explore the new attitudes and demands that new web tools bring, and to work out how new web tools can serve our clients better. The “Library2.0″ name smacks of faddism and impermanence. This is a pity, as I really support what it stands for, just hate the easy target of such a dumb name. Ideas good, name dumb. I don’t have any better to suggest, so I’m stuck with using it.

Over 150 people have joined since the network was set up a couple of days ago by Bill Drew. It’s had over 13000 hits so far. It’s taking a long time to load pages right now, which I hope is just a temporary glitch and that it can handle the volume. The delay would be enough to stop me using the site.

Anyhow, worth checking out. I have found four other Australians there so far. If you do join up, feel free to add me as your friend.