Web 2.0 - implications for your library

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1. Slide 1: Web 2.0 - implications for your library Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com SLA 23rd June 2007
2. Slide 2: What is Web 2.0? • Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes. – Wikipedia entry
3. Slide 3: Yes… and? • It’s a platform • It harnesses collective intelligence • Data can be used and re-used in many ways • Users are directly involved with development • It’s not limited to a single device • A rich user experience – Tim O’Reilly ‘What is Web 2.0?’
4. Slide 4: Yes… but? • “It’s vacuous marketing hype” • “Web 2.0 is totally silly” • “Meaningless” • “is made entirely of pretentious self serving morons.” • “a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”
5. Slide 5: So…? • The Web as a platform • Collective intelligence • The end of the software cycle • Major change in the way we look at things • Old wine and new bottles?
6. Slide 6: It’s all about…
7. Slide 7: Bringing things together • Links • Key searches • Access to email • Page updates • To do lists • Sharing resources with colleagues • Access to sites without visiting them
8. Slide 8: And that’s just Pageflakes!
9. Slide 9: • Or Netvibes • Or Nowsy • Or any of a dozen others…
10. Slide 10: It’s all about…
11. Slide 11: Creating web based resources • Create websites without technical knowledge • Add in content • A forum perhaps • Access to video • A weblog • Let others contribute
12. Slide 12: And that’s just Zimbio!
13. Slide 13: • Or Squidoo • Or Wetpaint • Or Wikis
14. Slide 14: It’s all about…
15. Slide 15: Search 2.0 • Get the results you want… • From the websites that you want • That you trust • Which are authoritative • Put them onto your website or weblog • Use them and then lose them
16. Slide 16: That would be: • Rollyo • Google Custom Search Builder • Eurekster swicki • Yahoo Search builder
17. Slide 17: And it would also be: • Saving your own RSS searches • Displaying them wherever you want • Incorporating them into a start page • Or onto a web page
18. Slide 19: RSS, Pageflakes, Education
19. Slide 20: In fact…
20. Slide 21: It’s all about…
21. Slide 22: Sharing • Bookmarks – FURL – Del.icio.us – Digg – And dozens of others • Annotations on web pages – Clipmarks – Wizlite
22. Slide 23: Sharing • Photographs – Flickr • Documents – Google docs and spreadsheets • Powerpoint presentations – Slideshare • Files – Yousendit
23. Slide 24: It’s all about…
24. Slide 25: Instant messaging • “Email is for old people” • Talk instantly back and forth • Share files (or not!) • Share webcam discussions • Group chat • IM from webpages • Create chatrooms
25. Slide 26: Using… • Plugoo • Gabbly Chat • Meebo rooms
26. Slide 27: It’s all about…
27. Slide 28: Weblogs!
28. Slide 29: It’s all about…
29. Slide 30: Social networks • MySpace • Bebo • Facebook
30. Slide 32: It’s all about…
31. Slide 33: So much more… • Training • Discovering resources • Outreach • Networking • Podcasting • Creation of resources
32. Slide 34: So why not… • Create search engines for year/subject groups • Get students involved with a Zimbio group on an aspect of local history? • Create a Squidoo lens for teachers? • Start a library weblog? • Create a school flickr group
33. Slide 35: Or… • A podcast or a radio station, both involving music students • A Pageflakes page that you can share with pupils/teachers/colleagues • Create del.icio.us or FURL accounts and share them • Start a wiki for all the school librarians in the area
34. Slide 36: Or even • Use instant messaging in a homework help club • Create a book reading club using LibraryThing, Amazon and a weblog • Have a library tour on YouTube
35. Slide 37: It’s already happening
36. Slide 38: • That’s the Dayton Metro Library in Florida • Dance Revolution Tournament • Games days • Instant messaging of librarians for homework clubs • Teen blogs • Does it work? Borrowing rates have increased 12% in the last year.
37. Slide 39: It’s all about…
38. Slide 40: Change • The web as a platform • The client as collaborator • The info-pro as publisher • Beta is forever • ‘Good enough’ is actually good enough • Don’t wait until you get it right, just do it • It’s about speed
39. Slide 41: And even more change • It’s about responsibility • ‘Radical trust’ • Organizations embracing resources • Freedom • No more ‘you can’t because’ • It’s about exploring, playing and learning
40. Slide 42: It’s all about…
41. Slide 43: Changing… • The way we use the web • The way we use information • The way we find information • The way we do our jobs • The way we interact with people • The way that we look at everything
42. Slide 44: FOREVER
43. Slide 45: Want more?
44. Slide 46: Thank you! • Website: http://www.philb.com • “I want to”: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm • Weblog: http://philbradley.typepad.com/i_want_to/ • Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/Philbradley/