Web 2.0 - implications for your library

Slide 1: Web 2.0 - implications for your library Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com SLA 23rd June 2007

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

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?’

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.”

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?

Slide 6: It’s all about…

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

Slide 8: And that’s just Pageflakes!

Slide 9: • Or Netvibes • Or Nowsy • Or any of a dozen others…

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

Slide 12: And that’s just Zimbio!

Slide 13: • Or Squidoo • Or Wetpaint • Or Wikis

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

Slide 16: That would be: • Rollyo • Google Custom Search Builder • Eurekster swicki • Yahoo Search builder

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

Slide 19: RSS, Pageflakes, Education

Slide 20: In fact…

Slide 22: Sharing • Bookmarks – FURL – Del.icio.us – Digg – And dozens of others • Annotations on web pages – Clipmarks – Wizlite

Slide 23: Sharing • Photographs – Flickr • Documents – Google docs and spreadsheets • Powerpoint presentations – Slideshare • Files – Yousendit

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

Slide 26: Using… • Plugoo • Gabbly Chat • Meebo rooms

Slide 28: Weblogs!

Slide 30: Social networks • MySpace • Bebo • Facebook

Slide 33: So much more… • Training • Discovering resources • Outreach • Networking • Podcasting • Creation of resources

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

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

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

Slide 37: It’s already happening

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.

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

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

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

Slide 44: FOREVER

Slide 45: Want more?

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