CILIP Hants & Isle of Wight - Social Networking [Archive]

7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk Make Web 2.0 and Social Networking Work for You tag: hiow or #hiow Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services http://www.rba.co.uk/ [email_address] Facebook: Karen Blakeman Twitter: karenblakeman http://www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman This presentationis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Photo:Twestival Crowd, Reading, Benjamin Ellis, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamin2/3277208564 /

What is Web 2.0 ?
A way of working
collaborative, social, sharing
reusing and mixing data, mashups
All sorts of technologies but….
don’t become obsessed with the technologies themselves
think about what you want to do and look at how you can achieve it
experiment!
Examples:
RSS, blogs,Twitter, wikis, Flickr, Facebook,YouTube, Slideshare, Mashups
7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

What is RSS?
Stands for Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary or RDF site summary
Also ATOM (Google)
Written in XML
extensible markup language
A means of delivering headlines and alerts
A means of adding/transferring/re-publishing content to web pages, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, mashups etc.
look for the orange logos
7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk The de facto standard

RSS as a source of information
What do you need?
Need a feed reader to get the most out of the technology
Web based readers
Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader
Programs on your desktop machine, laptop, Blackberry, mobile
Firefox, Thunderbird and Opera users
already able to read and use RSS directly or via add-ons
View feeds through a start page e.g. Netvibes, iGoogle
RSS reader incorporated into Outlook 2007

Feeds in Outlook 2007 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

RSS as a publishing/re-publishing medium
RSS feed creation in CMS
RSS feed writers e.g. FeedForAll.com, RSSPublisher.com
Add RSS feeds to your blog, iGoogle, Netvibes, Facebook etc using widgets, gadgets, applications, ‘stuff’
Convert RSS feeds to HTML for your web site
Feedburner
http://feedburner.google.com/
Combine feeds using
Yahoo Pipes http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
Friendfeed http://www.friendfeed.com/
Friendfeed -> Facebook

http://www.ukeig.org.uk/ 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk RSS feed from the Blog RSS feed of eLucidate table of contents Combine (mash) feeds using Yahoo Pipes

Friendfeed – http://www.friendfeed.com/ 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Blogs
Short for we b log
May not be called a blog
(don’t call it a blog?!)
Instead of or in addition to a printed, emailed or static web based newsletter; what’s new; alerts
Marketing tool inside and outside of the organisation
CPD – recording professional development and reflective practice
Recording project development, discussions
Comments or “suggestions” box
Monitor blogs for information and competitor intelligence
Alternative publishing medium, small web sites

Blogs as sources of information
Blogs by industry gurus and experts are a good way of keeping up to date with what is happening in a sector
Look for the Blogroll of List of Links on a relevant blog
Google Blogsearch http://www.google.com/blogsearch
use advanced search to search within an individual blog
Ask http://www.ask.com/ – Blogs and feeds
Live Feeds search - http://search.live.com/feeds
Blog search engines and directories
http://www.technorati.com/
http://www.blogpulse.com/

Blogpulse search and trends 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk Click on the graph to see ‘trends’

Blogpulse Trends 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk Shows how often your search terms occur in postings – can compare up to three searches

Blogging librarians
UK Library Blogs
http://uklibraryblogs.pbwiki.com/
Blogorama in Internet Resources Newsletter:
http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/
LIS-Bloggers email discussion list
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-BLOGGERS.html
British Librarian Bloggers | Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/britlibblogs

Setting up your own blog
Host on the blogging service’s own server or install on your site
Google’s Blogger - free
http://www.blogger.com/
host on Blogger or publish to your own site, but need to use blogger.com for both
Wordpress - free
Host on http://www.wordpress.com/
Software for loading onto your own site at http://www.wordpress.org/
Typepad – priced
Host on http://www.typepad.com/
WeblogMatrix - Compare them all
http://www.weblogmatrix.org

Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/
‘ Microblogging’
SMS/instant messaging with bells and whistles
‘ tweets’ 140 characters only
what are you doing, what has your attention?
send first 140 characters of your blog postings to Twitter using Twitterfeed.com
‘ follow’ friends
Use Twitter to update your Facebook profile
Incorporate your Twitterstream into your web site, blog using RSS

Twitter
Keep up with friends
public messages, public @messages, private Direct Messages (DM)
What’s new in your subject area
What’s happening at conferences
Ask for help
Monitor who’s saying what you or your product
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/
How Companies Use Twitter to Bolster Their Brands - BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc2008095_320491.htm

Twitter - how to do it
Sign up for an account
Find people/organisations to follow (“friends”) – hopefully they will follow you
See who your “friends” are following
Search for people using the People Search
Send out your first tweet!
Monitor and tweet directly in Twitter.com, or by using Tweetdeck, Twhirl, Twitkit, TwitterFon, Twitterberry etc
Search the Twitterverse
http://search.twitter.com/
Phil Bradley's weblog: Twitter; your first 24 hours
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2009/01/twitter-your-first-24-hours.html

Who is on Twitter? 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Some Twitter resources & directories
UKeiG Web 2.0 Blog – Twitter
http://ukeig.wordpress.com/tag/twitter/
The UKGovWeb Twitterverse | DavePress
http://davepress.net/2008/10/28/the-ukgovweb-twitterverse/
List and status of UK Local Council Twitters on 10th February 2009 | LizAzyan Research
http://www.lgeoresearch.com/twitterlocalgov/
Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/socialmedia/edutwitter-P.html
twitter4teachers / FrontPage
http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

Loudtwitter
http://www.loudtwitter.com/
send tweets to your blog using LoudTwitter
generates a chronological list of your tweets by day
easier to read as a record of the event
only records your tweets, not your followers
http://karenblakeman.livejournal.com/

Wikis
wiki-wiki – Hawaiian meaning quick
First wiki was the WikiWikiWeb, Ward Cunningham 1995
A collaborative web application that allows users to easily add and edit content
Can be used for
developing documentation
project management
History keeps a record of the changes and different versions of the documents
developing a conference programme
Many have blog like discussion areas and RSS feeds
Most famous example is Wikipedia

Wikis for collaborating on documents
Single centrally located copy instead of multiple copies circulating via email all with different edits
Version control
Collaborators do not have to be running the same software or same version
Can see the “time line” or history of edits
who has edited what and when
useful in compliance situations
Some wikis allow for comments and discussion on edits
But have to be online to work on the document

What are wikis used for in real life?
UKeiG Web 2.0 blog – Wiki category
http://ukeig.wordpress.com/category/wikis/
Wikis that work in the real world
http://tinyurl.com/a32rnf
Wikis for training materials and conference organising
Sarah Washford http://swashford.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/wiki-wonders/
Wikis for compiling subject guides
We have Wiki http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/09/we-have-wiki/
A free surgical encyclopaedia for surgeons and their patients
http://wikisurgery.com/
Using a Wiki for an Intranet
Janssen-Cilag, switched from a static HTML site to using a wiki. http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/18/enterprise-wiki-increases-collaboration-and-connections-at-janssen-cilag/

http://interlend.pbwiki.com/ 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Helpdesk tool
“ We are experimenting with a small scale wiki tool to help us with internal communication within a large Learner Support team. In an effort to cut down on e-mails and go some way towards 'centralising' and organising (mostly short term) information needed to serve students across a range of service points. The wiki is updated daily/hourly/as required with any information thought important to the team. We would be very interested to see if anyone is doing something similar and to hear what kind of results you are having” Paula Fitzpatrick Learner Support Team University of Northumbria

Experimenting with wikis
May already have wiki options on your system
Blackboard, Moodle, SharePoint
feedback on SharePoint wiki – “robust but basic”
Not always straightforward to install on your own system
possibly use third party “wiki farms” to start with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_farms
some wiki farms make your wikis completely open, that is viewable and editable by anyone
Compare wikis at http://www.wikimatrix.org/
Don’t call it a wiki!

