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Muse: The National Internet2 K20 Initiative Online Social
Network
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - April 15, 2008
The Internet2 K20 Initiative today announced that it has
launched a brand new social networking site called Muse
which seeks to significantly enhance collaboration,
information-sharing and technology opportunities for the
over 50,000 K-12 schools, community colleges, libraries and
museums in 38 U.S.states that are now connected to the
Internet2 backbone network. The site is also expected to
provide a better bridge between the U.S. K20 community and
its international counterparts worldwide. Within the short
time since launching, the new site has already experienced
significant uptake within the community.
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While the site continues to rapidly expand in use, Muse
plans to introduce the ability for users to create
topically-based communities, chat in real time about
projects and interests, receive email
"Museletters" tailored to those specific interests
and provide RSS feeds to broadcast information on new users,
projects and organizations as the site grows. In doing so,
the site intends to provide the community the ability to
develop stronger, more comprehensive collaboration groups
and to promote the more rapid adoption of advanced
networking applications among this unique set of Internet2
users.
For additional details and links, please visit
[ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com
/2008/04/muse-national-internet2-k20-initiative.html ]
Regards,
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck iastate.edu
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