Experimenting with wikis
Some wiki farms to try:
Peanut Butter Wiki http://pbwiki.com/
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/
Seedwiki http://www.seedwiki.com/
Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/
Also try
Google Docs http://docs.google.com/
Google Sites http://sites.google.com/
Zoho http://www.zoho.com/

Google Docs & Spreadsheets
http://docs.google.com/
need a Google account
Google will try and force you to use an existing account
text documents (Word, Open Office, Star Office)
spreadsheets
presentations
Can upload existing documents and will keep most of the formatting (wikis usually removes formatting)
Invite others to share your documents by e-mail address
Edit documents online with whomever you choose
Has a similar version/history record as wikis

http://www.zoho.com/ 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk GE Drops Google, Selects Zoho http://www.webguild.org/2008/09/ge-drops-google-selects-zoho.php

Google Sites http://sites.google.com/
Marketed as a way of producing your own site hosted on Google
Can be set up and used as a wiki
100 MB storage

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/
Originally set up to enable students of Harvard University to keep in touch
Now available to anyone
Set up your personal profile
Join and create groups, pages
can be open, closed or secret
discussion boards, ‘Wall’, photos, videos, events
Most corporate groups are now private but the ‘interest’ and ‘professional’ groups can lead you to other potential contacts

Facebook 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Facebook.com – Bracknell Forest Council
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bracknell-Forest-Council/29278413041?ref=ts

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/
Aimed at professionals for building networks
As well as personal profiles, corporate profiles are now possible
Can create Groups e.g. CILIP, UKeiG, AIIP, conference groups

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
Owned by Yahoo!
Share photos with selected individuals or make public
Put photos of your library’s or organisation’s events on Flickr
promote your department, information centre, organisation
direct journalists to your ‘album’ when they ask for photos to accompany articles about you
make sure you tag and describe them
organise into sets
decide on copyright and Creative Commons licenses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukeig/

Doing stuff with Flickr 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Slideshare, authorSTREAM
Share presentations
Keep private, share with selected people, or make public
Slideshare does not keep animations and embedded links, authorSTREAM does
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/
authorSTREAM (can also convert to iPod and video for YouTube)
http://www.authorstream.com/
Embed Slideshare and authorSTREAM in your blog, web site, Facebook profile, start page ……..
Search slideshare for information on a topic, company, person etc.

Add presentations to your web site, blog, Facebook, LinkedIn 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Slideshare 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk Identify a relevant presentation and Slideshare will try and find similar types of presentation

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/
Videos of varying content and quality
news broadcasts
‘ how to’ videos, ‘fan’ videos, corporate broadcasts
promo’s, advertising campaigns
local councils
List of UK Local Councils on Youtube | LizAzyan Research
http://www.lgeoresearch.com/local-councils-on-youtube/
The Queen has a YouTube channel!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel
Embed YouTube videos in your blog, Facebook page, start page, web site etc.

Mashups
A digital mashup is a digital media file containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(digital)
Achieved using RSS, APIs (Application Programming Interface), widgets, gadgets, ‘stuff’
Purists say if you use “glue stick’” it is not a mashup, e.g. simply adding a Flickr ‘widget’ to your blog
If you use “glue logic” it is a mashup e.g. Yahoo Pipes to combine feeds and sources, filter, process/transform
see Mashed Libraries - What is a Mashup + DEMO
http://www.slideshare.net/psychemedia/mashed-libraries-what-is-a-mashup-demo-presentation

iGoogle, Pageflakes, Netvibes
http://www.pageflakes.com/
http://www.netvibes.com/
Known as ‘start pages’
Collate data, photos, videos, weather news, calendars, notepads for queries, RSS feeds etc. by adding ‘flakes’ to your page
Can have multiple tabs to generate separate collections
Can keep them private, share with a group of people, or make them public (pagecast)
PageFlakes – recent adverse publicity, repeated downtime and unreliability
People starting to switch to Netvibes

iGoogle 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

http://www.netvibes.com/ukeig1 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Twitterfountain
Combines Flickr photos and tweets
both must be tagged with the event tag e.g. ukeig2009
Photos and tweets are rotated
http://www.twitterfountain.nl/
Simply fill in the boxes and add the code to your blog or web page
See http://www.ukeig.org.uk/conf2009/index.html

#uksnow Tweets - http://www.benmarsh.co.uk/snow/
9.55 am 2 nd February 2009
Google Earth & Twitter
hashtag #uksnow
Twitterers asked to include first half of post code and give the snowfall marks out of ten e.g. #uksnow RG4 3/10

Google Maps
UK - http://maps.google.co.uk/
Combines
street maps
Google Earth satellite images
Yell.com data for business locations
Google Web
photos, videos
traffic
London Underground
Easy to create own maps and add markers and information
But errors do occur and quality of the mashup depends on the quality of the underlying data

Berkshire Flood Map http://tinyurl.com/csyrhf 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Geograph British Isles
Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square
http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/2009/01/07/geograph-british-isles-photograph-every-grid-square/
http://www.geograph.org.uk/
Ordnance Survey grids
Identify location of your photo using OS reference, of Google Maps
Photos must be creative commons
Advanced search options
grid reference, place name, keywords, centre of county, post code
Post code search - some problems with newer post codes e.g. RG4 5BE
“ use a database from about 12 years ago, simply because that is the best possible datasource we can get for free (and legal!) “

Geograph British Isles 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

#UKeiG2009 – 2009 Manchester Conference http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110570051274085090370.00045ba9455f01c9658b8&ll=53.472186,-2.241297&spn=0.011316,0.038624&z=15 7 June 2009 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk

Mashups: further reading and presentations
UK Government Moves Forward with Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashup Contest
http://blog.programmableweb.com/2008/07/04/uk-government-moves-forward-with-data-sharing-apis-and-mashup-contest/
Show Us A Better Way - A Look Back/Forward
http://www.slideshare.net/grahaml/show-us-a-better-way-presentation
Mashed Libraries - What is a Mashup + DEMO
http://www.slideshare.net/psychemedia/mashed-libraries-what-is-a-mashup-demo-presentation
Mashups Presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/jokay/mashups-presentation
Mashups & Data Visualizations
http://www.slideshare.net/fichter/mashups-data-visualizations-the-new-breed-of-web-applications

UKeiG Channels of Communication
Web site - http://www.ukeig.org.uk/
email discussion lists
LIS-UKEIG http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-UKEIG.html
Intranets Forum http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/UKEIG-INTRANETS-FORUM.html
Main blog - http://www.ukeig.org.uk/blog/
Web 2 blog – http://ukeig.wordpress.com/
RSS feeds for events, eLucidate, blogs, flickr, combined feed via Yahoo Pipes
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2442435465 plus event pages
LinkedIn Group
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukeig
Netvibes - http://www.netvibes.com/ukeig1
Twitter https://twitter.com/ukeig , https://twitter.com/ukeig2009

Resources
UKeiG Web 2.0 Blog
http://ukeig.wordpress.com/
Phil Bradley’s I want to: Web 2.0 applications, utilities & resources
http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm
UKeiG Factsheets
Web 2.0 in action - a short reading list by Martin White
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/Web2ReadingList.html
Top 10 Web 2.0 questions you always wanted to ask
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/Top10QuestionsWeb2.html
User name: ukeig33 Password: snuffles

Resources
Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration. Jan Koblas, Chandos Publishing, ISBN 1-84334-178-6
How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library, Phil Bradley. May 2007, Facet Publishing, 224pp paperback ISBN: 978-1-85604-607-7
Forrester Report on Enterprise Web 2
destinationCRM.com: Wikis Grow, Podcasts and Social Bookmarking Slow
http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/Daily-News/Wikis-Grow,-Podcasts-and-Social-Bookmarking-Slow-51507.as px

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